Interstate 91

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Interstate 91
Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Length: 290.33 mi (467.24 km)
South end: I-95 in New Haven, CT
Major
junctions:
I-84 in Hartford, CT
I-90 in West Springfield, MA
I-89 in White River Junction, VT
I-93 in St. Johnsbury, VT
North end: A-55 at the Canadian Border at Derby Line, VT
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Interstate 91 (abbreviated I-91) is an interstate highway in the New England section of the United States. This interstate's southern end is in New Haven, Connecticut (map) at Interstate 95; its northern end is at Derby Line, Vermont, a village in the town of Derby, at the Canadian border, where it continues as Autoroute 55. The major cities along its route are New Haven and Hartford, Connecticut, and Springfield, Massachusetts.

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[edit] Length

I-91 has an HOV Lane between Hartford and Windsor
I-91 has an HOV Lane between Hartford and Windsor

Interstate 91 is 290 miles (467 km) long and runs nearly straight north and south through the U.S. states of Connecticut (for 58 miles, 93 km), Massachusetts (for 55 miles, 89 km) and Vermont (for 177 miles, 285 km). (The net distance as the crow flies is 259 miles (417 km), and the net direction is 9.0 degrees clockwise from north or south, i.e. northeast by north or southwest by south.)

[edit] Major cities

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.

[edit] Intersections with other interstates

The points along the route appearing in the list below are those where I-91 encounters an intersecting interstate, a city or major town, and/or a state or national border. Major cities are shown in bold-face type, as is the largest population center every 50 miles (80 km) or so, in stretches without major cities.

I-91 looking northbound, at Exit 1, Brattleboro
I-91 looking northbound, at Exit 1, Brattleboro

[edit] Spur routes

Auxiliary routes of Interstate 91
Current and Future (F) Former
I-291 Connecticut - Massachusetts
I-391 Massachusetts
I-691 Connecticut

[edit] Exit list

[edit] Connecticut

Town Exit # Mile Destinations Notes
New Haven 0.0 I-91 merges onto southbound I-95
To New York City
southbound only
1 0.2 Route 34 – Downtown New Haven southbound only
0.4 I-95 North – To New London southbound only
2 0.6 Hamilton Street The northbound exit is accessible only from the southbound lanes of I-95.
3 1.0 Trumbull Street
4 1.3 State Street southbound only
5 1.4 US 5 (State Street) – Fair Haven northbound only
6 1.7 US 5, Willow Street, Blatchley Avenue
7 2.1 Ferry Street – Fair Haven southbound only
8 2.8 Route 17 (Middletown Avenue), Route 80 – North Branford
North Haven 9 4.8 Montowese Avenue
10 6.6 Route 40 – Hamden, Mt. Carmel (SB), Cheshire (NB)
11 7.6 Route 22 – North Haven northbound only
12 8.6 US 5 (Washington Avenue)
Wallingford 13 10.9 US 5 – Wallingford, North Haven
14 12.3 (NB)
13.2 (SB)
Route 150 (Woodhouse Avenue) (NB), East Center Street (SB) – Wallingford
15 16.0 Route 68 – Yalesville, Durham
Meriden 16 18.7 East Main Street northbound only
17 18.9 (NB)
19.7 (SB)
NB: North Route 15 (Berlin Turnpike) To I-691, Route 66

SB: South Route 15 (Wilbur Cross Parkway), East Main Street

18 20.1 NB: Route 66 – Middlefield, Middletown

SB: I-691 – Meriden, Waterbury

19 21.0 Baldwin Avenue, Preston Avenue southbound only
Middletown 20 23.2 Country Club Road, Middle Street
Cromwell 21 25.7 Route 372 – Cromwell, Berlin
22 27.4 Route 9 – New Britain, Middletown, Old Saybrook (SB) split southbound into 22N and 22S
Rocky Hill 23 29.4 Route 3, West Street – Rocky Hill
24 31.7 Route 99 – Rocky Hill, Wethersfield
Wethersfield 25 33.7 Route 3 – Glastonbury, Wethersfield (SB), Old Wethersfield (NB) split southbound into 25N and 25S
26 34.3 Old Wethersfield southbound only
Hartford 27 35.6 Brainard Road, Airport Road – Brainard Airport northbound only
28 35.9 South US 5/Route 15 (Berlin Turnpike) – Newington, Wethersfield
27 36.5 Airport Road, Brainard Road – Brainard Airport southbound only
29 36.8 North US 5/Route 15 To I-84 East – East Hartford, Boston northbound only
29A 37.7 Capitol Area Whitehead Highway
30 38.4 East I-84/Route 2 – East Hartford, New London southbound only; same interchange as Exit 31
31 38.4 State Street southbound only; same interchange as Exit 30
32AB 38.5 A: I-84 West – Waterbury

B: Trumbull Street

33 39.9 Jennings Road
Windsor 34 41.1 Route 159 (Windsor Avenue), North Main Street
35AB 42.2 A: I-291 – Manchester

B: Route 218 – Windsor, Bloomfield

36 43.5 Route 178 (Park Avenue) – Bloomfield
37 44.5 Route 305 (Bloomfield Avenue) – Windsor Center
38 46.0 Route 75 – Poquonock, Windsor split southbound into 38A and 38B
39 & 41 47.2 Kennedy Road, Center Street northbound only
40 48.2 Route 20Bradley International Airport
Windsor Locks 39 & 41 48.9 Center Street southbound only
42 49.6 Route 159 – Windsor Locks
Connecticut River crossing on the Dexter Coffin Bridge
East Windsor 44 50.3 US 5 – East Windsor
45 51.1 Route 140 – Warehouse Point, Ellington
Enfield 46 52.7 US 5 (King Street)
47 55.6 Route 190 – East: Hazardville, Somers; West:Suffield split into 47E and 47W
48 56.1 Route 220 (Elm Street) – Thompsonville
49 57.7 US 5 (Enfield Street) – Longmeadow MA
58.00[1] CT-MA state line

[edit] Massachusetts

Town Exit # Mile Destinations Notes
Longmeadow 0.0 CT-MA state line
Springfield 1 3.6 US 5 South – Forest Park, Longmeadow Southbound exit only
US 5 joins northbound and leaves southbound
2 3.9 Route 83 – Forest Park, East Longmeadow northbound exit only
3 4.2 US 5 North To Route 57, Columbus Avenue (NB) – West Springfield (NB), Agawam (SB) US 5 leaves northbound and joins southbound
4 4.6 Route 83, Main Street – East Longmeadow southbound only
5 4.9 Broad Street northbound only
Formerly northbound Exit 4
6 5.3 Springfield Center (NB)
Union Street (SB)
Old Exit 5 merged with Exit 6
7 5.9 Columbus Avenue – Springfield Center southbound only
8 6.6 I-291/US 20 East to I-90/Mass Pike East
9 7.0 US 20 West, Route 20A East – West Springfield northbound only
10 7.2 Main Street – Chicopee, North Springfield northbound only
11 7.5 US 20 West, Birnie Avenue – West Springfield southbound only
Chicopee 12 8.3 I-391 – Chicopee, Holyoke Center (NB)
Connecticut River crossing
West Springfield 13 9.2 US 5 (Riverdale Street) – West Springfield split into 13N and 13S
14 11.5 I-90/Mass Pike – Boston, Albany NY
Holyoke 15 12.7 Lower Westfield Road – Ingleside
16 14.5 US 202 – Holyoke, South Hadley
17 15.2 Route 141 – Holyoke Center, Easthampton split into 17A and 17B northbound
Northampton 18 22.8 US 5 – Northampton, Easthampton (SB)
19 24.7 Route 9 – Northampton, Amherst northbound only
20 25.7 US 5, Route 9, Route 10 – Northampton, Hadley southbound only
21 27.3 US 5/Route 10 – Hatfield, Whately (NB)
Hatfield 22 29.8 US 5/Route 10 – Whately, North Hatfield northbound only
Whately 23 33.4 US 5/Route 10 – Whately, North Hatfield southbound only
24 35.0 US 5/Route 10 – Deerfield, Whately (SB)
Deerfield 25 36.2 Route 116 – Deerfield, Conway southbound only
Greenfield 26 42.9 Route 2 West, Route 2A East – Greenfield Center, North Adams
27 46.1 Route 2 East – Boston
Bernardston 28 50.4 Route 10 – Bernardston, Northfield split into 28A and 28B northbound
54.90[2] MA-VT state line

[edit] Vermont

County Location Mile # Destinations Notes
Windham Guilford 0.0 MA-VT stateline
Brattleboro 7.5 1 US 5 – Brattleboro
8.7 2 VT Route 9 West – Brattleboro, Bennington
11.6 3 US 5, VT Route 9 East – Brattleboro, Keene NH
Drummerston 18.2 4 US 5 – Putney
Westminster 28.6 5 US 5 to VT Route 121 – Westminster, Bellows Falls, Walpole NH To NH Route 123
Rockingham 35.2 6 US 5, VT Route 103 – Rockingham, Rutland (NB), Bellows Falls (SB)
Windsor Springfield 41.7 7 US 5, VT Route 11, VT Route 106 – Springfield
Weathersfield 51.4 8 US 5, VT Route 12, VT Route 131 – Ascutney, Windsor
Hartland 60.4 9 US 5, VT Route 12 – Windsor, Hartland
Hartford 69.8 10 I-89 – South: Airport, New Hampshire; North: Barre, Montpelier split into 10S and 10N
70.2 11 US 5 – White River Junction
72.0 12 US 5 – Wilder, White River Junction (SB)
Norwich 74.8 13 US 5, VT Route 10A – Norwich, Hanover NH
Orange Thetford 84.2 14 VT Route 113 To US 5 – Thetford
Fairlee 91.5 15 US 5 – Fairlee, Orford NH
Bradford 97.6 16 VT Route 25 To US 5 – Bradford, Barre (NB)
Newbury 110.3 17 US 302 To US 5 – Wells River, Woodsville NH
Caledonia Barnet 120.4 18 To US 5 – Barnet, Peecham
Waterford 128.2 19 I-93 – Littleton NH
St. Johnsbury 128.9 20 US 5 To US 2 East – St. Johnsbury, Passumpsic (SB)
130.6 21 US 2 To VT Route 15 – St. Johnsbury, Montpelier
132.6 22 To US 5 – St. Johnsbury
Lyndon 137.1 23 US 5 To VT Route 114 – Lyndonville, Burke (NB)
139.9 24 VT Route 122 To VT Route 114 – NB: Wheelock, Sheffield; SB: Burke, Lyndonville, Lyndon Center
Orleans Barton 156.0 25 VT Route 16 – Barton, Hardwick (SB)
161.4 26 US 5, VT Route 58 – Orleans, Irasburg
Derby 170.1 27 VT Route 191 To US 5, VT Route 105 – Newport
172.4 28 US 5, VT Route 105 – Newport, Derby Center
177.4 29 To US 5 – Derby Line
177.43[3] Continues into Canada as Autoroute 55

[edit] Planned I-91 extension

In the 1970s there were plans to extend I-91 across the Long Island Sound from New Haven, Connecticut to Long Island in New York. The extension would continue south to the southern shore of the island perhaps along the route of the current William Floyd Parkway[citation needed] in central Suffolk County. It would also provide easier access to New York City via Long Island Expressway, as well as the Hamptons via Sunrise Highway (NY-27).

[edit] Miscellany

The They Might Be Giants song "The End of the Tour," the last track off their John Henry album, references I-91 in the following lines:

Never to part since the day we met out on Interstate 91
I was bent metal you were a flaming wreck when we kissed at the overpass

[edit] References

  1. ^ ConnDOT Highway Log
  2. ^ MassGIS EOT-OTP Roads data layer
  3. ^ VTrans Traffic Log

[edit] External links


Main Interstate Highways (multiples of 5 in pink) Interstate Highway marker
4 5 8 10 12 15 16 17 19 20 22 24 25 26 27 29 30
35 37 39 40 43 44 45 49 55 57 59 64 65 66 66 (W) 68
69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 (W) 76 (E) 77 78 79 80 81 82
83 84 (W) 84 (E) 85 86 (W) 86 (E) 87 88 (W) 88 (E) 89 90
91 93 94 95 96 97 99 (238) H-1 H-2 H-3
Unsigned  A-1 A-2 A-3 A-4 PRI-1 PRI-2 PRI-3
Lists  Main - Auxiliary - Suffixed - Business - Proposed - Unsigned
Gaps - Intrastate - Interstate standards - Replaced
Browse numbered routes
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< I-90 MA I-93 >
< I-89 VT I-93 >