RANGELEY — If you are in Oquossoc and want to drive down to the Haines Landing boat launch on Mooselookmeguntic Lake, you are in for a bumpy ride.

The 1.1 mile stretch on Route 4 has more than a few cracks and holes.

For years, road maintenance there has been the responsibility of the state. Now, however, due to a federal study, which reclassified several roads in the state, Maine is looking to transfer ownership to the town of Rangeley. The next relevant question is how the town and the state will split the tab for maintenance.

“The unfortunate thing is that while it was misclassified, it had a difficult time getting funding,” Mark Latti, a spokesman for Maine’s Department of Transportation, said. “As a minor collector road, it wasn’t eligible for a lot of our funding for minor collectors because it was also classified as a state highway.”

In the words of Town Manager Timothy Kane, “I don’t think that road has been maintained for many years.”

The stretch of Route 4 in question gets about 100 cars a day, Latti said, while approximately 1,000 cars go through the intersection of routes 17 and 4 without going down to Haines Landing.

A total of 94 miles of road in Maine were eligible for reclassification after the study, either going from state road to town road or vice versa. The stretch of Route 4 from Oquossoc to Haines Landing is now among the last 10 miles in the state that has not been switched. Some other towns that still have roads that are switching ownership include Parsonsfield in Western Maine, Machiasport in Washington County and Grand Lake Stream in Washington County.

Currently, there is no timeline set for making the switch, and Latti emphasized that he did not want to speculate about when the switch would be made or what percentage of the maintenance costs the state might pay.

“With all the other roads, we’ve worked with the town to come to an agreement as to what needs to be done,” Latti said.