Vermont Route 7A

View south along VT 7A in Bennington

View north along VT 7A in Manchester Center

VT 7A begins at the southern end of the US 7 limited-access highway in Bennington. It heads northwest on Northside Drive for roughly six blocks, then turns north to follow the Ethan Allen Highway at the southern terminus of VT 67A. Upon passing under VT 279, VT 7A begins to parallel US 7. The two routes eventually reconnect by way of the Bennington North State Highway before US 7 veers off to the northeast. VT 7A, meanwhile, continues north into Shaftsbury.

Just inside Shaftsbury, VT 7A passes by the Robert Frost Stone House Museum. The route continues north to the village of South Shaftsbury, where it meets VT 67. North of the village, VT 7A curves slightly to the northeast as it enters Arlington. Here, the route travels past the Norman Rockwell Gallery and Exhibition and overlaps with VT 313. Outside of the village of Arlington, VT 7A takes on a more pronounced northeasterly routing into Manchester. The route passes near Hildene and serves the historic site by way of Hildene Road, then continues on to Manchester Center. Here, VT 7A intersects VT 11 and briefly overlaps VT 30 before exiting the village and entering the town of Dorset, where the route ends at another junction with US 7. Some drivers prefer VT 7A over the nearby four-lane US 7 freeway during the winter because it is significantly lower in elevation (up to 500 feet [150 m] lower than the freeway at points), so driving conditions are generally better during storms.

The route is called "Historic" in order to avert confusion with the two to four-lane limited-access highway routing of US 7, known locally as the "Super 7". Before the limited-access highway opened, VT 7A was the original routing of US 7.[3]

The entire route is in Bennington County. [2]

Location[2]	mi[2]	km	Destinations	Notes
Bennington	0.000	0.000	US 7	Southern terminus
	0.768	1.236	VT 67A north – North Bennington	Southern terminus of VT 67A
	2.356	3.792	Bennington North State Highway (VT 9025)	To US 7 – Manchester, Rutland, Bennington
Shaftsbury	4.219	6.790	VT 67 west – North Bennington, N. Hoosick NY	Eastern terminus of VT 67
Arlington	12.405	19.964	VT 313 east to US 7 – Bennington	Southern end of concurrency with VT 313
	13.830	22.257	VT 313 west – New York	Northern end of concurrency with VT 313
Manchester	22.999	37.013	VT 11 east / VT 30 south to US 7	Western terminus of VT 11; southern end of concurrency with VT 30
	23.037	37.074	VT 30 north (Bonnet Street) – Dorset, Poultney	Northern end of concurrency with VT 30
Dorset	27.820	44.772	US 7 – East Dorset, Rutland, Arlington, Bennington	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus