State Route 194 is a numbered state highway

State highway

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 in the U.S. state

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 of Maine

Maine

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. The route runs runs 16.5 miles (26.6 km) from an intersection with State Route 27

Maine State Route 27

State Route 27 is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways, running from the village of Newagen in Southport to the Canadian Border in Coburn Gore...

 in Pittston

Pittston, Maine

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 to an intersection with State Route 218 in North Newcastle, a village of Newcastle

Newcastle, Maine

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. The state route has one major junction with State Route 218 in the town of Whitefield

Whitefield, Maine

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SR 194 was designated in 1925 and originally ran from New England Interstate Route 24 (now US 1) in Easton

Easton, Maine

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, a town in Aroostook County

Aroostook County, Maine

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, and the Canadian border. In the 1930s, SR 194 was decommissioned, and the border crossing became one of the few in Maine to not have an assigned route number. After the original route was decommissioned, SR 194 was assigned to a short 3 miles (4.8 km) road located entirely in the town of Rockport

Rockport, Maine

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. In 1948, SR 194 was decommissioned again when the road was designated part of the new SR 90. SR 194 was assigned to its current alignment in 1951.