History
Route 9 originally extended 167 miles (269 km) across the southern part of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, from the New York-Vermont border in Bennington, via Brattleboro and Keene, to Wells. When New York first signed its state highways in 1924, the westward continuation of the route towards Troy was also designated as New York State Route 9. In 1927, however, because of the designation of U.S. Route 9, New York renumbered its former Route 9 as Route 7. By the beginning of 1934, Maine extended its portion of Route 9 by about 270 miles (430 km) to the Canadian border in Calais, creating an alternate route to U.S. Route 1.
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