Vermont Route 129

Vermont Route 129
Map of Grand Isle County in northwestern Vermont with VT 129 highlighted in red
Route information
Length:	5.415 mi[1][2] (8.715 km)
Existed:	by 1947[3] – present
Major junctions
West end:	School and Church Streets in Isle La Motte
East end:	US 2 in Alburgh
Location
Counties:	Grand Isle
Highway system
State highways in Vermont ← VT 128 VT 130 → ← VT F-1 VT F-3 →

Vermont Route 129 is a short, 5.415-mile (8.715 km) connector route for Isle La Motte and Alburgh in the state of Vermont in the United States. VT 129 begins at an intersection in the centre of Isle La Motte, heads northward and terminates at an intersection with U.S. Route 2 in Alburgh. The route originated as Vermont Route F-2 in 1926, and was the name of the road that approached a ferry to Chazy. Route F-2 followed the same routing as the current VT 129, to which it was renumbered by 1947.

Route description

Western terminus of VT 129 in Isle La Motte

VT 129 begins at an intersection with School and Church Streets on Isle La Motte, heading northward as a portion of Main Street. This part of the highway is town maintained and is not signed as a state route. VT 129 then heads north, intersecting with Shrine Road (Town Highway 2) before leaving Isle La Motte over a bridge for Alburgh. The highway turns eastward, intersecting with local roads and passing to the south of Alburg Golf Links. VT 129 then heads to the south, paralleling the shores of the La Motte Passage (a part of Lake Champlain). At a curve to the east, VT 129 intersects with a short extension of a nearby highway, which terminates quickly. The route leaves the connector and heads eastward towards US 2, soon terminating at an intersection with US 2 on the shores of another connector in South Alburgh.^[4]

History

The entire length of Vermont 129 was originally designated as VT F-2 in 1926.^[5] VT F-2 originally went from US 2 to a ferry across Lake Champlain to Chazy, New York. Many of the F-x series routes along the shores of Lake Champlain were changed to new designations in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. VT F-2 was redesignated by 1947 as VT 129.^[3] Between 1959 and 2008, VT 129 was truncated to School Street on Isle La Motte.^[6][7]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Grand Isle County. ^[1][2]

Location[1][2]	mi[1][2]	km	Destinations	Notes
Isle La Motte	0.000	0.000	School Street / Church Street
Alburgh	2.688[8]	4.326	West Shore Road	Major Collector 0291[lower-alpha 1]
	5.415	8.715	US 2 – Alburgh, Rouses Point NY, North Hero, Burlington
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Notes

1. State-wide, unsigned numeric designation for town highways signed as state routes. A collector road is a civil engineering term meaning a road that connects populated areas with arterial highways

References

1. Traffic Research Unit (May 2012). "2011 (Route Log) AADTs for Major Collectors" (PDF). Policy, Planning and Intermodal Development Division, Vermont Agency of Transportation. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
2. Traffic Research Unit (May 2013). "2012 (Route Log) AADTs for State Highways" (PDF). Policy, Planning and Intermodal Development Division, Vermont Agency of Transportation. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
3. Official Highway Map of New York State (Map) (1947-48 ed.). Cartography by General Drafting. State of New York Department of Public Works.
4. Google (2008-03-27). "overview map of VT 129" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
5. Official Automobile Blue Book 1. Automobile Blue Books Inc. 1926.
6. New York (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha Co. Cities Service. 1959.
7. Official Vermont Map and Travel Accommodations (Map). Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans). 2008.
8. Division of Policy, Planning and Intermodal Development (October 6, 2014). "Vermont General Highway Map, Town of Alburgh, Grand Isle County" (PDF). Vermont Agency of Transportation. Retrieved April 24, 2015.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• Termini of Vermont Route 129