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The Fort Kent–Clair Border Crossing is at the Clair–Fort Kent Bridge that connects the town of Fort Kent, Maine, with Clair, New Brunswick, on the Canada–United States border. It marks the northern terminus of U.S. Route 1. This crossing first opened in 1905 with the construction of a footbridge that traversed the Saint John River. A ...
The Clair–Fort Kent Bridge is a steel truss bridge crossing the Saint John River between Clair, New Brunswick in Canada and Fort Kent, Maine in the United States.. The bridge handles approximately 279,490 vehicle crossings per year and forms a border crossing on the International Boundary.
U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in the U.S. state of Maine is a major north–south section of the United States Numbered Highway System, serving the eastern part of the state.It parallels the Atlantic Ocean from New Hampshire north through Portland, Brunswick, and Belfast to Calais, and then the St. Croix River and the rest of the Canada–United States border via Houlton to Fort Kent.
Fort Kent stands on a slight rise overlooking the Saint John River, just west of the mouth of the Fish River. The Saint John is in this area part of the Canada–United States border, and the region on both sides of the river was until the 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty territory disputed by both the United States and the United Kingdom, of which New Brunswick was then a colonial province.
SR 161 stays on Main Street while US 1 turns onto the Clair–Fort Kent Bridge towards Canada. The road passes directly in front of the U.S. Customs station at the Fort Kent–Clair Border Crossing. Now closely paralleling the St. Johns River, Main Street continues past more houses before the surroundings become more rural.
U.S. Route 1 or U.S. Highway 1 (US 1) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States.It runs 2,370 miles (3,810 km) from Key West, Florida, north to Fort Kent, Maine, at the Canadian border, making it the longest north–south road in the United States. [2]
New North Hutchinson Island bridge in Fort Pierce on track for a late 2027 opening; it would become the tallest bridge on the Treasure Coast.
U.S. Route 1 begins in Fort Kent near the Clair–Fort Kent Bridge, continues 2,369 miles (3,813 km), and ends in Key West, Florida. [23] Fort Kent signed a lease agreement with the Fish River Flying Club on July 8, 2011, to repair, maintain, and operate the local municipal airport, which had been closed since the 1980s. [24]