State Route 85 is a short north-south 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...

. It is a minor route connecting U.S. Route 302

U.S. Route 302

U.S. Route 302 is a spur of U.S. Route 2. It currently runs 171 miles north from Portland, Maine, at U.S. Route 1, to Montpelier, Vermont, at US 2...

 and State Route 35

Maine State Route 35

Maine State Route 35 runs the course of western Maine, from Bethel to Kennebunk. It passes through Oxford, Cumberland and York Counties. It is known in its lower sections for both its unusually windy course as well as its notoriously poor paving, as a result of winter frost heaves. Its northern...

 in Raymond

Raymond, Maine

Raymond is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,299 at the 2000 census. It is a summer recreation area and is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area...

 to State Route 11 in Casco

Casco, Maine

Farmers found the surface of the town uneven, its hard and rocky soil "tolerably productive." Outlets of ponds, however, provided Casco with good sites for water powered mills. The town had four sawmills, four gristmills, a shook mill, a barrel stave mill, four shingle factories, a carriage factory...

. Locally, it is known as "Webbs Mills Road," for it terminus is located in Webbs Mills Village, which is a small area in Casco. The road almost directly parallels Route 121

Maine State Route 121

State Route 121 is a 35.76-mile state highway in southern Maine. It begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 302 and Maine State Route 35 in Raymond and ends in Auburn...

, and provides an alternate route to get to the Lake Region, and thus avoiding the traffic on 302

Junction list

County	Location	Mile	Roads intersected	Notes
Cumberland Cumberland County, Maine Cumberland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of 2010, the population was 281,674. Its county seat is Portland, and is the most populous of the sixteen Maine counties, as well as the most affluent. Cumberland County has the deepest and second largest body of water in the...	Raymond Raymond, Maine Raymond is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,299 at the 2000 census. It is a summer recreation area and is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area...	0.00	U.S. Route 302 U.S. Route 302 U.S. Route 302 is a spur of U.S. Route 2. It currently runs 171 miles north from Portland, Maine, at U.S. Route 1, to Montpelier, Vermont, at US 2... Route 35 Maine State Route 35 Maine State Route 35 runs the course of western Maine, from Bethel to Kennebunk. It passes through Oxford, Cumberland and York Counties. It is known in its lower sections for both its unusually windy course as well as its notoriously poor paving, as a result of winter frost heaves. Its northern...	Southern terminus of Route 85. To Route 121 Maine State Route 121 State Route 121 is a 35.76-mile state highway in southern Maine. It begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 302 and Maine State Route 35 in Raymond and ends in Auburn... , via US 302 East/Route 35 North.
	Casco Casco, Maine Farmers found the surface of the town uneven, its hard and rocky soil "tolerably productive." Outlets of ponds, however, provided Casco with good sites for water powered mills. The town had four sawmills, four gristmills, a shook mill, a barrel stave mill, four shingle factories, a carriage factory...	7.91	Route 11	Northern terminus of Route 85.