Connecticut Route 67

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Route 67
Length:	31.00 mi[1] (49.89 km)
Formed:	1932
West end:	US 7/US 202 in New Milford
Major junctions:	I-84 in Southbury Route 8 in Seymour
East end:	Route 63 in Woodbridge
Routes in Connecticut < Route 66 Route 68 > Special Service Roads – State Roads

Route 67 is a secondary state highway in the U.S. state of Connecticut, from the town of New Milford in the Greater Danbury area to the town of Woodbridge in the outskirts of New Haven. The route runs for 31.00 miles.

Contents 1 Route description 2 Special designations 3 History 4 Junction list 5 References

[edit] Route description

Route 67 is mostly a two-lane surface road, with a divided four-lane section in Southbury. It goes through the towns of New Milford, Bridgewater, Roxbury, Woodbury (for only 0.22 miles), Southbury, Oxford, Seymour, and Woodbridge. Rapid development on Route 67 between Route 8 and I-84 may require the eventual upgrading of this section to a four-lane arterial highway.^{[1] [2]}

[edit] Special designations

A 3.77 mile section in the town of Roxbury, from the Bridgewater-Roxbury town line to 0.30 miles east of Route 317, is a designated state scenic road.^[3]

[edit] History

In the 19th century, part of Route 67 was a toll road known as the Oxford Turnpike that connected the towns of Seymour and Southbury via Oxford.^[4] The Oxford Turnpike was chartered in May 1795 and was one of the two earliest private toll roads in Connecticut. In 1922, the road from Woodbridge to Southbury (the old Oxford Turnpike) was designated as State Highway 147 and the road from Southbury to New Milford (via Roxbury and Bridgewater) was designated as State Highway 125. Route 67 was established in the 1932 state highway renumbering from Bridgewater (beginning at modern Route 133, which was then part of an old alignment of Route 25) to New Haven (continuing past Woodbridge along current Route 63). When Route 25 was realigned in the mid 1940s, Route 67 took over the old Route 25 alignment to New Milford. In 1959, Route 67 was relocated to a new road (New Milford Road East) bypassing Bridgewater center, with the former alignment (Clapboard Road) becoming Route 67A. Route 67A was decommissioned, becoming unsigned SR 867, in 1964. Route 67 was truncated to its current eastern end at Route 63 in Woodbridge by 1964.^[2]

[edit] Junction list

Town	Road names	Junction	Milepost
New Milford[1]	Bridge Street, Grove Street, Prospect Hill Road	Route 7	0.00
		Route 202	0.00-0.50
Bridgewater	New Milford Road West, New Milford Road East	Route 133	3.58
Roxbury	Baker Road, North Street, Church Street, Southbury Road	Route 199	7.79
		Route 317	8.69
Woodbury	Roxbury Road
Southbury	Roxbury Road, Main Street North (Route 6), Southford Road	Route 172	13.37
		Route 6	15.38 (begin wrong-way overlap)
		I-84	15.43
		Route 6	16.95 (end wrong-way overlap)
		Route 188	19.64-19.79
Oxford	Oxford Road	Route 42	23.12
Seymour	Oxford Road, Bank Street, North Main Street, New Haven Road	Route 313	26.53
		Route 8	26.65
		Route 115	26.76
Woodbridge	Seymour Road	Route 63	31.00

[edit] References