Vermont Route 289 is a state highway located within the town of Essex in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. It is a 3.94-mile (6.34 km) long limited-access highway that extends from VT 2A southeast to VT 117 on the north bank of the Winooski River. Most of VT 289 is a two-lane undivided highway.
VT 289 opened to traffic in October 1993 and comprises part of the Chittenden County Circumferential Highway, a proposed partial beltway around the northern and eastern suburbs of Burlington. As proposed, the highway is to begin at VT 127 in Colchester and end at Interstate 89 in Williston.
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