Connecticut Route 63

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Route 63

Length:

52.57 mi (84.60 km)

Formed:

1932

South end:

Route 10 in New Haven

Major
junctions:

Route 8 in Naugatuck

I-84 in Middlebury

North end:

US 7 in Canaan

Routes in Connecticut
< Route 61		Route 64 >
Special Service Roads – State Roads

Route 63 is a secondary state highway in the U.S. state of Connecticut, from New Haven up to Canaan, running for 52.57 miles. It connects the Greater New Haven area to Northwestern Connecticut via the western suburbs of Waterbury.

1 Route description
2 Special designations
3 History
4 Junction list

[edit] Route description

Route 63 is mostly a 2-lane surface road with occasional 4-lane sections. There is also a partially controlled access (non-freeway) section in Middlebury. Route 63 is a principal arterial road between New Haven and Watertown. From Watertown to Litchfield, Route 63 is a minor arterial road, and from Litchfield to Canaan, it is a small, rural collector road. One of the most congested points in the Waterbury area is the intersection with Route 64 in Middlebury.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Special designations

A 3.4 mile section of the road in Litchfield is a designated state scenic road.

[edit] History

Route 63 was designated in 1932 and originally connected Morris to Woodbridge using the alignment of the Straits Turnpike, an early 19th-century toll road connecting New Haven to Litchfield. Route 63 is still locally called the Straits Tunrpike in Middlebury and Watertown. In the mid-1940s, Route 61 between Morris and Cornwall was reassigned to an extended Route 63. Another extension happened in the 1952 when Route 63 took over part of Route 43 from Cornwall to Canaan where it ends today. Between 1954 and 1976, Route 63 extended south to US 1 via an overlap with Route 10.

[edit] Junction list

Town	Road names	Junction	Milepost
New Haven	Whalley Avenue, Amity Road	Route 10	0.00
		Route 243	0.13
		Route 122	0.71
		Route 69	1.29
		Route 15	1.51
Woodbridge	Amity Road	Route 114	2.85
Woodbridge	Amity Road	Route 67	4.69
Bethany	Amity Road	Route 42	10.04-10.14
Naugatuck	New Haven Road, South Main Street, Route 63, Cherry Street, Meadow Street, Church Street, North Church Street,	Route 8	14.40
Naugatuck		Route 68	15.80
Waterbury (0.05 miles)	Route 63
Middlebury	Bradleyville Road, Straits Turnpike	Route 188	18.07
		I-84	18.96
		Route 64	19.39
Watertown	Straits Turnpike, Main Street, Litchfield Road	Route 73	22.93
		Route 6	24.20
		Route 132	27.35
Morris	Watertown Road, Litchfield Road	Route 109	30.81
Morris	Watertown Road, Litchfield Road	Route 61	32.18
Litchfield	South Plains Road, South Street, North Street, Goshen Road	Route 118	34.91
Litchfield	South Plains Road, South Street, North Street, Goshen Road	Route 202	34.95-34.99
Goshen	Old Middle Street, North Street	Route 4 (rotary)	41.18
Cornwall	Hollenbeck Road	Route 43	47.62
Canaan	Huntsville South Canaan Road	Route 126	51.21
Canaan	Huntsville South Canaan Road	Route 7	52.57