Vermont Route 44 is a state highway

State highway

State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...

 in the U.S. state of Vermont

Vermont

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...

. The state highway runs 10.19 miles (16.4 km) from VT 106

Vermont Route 106

Vermont Route 106 is a state highway in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. It runs north from VT 11 in Springfield to US Route 4 in Woodstock....

 in Reading

Reading, Vermont

Reading is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 707 at the 2000 census.-History:On August 30, 1654, after being captured by Abenakis at Fort at Number 4, Charlestown, New Hampshire and being forced marched to Montreal, Susannah Willard Johnson gave birth to a...

 east to U.S. Route 5 (US 5) and VT 12

Vermont Route 12

Vermont Route 12 is a north-south state highway in Vermont that runs from Weathersfield to Morrisville.-Route description:Route 12 begins at the New Hampshire state line on the Connecticut River in the town of Weathersfield. It continues north along the west bank of the Connecticut River,...

 in Windsor

Windsor, Vermont

Windsor is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 3,756 at the 2000 census.-History:One of the New Hampshire grants, Windsor was chartered as a town on July 6, 1761 by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth. It was first settled in August 1764 by Captain Steele Smith and...

. VT 44 passes through West Windsor

West Windsor, Vermont

West Windsor is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,067 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 24.7 square miles , of which, 24.7 square miles of it is land and 0.04 square miles of...

 in southern Windsor County, serving the area north of Mount Ascutney

Mount Ascutney

Mount Ascutney, is a 3144 foot monadnock located in southern Vermont. It is not the highest peak in Windsor County, Vermont, however, that honor falling to Gillespie Peak to the west. Particularly noteworthy about Ascutney are its granite outcrops, one of which, near its peak, serves as a...

. The state highway is maintained by the town of Windsor east of the highway's junction with VT 44A

Vermont Route 44A

Vermont Route 44A is a state highway in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. It is a spur route of VT 44 that veers south to serve the town of Weathersfield. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 5 and VT 12 in Weathersfield. Its northern terminus is at...

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Route description

VT 44 begins at an intersection with VT 106 north of the hamlet of Felchville in the southeastern part of the town of Reading. The state highway parllels Mill Brook east into the town of West Windsor. After passing through the village of Brownsville

Brownsville, Vermont

Brownsville is an unincorporated village in West Windsor, Vermont, United States. Located on State Route 44, the village houses a number of administrative offices for the town of West Windsor....

, VT 44 passes the entrance to Ascutney Mountain Resort

Ascutney Mountain Resort

Ascutney Mountain was a ski area located on the western side of Mount Ascutney in Brownsville, Vermont. It opened in the winter of 1946 under the ownership of Catharine Cushman. Most recently, it was owned from 1993 until summer 2010 by Steven and Susan Plausteiner.-History:The Mt. Ascutney Ski...

. The state highway enters the town of Windsor, where it passes along the northern edge of Mount Ascutney and provides access to the Brownsville hiking trail to the top of the mountain. East of its oblique junction with VT 44A (Back Mountain Road), VT 44 descends to Mill Brook, which the highway crosses just before passing under Interstate 91 with no access. The state highway curves north with Mill Brook as Ascutney Street, which the highway follows into the town center of Windsor. VT 44 passes Mill Pond before curving east onto Union Street. The state highway crosses Mill Brook twice more in the downtown area before reaching its eastern terminus at US 5 and VT 12 (Main Street) just north of the historic Robbins and Lawrence Armory and Machine Shop

Robbins and Lawrence Armory and Machine Shop

American Precision Museum;Cotton Mill BuildingRobbins and Lawrence Armory and Machine Shop is a site in Windsor, Vermont.It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966.It is located on Main Street, at the corner of Maple Street, in Windsor....

, home of the American Precision Museum

American Precision Museum

American Precision Museum founded by Edwin Albert Battison in 1966 is located at 196 Main Street, Windsor, Vermont in a building which was once home to the Robbins & Lawrence Armory company. The museum is home to the largest collection of historically significant machine tools in the United States...

. The roadway continues east as Bridge Street, which leads to the Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge

Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge

The Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans the Connecticut River between Cornish, New Hampshire and Windsor, Vermont. It was the longest covered bridge still standing in the United States until the Smolen–Gulf Bridge opened in Ohio in 2008.While the Old Blenheim Bridge had...

 across the Connecticut River

Connecticut River

The Connecticut River is the largest and longest river in New England, and also an American Heritage River. It flows roughly south, starting from the Fourth Connecticut Lake in New Hampshire. After flowing through the remaining Connecticut Lakes and Lake Francis, it defines the border between the...

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