Maine State Route 236
State Route 236 is a state highway located in extreme southern Maine, entirely within York County. It begins at Maine [State Route 103|State Route 103] in Kittery and runs north, terminating at State Route 9 in Berwick. Between Kittery and Berwick, Maine|South Berwick], SR 236 is known as the Harold L. Dow Highway. The highway runs roughly parallel to the New Hampshire border over its entire length.
Route description
The southern terminus of SR 236 is at the intersection of SR 103, Woodlawn Avenue, and Shapleigh Road in Kittery, near the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. It follows Shapleigh Road and Rogers Road to the Kittery Traffic Circle, where it connects to US 1, US 1 Bypass, and Old Post Road. The rotary marks the southern end of the Dow Highway. SR 236 has partial interchanges with US 1 Bypass and I-95, then continues northwest along the former right-of-way of the B&M Railroad until intersecting SR 4 in South Berwick at the northern end of the Dow Highway. SR 236 is cosigned with SR 4 in downtown South Berwick, then splits off to follow Berwick Road into downtown Berwick along Allen Street to its northern terminus at SR 9, approximately east of the New Hampshire state line. To the west, SR 9 crosses the Salmon Falls River into Somersworth, New Hampshire and continues west as NH 9 / NH 236.NH 236 is a westward extension of SR 236 through downtown Somersworth to NH 108 south of Rochester. Though it does not directly connect to SR 236 as signed, the two routes are connected by SR 9.