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Fort Kent–Clair Border Crossing

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The Fort Kent–Clair Border Crossing is at the Clair–Fort Kent Bridge that connects the town of Fort Kent, Maine, with Clair, New Brunswick, on the Canada–United States border. It marks the northern terminus of U.S. Route 1. This crossing first opened in 1905 with the construction of a footbridge that traversed the Saint John River. A steel bridge for vehicles was built in 1930. This bridge was replaced in 2014.

Location
Coordinates47.249203°N 68.60389°W / 47.249203; -68.60389
Opened1905
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Fort Kent–Clair Border Crossing
International Bridge between Fort Kent, Maine, and Clair, New Brunswick
Location
CountryUnited States; Canada
Location
Coordinates47.249203°N 68.60389°W / 47.249203; -68.60389
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Opened1905
Website
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The US built a two-story wooden colonial border station with a canopy in 1930. It was replaced with a brick border station around 1974. Canada built a wooden hip-roofed border stations with both inbound and outbound canopies in 1930. It was replaced around 1955 with a two-story brick border station that is still in use today.

The crossing is open 24 hours a day. About 2,000 cars use it per day.[1]

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