 In the 1960s , the northern half of Vermont Route 12 ( north of Montpelier ) was relocated to the " Montpelier @-@ Morrisville State Highway " , which connected Montpelier with the village of Morrisville . Originally , VT 12 continued north from Montpelier via East Montpelier to Hardwick and Barton , then overlapped with U.S. Route 5 to the city of Newport via Coventry . Between Hardwick and Coventry , VT 12 had an alternate route , Vermont Route 12B , that took a more westerly alignment via Albany . The relocation of the northern half of VT 12 to a new alignment resulted in the redesignation of its original northern alignment . The portion between Hardwick and Barton became a new Vermont Route 16 . The portion between East Montpelier and Hardwick was assigned as an extension of VT 14 . At the same time , VT 12B was also redesignated as a further northward extension of VT 14 , including an additional 4 @-@ mile ( 6 @.@ 4 km ) piece connecting to VT 100 in the town of Newport , resulting in the modern VT 14 alignment . 
