Connecticut Route 72

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Route 72

Length:

20.10 mi (32.35 km)

Formed:

1963 (truncated in 1989)

South/East end:

Route 9 in New Britain

Major
junctions:

I-84 in Plainville

North/West end:

Route 4 in Harwinton

Routes in Connecticut
< Route 71A		Route 73 >
Minor – Service Roads – State Roads

Route 72 is a state highway in the western part of the Greater Hartford area. Route 72 is an L-shaped route with a north-south section in Plymouth and Harwinton, and an east-west section from Bristol to New Britain. Route 72 is a freeway from Route 9 in New Britain to Plymouth. There was a plan to extend the highway to Plymouth as a bypass for Bristol. This has not been completed.

1 Route description
2 Special designations
3 Exit list
- 3.1 Non-freeway junctions
4 External links

[edit] Route description

Route 72 begins at Route 9 in New Britain and runs for 20.10 miles to end at Route 4 in Harwinton. The first 6.3 miles of the route from New Britain to Plainville is 4-lane or 6-lane freeway. Route 72 becomes a secondary route after its junction with U.S. Route 6 in Plymouth, and is reduced to a rural collector road in Harwinton for its last 5 miles. There is a 0.5-mile overlap with I-84 in Plainville. Route 72 goes through the following towns from east to west: New Britain (2.9 miles), Plainville (3.6 miles), Bristol (5.6 miles), Plymouth (3.5 miles), and Harwinton (4.6 miles).

[edit] Special designations

From Route 9 to Route 372 (Corbin Avenue) in New Britain: Thaddeus Kosciuszko Highway
Route 372 (Corbin Avenue) in New Britain to freeway end at Plainville-Bristol town line: Polish Legion of American Veterans Memorial Highway

[edit] Exit list

Town	Mile	Exit #	Route	Destination	Note
New Britain	JCT Route 9
	0.31	9	Route 71 Main Street		Eastbound exit only
	0.95	8	Columbus Boulevard	Downtown New Britain	Eastbound exit only
	1.89	7	Route 372 Corbin Avenue
	2.55	6	I-84 East	Farmington, Hartford	Westbound exit only
Plainville	3.20		I-84 East	Hartford	Eastbound only. I-84 joins westbound and leaves eastbound. Signed as Exit 35 to Route 72 East on I-84.
	3.72		I-84 West	Waterbury	Westbound only. I-84 joins eastbound and leaves westbound. Signed as Exit 33 to Route 72 West on I-84.
	4.13	4	I-84 West	Waterbury	Eastbound exit only. Same interchange as Exit 3.
	4.13	3	Woodford Avenue		Eastbound exit only. Same interchange as Exit 4.
		2	Route 372 New Britain Avenue	Plainville	Westbound exit only
	5.76	1	Route 177 South Washington Avenue		Westbound exit only
	6.33		Route 372		At-grade intersection