Maine State Route 175
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| Length: | 37.8 mi (60.8 km) | |||
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   SR 15 / SR 172 / SR 176 in Blue Hill
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SR 15 in Sedgwick
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 SR 166 in Penobscot
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| Counties: | Hancock | |||
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State Route 175 (SR 175) is a state highway entirely in Hancock County, Maine that travels for 37.8 miles (60.8 km). The shape of the route is an unusual U-shape and travels along the peninsula surrounded by Blue Hill Bay, Eggemoggin Reach, and Bagaduce River. The route is signed as north-south but has two northern termini: at State Routes 15, 172, and 176 in Blue Hill, and at SR 166 in Penobscot. The transition point of the directional signage occurs about 2 1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) from the Blue Hill terminus.
SR 175 begins at a roundabout in Blue Hill. The roundabout's legs include SR 15/SR 176 to the southwest and northeast, Beech Hill Road to the northwest (which connects to SR 177), and SR 172 on the southeast and northeast legs. SR 172 and SR 175 together head southeast from there on a concurrency, both routes signed as south, through a commercial shopping area, but this gives way to a stretch of some houses lining both sides of the road. Two and a half miles (4.0 km) later, SR 175 splits off from SR 172 at Blue Hill Falls and heads east and south on Falls Bridge Road. The first sign for "North SR 175" is found just past this intersection. The road now runs very close to the Blue Hill Bay and crosses over several small fingers from the bay. It travels south along the Blue Hill Neck peninsula passing through the hamlet of South Blue Hill. It then enters the town of Brooklin where it travels through the settlement of North Brooklin and bending towards the southwest at Herrick Bay. In the center of Brooklin, the road turns towards the west to follow Eggemoggin Reach. SR 175 begins to curve to the north to follow the short Benjamin River. Past West Brooklin, the road turns to the west again to cross the river and enter the town of Sedgwick.
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