Maine State Route 121

State Route 121
Route information
Maintained by MaineDOT
Length	35.69 mi[1] (57.44 km)
Existed	1925, 1957 (current alignment)[citation needed]–present
Major junctions
South end	US 302 / SR 35 in Raymond
Major intersections	SR 11 in Casco/Mechanic Falls SR 26 in Oxford SR 124 in Mechanic Falls
North end	US 202 / SR 4 / SR 11 / SR 100 in Auburn
Location
Country	United States
State	Maine
Counties	Cumberland, Oxford, Androscoggin
Highway system
Maine State Highway System Interstate US State Auto trails Lettered highways
← SR 120 → SR 122

State Route 121 (SR 121) is a 36-mile-long (58 km) state highway in southern Maine. It begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 302 (US 302) and SR 35 in Raymond and ends in Auburn. It is signed as a north-south highway, which accurately reflects its alignment from Raymond to Oxford, but from there it runs almost due east (and slightly south) to its terminus in Auburn.

Route description

SR 121 begins in the south at an intersection with US 302 and SR 35, not far from the southern terminus of SR 85. It proceeds northward, paralleling SR 85 to the west of Panther Pond until reaching its first intersection with SR 11 in Casco. It continues north along the west side of Pleasant Lake and Thompson Lake before entering Oxford, where it turns to the east to meet SR 26 just south of the Oxford County Regional Airport. SR 121 briefly joins SR 26 in a wrong-way concurrency before splitting off southeast towards Mechanic Falls (continually signed as "north"). It heads into the town center where it meets the southern terminus of SR 124 and SR 11 for a second time. From here to its terminus in Auburn, SR 121 is co-signed with SR 11.^[2]

SR 11 and SR 121 proceed out of town to the southeast (both signed as "north"), meeting the southern terminus of SR 119 before entering Auburn and proceeding towards downtown on Minot Avenue. Signage posted at the intersection of Minot Avenue and Rotary Street (the latter of which also carries southbound US 202, SR 4, and SR 100 on a one-way pair) notes that this intersection is the end of SR 121.^[2] However, per Maine Department of Transportation documentation, SR 121 continues north on Washington Street (the northbound direction for US 202, SR 4, SR 11, and SR 100), meets the southbound lanes at Minot Avenue, and ends at the intersection of Court Street, Union Street, and Minot Avenue.^[1]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Cumberland	Raymond	0.00	0.00	US 302 (Roosevelt Trail) / SR 35 – Casco, Windham, Naples
	Casco	6.70	10.78	SR 11 (Poland Spring Road) – Naples, Auburn
Oxford	Oxford	20.89	33.62	SR 26 north (Main Street) – Norway	Southern end of SR 26 concurrency
		21.38	34.41	SR 26 south (Main Street) – Gray	Northern end of SR 26 concurrency
Androscoggin	Mechanic Falls	25.92	41.71	SR 11 south (South Main Street) / SR 124 north (North Main Street) – West Minot, Naples	Southern end of SR 11 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 124
	Minot	29.45	47.40	SR 119 north – Hebron	Southern terminus of SR 119
	Auburn	34.83	56.05	US 202 / SR 4 / SR 100 south (Rotary Street) to I-95 / Maine Turnpike	Southern end of US 202/SR 4/SR 100 concurrency; signed northern terminus of SR 121
		35.69	57.44	US 202 / SR 11 / SR 100 north (Court Street) / SR 4 north (Union Street) – Lewiston, Augusta, Farmington	Northern end of US 202/SR 4/SR 11/SR 100 concurrencies
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

External links

• Media related to Maine State Route 121 at Wikimedia Commons
• Floodgap Roadgap's RoadsAroundME: Maine State Route 121

This page was last edited on 1 April 2023, at 02:20