Vermont Route 7A marker

Vermont Route 7A

Korean Veterans Memorial Highway [1]
VT 7A highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by VTrans
Length27.820 mi[2] (44.772 km)
Major junctions
South end US 7 in Bennington
North end US 7 in Dorset
Location
CountryUnited States
StateVermont
CountiesBennington
Highway system
US 7 VT 8

Vermont Route 7A (VT 7A) is a 27.8-mile-long (44.7 km) north–south state highway in Bennington County, Vermont, in the United States. It is an alternate route of U.S. Route 7 (US 7) between Bennington and Dorset. The route is signed as "Historic VT 7A" to distinguish it, the original routing of US 7, from the modern US 7 limited-access highway.

Route description

View south along VT 7A in Bennington
View north along VT 7A in Manchester Center

VT 7A begins at the southern end of the US 7 limited-access highway in Bennington. It heads northwest on Northside Drive for roughly six blocks, then turns north to follow the Ethan Allen Highway at the southern terminus of VT 67A. Upon passing under VT 279, VT 7A begins to parallel US 7. The two routes eventually reconnect by way of the Bennington North State Highway before US 7 veers off to the northeast. VT 7A, meanwhile, continues north into Shaftsbury.

Just inside Shaftsbury, VT 7A passes by the Robert Frost Stone House Museum. The route continues north to the village of South Shaftsbury, where it meets VT 67. North of the village, VT 7A curves slightly to the northeast as it enters Arlington. Here, the route travels past the Norman Rockwell Gallery and Exhibition and overlaps with VT 313. Outside of the village of Arlington, VT 7A takes on a more pronounced northeasterly routing into Manchester. The route passes near Hildene and serves the historic site by way of Hildene Road, then continues on to Manchester Center. Here, VT 7A intersects VT 11 and briefly overlaps VT 30 before exiting the village and entering the town of Dorset, where the route ends at another junction with US 7. Some drivers prefer VT 7A over the nearby four-lane US 7 freeway during the winter because it is significantly lower in elevation (up to 500 feet [150 m] lower than the freeway at points), so driving conditions are generally better during storms.

History

The route is called "Historic" in order to avert confusion with the two to four-lane limited-access highway routing of US 7, known locally as the "Super 7". Before the limited-access highway opened, VT 7A was the original routing of US 7.[3]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Bennington County. [2]

Location[2]mi[2]kmDestinationsNotes
Bennington0.0000.000 US 7Southern terminus
0.7681.236
VT 67A north North Bennington
Southern terminus of VT 67A
2.3563.792Bennington North State Highway (VT 9025)To US 7 Manchester, Rutland, Bennington
Shaftsbury4.2196.790
VT 67 west North Bennington, N. Hoosick NY
Eastern terminus of VT 67
Arlington12.40519.964

VT 313 east to US 7 Bennington
Southern end of concurrency with VT 313
13.83022.257
VT 313 west New York
Northern end of concurrency with VT 313
Manchester22.99937.013


VT 11 east / VT 30 south to US 7
Western terminus of VT 11; southern end of concurrency with VT 30
23.03737.074
VT 30 north (Bonnet Street) Dorset, Poultney
Northern end of concurrency with VT 30
Dorset27.82044.772 US 7 East Dorset, Rutland, Arlington, BenningtonNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. Vermont Named State Highways and Bridges (PDF). Vermont Department of Libraries. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 17, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Traffic Research Unit (May 2013). 2012 (Route Log) AADTs for State Highways (PDF). Policy, Planning and Intermodal Development Division, Vermont Agency of Transportation. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  3. "Why is Route 7A Historic?". ThisisVermont.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2006. Retrieved August 23, 2006.
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