{{Short description|State highway in Maine, US}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=ME |type=ME |route=159 |map={{maplink-road}} |map_custom=yes |length_mi=20.52 |length_ref=<ref name=Mapviewer>{{cite web|url=http://www.maine.gov/mdot/mapviewer/|title=MaineDOT - Map Viewer|publisher=Maine Department of Transportation}}</ref> |established=1925 |direction_a=West |terminus_a=Shin Pond Village in Mt. Chase |junction={{plainlist|1= *{{jct|state=ME|ME|11}} in Patten *{{jct|state=ME|I|95}} in Island Falls }} |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{jct|state=ME|US|2}} in Island Falls |counties=Penobscot, Aroostook |previous_type=ME |previous_route=158 |next_type=ME |next_route=160 }}
'''State Route 159''' (abbreviated '''SR 159''') is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways, located in Penobscot and Aroostook counties. The highway runs for {{Convert|20+1/2|mi|km}} from the village of Shin Pond in Mt. Chase to an intersection with U.S. Route 2 (US 2) in Island Falls.
SR 159 is signed as an east–west highway, but has a roughly L-shaped alignment.
==Route description== SR 159 begins in the west at Shin Pond Village in the northwest corner of Mt. Chase, on Shin Pond Road about {{Convert|10|mi|km}} northwest of SR 11. Route logs do not indicate a specific intersection for the terminus, which is located between the intersections of Black Point Road and Grand Lake / Snowshoe Roads.<ref name=GM>{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/46.1062435,-68.5593621/46.0086174,-68.2690183/@46.0510441,-68.4837578,12z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-68.4126986!2d46.0006009!3s0x4cbad55652fb442d:0x73669a1381fc187a!1m0!3e0 |accessdate=October 14, 2017}}</ref>
The highway proceeds almost due south and slightly east through Mt. Chase, then enters the town of Patten. SR 156 turns due east and intersects with SR 11 in the town center. The two routes overlap briefly before SR 159 continues east along a slightly meandering route towards Island Falls. Crossing into Island Falls, SR 159 interchanges with Interstate 95 at exit 276 before terminating at US 2 in the town center.<ref name=GM/>
==History== SR 159 was originally designated in 1925 and ran between SR 11 in Patten and US 2 in Island Falls. In 1949, it was extended northwest to its current western terminus.<ref name=floodgap>[http://www.floodgap.com/roadgap/me/r?159 Floodgap Roadgap's RoadsAroundME: Maine State Route 159]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{self-published source|date= February 2015}}</ref>
==Junction list== {{jcttop|length_ref=<ref name=Mapviewer/>}} {{MEint |county=Penobscot |cspan=3 |location=Mount Chase |mile=0.00 |road=Shin Pond Village |notes=Western terminus of SR 159}} {{MEint |location=Patten |lspan=2 |mile=9.93 |road={{jct|state=ME|ME|11|dir1=north|city1=Ashland|areadab1=CDP|city2=Fort Kent|areadab2=CDP}} |type=concur |notes=Northern terminus of SR 11 / SR 159 concurrency}} {{MEint |mile=10.36 |road={{jct|state=ME|ME|11|dir1=south|city1=Sherman|city2=Millinocket}} |type=concur |notes=Southern terminus of SR 11 / SR 159 concurrency}} {{MEint |county=Aroostook |cspan=2 |location=Island Falls |lspan=2 |mile=19.65 |mile2=19.84 |road={{jct|state=ME|I|95|city1=Bangor|city2=Houlton}} |notes=I-95 exit 276}} {{MEint |mile=20.52 |road={{jct|state=ME|US|2|name1=Sherman Street / Houlton Road|city1=Sherman|city2=Oakfield|areadab2=CDP}} |notes=Eastern terminus of SR 159}} {{Jctbtm|keys=concur}}
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== {{Attached KML}}
159 Category:Transportation in Penobscot County, Maine Category:Transportation in Aroostook County, Maine
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