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Maine State Route 37

State highway in Maine, US

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ2436305 ↗
Source-derived summary

State Route 37 (abbreviated SR 37) is part of the system of numbered state highways of Maine, United States, and is located in the western part of the state. It runs for 9+1⁄4 miles (14.9 km) from an intersection with SR 117 in Bridgton to an intersection with SR 118 in Waterford. The route is also known as North Bridgton Road. The middle portion of the route is concurrent with SR 35.

Route description

SR 37 begins in the south at the village of North Bridgton, where it splits off from SR 117. It runs northward, crossing into Waterford in Oxford County, and intersects SR 35 near Bear Lake. SR 35 and SR 37 are cosigned for 2.7 miles (4.3 km) before SR 37 splits off near Keoka Lake, heading east to terminate at SR 118 at the Crooked River.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Maine State Route 37” as state highway in Maine, US. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current 140-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1937. The account is most persuasive where Maine, State and Route can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as state highway in Maine, US. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2436305. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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This entry incorporates text from “Maine State Route 37” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.