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Theodore Roosevelt International Highway

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Period roadmaps indicate the highway's routing between Rochester and the Canadian Border shifted continuously throughout the 1920s, shifting primarily between present day NY 18, NY 104, and NY 31. NY 18 has the significant honor of being signed as the Roosevelt Highway for a portion of its length
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along Center Street, then turned south at 4th Street where it crossed into Canada via the second Queenston–Lewiston Bridge to York Road. The bridge was dismantled in 1963. A 1924 alignment bypassed Lewiston and instead continued along NY 104 into
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cars until the highway was finished. Dedication ceremonies for the full route were held in Montana four months after the completion of the highway. The name fell into disuse after the 1930s with the 1926 designation of the
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was formed in 1926. There are, however, several key differences between the Roosevelt Highway and US-2; the Roosevelt Highway was built to run from
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The highway begins in Portland, Maine at Longfellow Square where it travels up State Street and out of town along what is now
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along this segment. The ending of the trail in New York also went through a few iterations. In 1920 the trail passed through
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in northwestern Montana was not completed until 1930. Automobiles were carried over the pass in
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In Vermont, the highway connects to US-2 at the Moose River. It continues through the
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From Niagara Falls, the Canadian portion of TRIH carries traffic along alignments of
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Moose Crossing: Portland to Portland on the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway
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In Michigan, the highway had a northern loop route in the Upper Peninsula. Between
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following close to the path of the US-2 grade. The highway passed through northern
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Much of the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway's alignment was used to form
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A Drive Down Memory Lane: The Named State and Federal Highways of Michigan
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while the southern route followed the rough path of today's US 2.
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along US-302 to Littleton where it continues along Main Street to join
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that replaced much of its routing with numbered highway designations.
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The Hi-Line and the Yellowstone Trail: To Glacier Park and Back Again
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Tracy, A.W. (December 1996) . "Highway Display's America's Glories".
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Lanham, Maryland: Hamilton Books. 677:Montana Department of Transportation 606:Weingroff, Richard (April 7, 2011). 260:The TRIH weaves its way through the 219: 787:Historic trails and roads in Canada 596: 24: 736: 712:Rhode, Chuck (September 1, 2004). 50:4,060 mi (6,530 km) 25: 798: 782:Auto trails in the United States 575: 563: 551: 539: 255: 31: 304:to Keeseville, then West along 300:The trail continues South down 284:to Grand Isle where it crosses 18:Roosevelt International Highway 705: 691: 612:Federal Highway Administration 479:statue of the former president 469:. The western terminus was at 13: 1: 589: 196:highway, from the era of the 714:"Down the Yellowstone Trail" 582:Michigan Highways portal 7: 532: 348:, then along what was once 295: 10: 803: 503: 384: 312:where it turns right down 275: 744:Skidmore, Max J. 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Roosevelt International Highway

Portland, Oregon
Portland, Maine
Ontario
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
New York
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Auto Trails
North American
auto trails
United States
Canada
Portland, Maine
Portland, Oregon
U.S. Route 2
United States Numbered Highway System
Portland, Maine
Portland, Oregon
U.S. Route 302
White Mountains

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