Old Salem Rutland Road Mile Marker
and Old Route 3 Project Marker
Old Salem-Rutland Road Mile Marker Found Near Kahle Road/Rt. 133 Intersection
North View
"8 to Rutland"
South View
"31 to Salem"
Photo of marker in original location
North View
Webster/Preston/Thibault House in upper left corner
Photo of marker in original location
South View
Recent photo of original location of marker
Mile Marker courtesy of Ron Johnson
Information from David Wright, Middletown Springs Historical Society
Old Route 3 Project Marker Originally Located across from Lincoln Home
Marker was originally located here. (far right of picture)
Full view
This looks like a Project marker. They were used to identify and inventory the beginning or end of a funded project and were installed at the edge of right of way (ROW). Survey or Construction has not set one of these in quite a while. To my knowledge it is not needed by VTrans and we have not been replacing them when damaged or missing.
I have reviewed our historic projects via the Agency’s Digital Print Room (DPR) and discovered that the stone marker was installed in 1948 via the Ira-Clarendon roadway project (47S750). The “S 211(2)” on the stone marker is the project number. The project upgraded 3.38+/- miles of roadway, installing culverts and smoothing out curves. The project plans denote the roadway as VT Route 3, predating the current VT-133 designation.
Joe Kelly, SW Regional Traffic Safety Investigator, Operations & Safety Bureau | Highway Division, July 11, 2022
Neil Lincoln
Neil Lincoln showed us the Marker Post and location. It's right by his house.