The main north–south road near the end of a ridge, VT 116 passes a small residential neighborhood at Lindale Circle, before reaching a quarry and some dense woods.

[2] Still known as Case Street, VT 116 passes along the western edge of a nearby ridge, continuing north as it crosses into the town of Bristol.

The route soon reaches a section of Green Mountain National Forest, which runs its western edge along VT 116.

[2] The routes soon leave the center of Bristol, becoming known as Rockydale Road as it runs along the northern end of Green Mountain National Forest and paralleling the New Haven River.

[2] Passing Cedar Knoll Country Club, the route turns northwest at a junction with North Road.

Passing through nearby Mechanicsville, the route soon bends northeast and winds along a ridge in Hinesburg as a two-lane rural road and crossing into the town of St. George.

Running northwest, VT 116 remains a two-lane rural road through St. George, passing around nearby Shelburne Pond.