State Route 238 is a 3.76 miles (6.1 km) long 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 southern Maine

Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

, located on Southport Island southwest of Boothbay Harbor. The short highway traverses the eastern edge of the island, serving as an alternate to 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...

, which runs roughly parallel on the western side of the island.

Designated in 1975, it was the newest route in Maine's highway system until the designation of State Route 26A

Maine State Route 26A

State Route 26A is Maine's newest state highway, designated in 2006. It is a short bypass of State Route 26, running in the town of Gray. It was built to alleviate congestion in the downtown area from traffic bound north on Route 26 from the nearby Maine Turnpike Exit 63 interchange.-Concurrency...

in 2006.

Route description

Route 238 begins in the south at an intersection between Hendricks Hill Road (Route 27), Town Landing Road, and Cape Newagen Road (Route 238) near the southern tip of the island. This intersection also serves as the southern terminus of Route 27. A right turn from Route 238's southern end is the northbound beginning of Route 27, and a left turn at Route 27's southern end is the northbound beginning of Route 238; however there is no signage indicating any of this, save for the first northbound reassurance shield of each route nearby. The route proceeds almost directly north, paralleling the eastern coast of the island and providing access to various local roads. There is one local road, about two-thirds of the way north, called North Cross Road, which provides a connection between Routes 27 and 238, as well as the western and eastern parts of the island. Route 238 continues for another mile or so before re-intersecting and ending at Route 27, which crosses onto the mainland of Maine just to the northeast.

Route 238 does not intersect any numbered highways between its endpoints.

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