Connecticut Route 82
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| Route 82 |
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| Length: | 28.47 mi[1] (45.82 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Formed: | 1932 | ||||||||||||
| West end: |  Route 9 in Chester |
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| Major junctions: |
 Route 11 in Salem I-395 in Norwich |
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| East end: |   Route 2 and 32 in Norwich |
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Route 82 is an east-west state highway in Connecticut running for 28.47 miles from Route 9 in Chester to Route 2 and 32 in Norwich.
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[edit] Route Description
Route 82 begins at a trumpet intersection with Route 9 in Chester and heads northeast into Haddam. In Haddam, it continues northeast to an overlap with Route 154, briefly turning northwest until the two routes separate. From the end of the overlap, Route 82 heads east to the East Haddam Bridge over the Connecticut River, entering East Haddam near Goodspeed Opera House. In East Haddam, Route 82 continues east and southeast to Lyme. In Lyme, it curves southeast and then northeast to reenter East Haddam, where it continues generally east to Salem. In Salem, Route 82 continues northeast, meeting the south end of Route 11, and then crossing into Montville. It then continues east through northern Montville, briefly overlapping Route 163, and southern Bozrah, before entering Norwich. In Norwich, it intersects I-395 before ending at a triangular one-way couplet in downtown Norwich, intersecting Routes 2 and 32 over two bridges across the Yantic River.[1]
[edit] Special Designations
Route 82 is a designated scenic road for the length of the East Haddam Bridge between Haddam and East Haddam.[1]
[edit] History
Modern Route 82 between east of Route 85 was built along the alignment of an early toll road known as the Salem and Norwich Turnpike, which was chartered in 1827 to connect its namesake cities. The toll road was extended west to the village of Hadlyme in 1834 by another turnpike corporation, which built the Hadlyme and Salem Turnpike. The road between East Haddam and Norwich, incorporating both turnpike alignments, was designated in 1922 as State Highway 153. In the 1932 state highway renumbering, old Highway 153 was renumbered to Route 82. The only major changes since then are the extension along a new limited access road west of Route 154 to a trumpet intersection with Route 9 in 1971, and a reorganization of the east terminus in Norwich in the late 1980s.[2]
[edit] Junction list
| Town | Road names | Major junctions | Milepost |
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| Chester (0.85 miles)[1] |
Route 82 | Route 9 | 0.00-0.64 |
| Haddam (2.93 miles) |
Route 82, Bridge Road | Route 154 (Begin Multiplex) | 2.75 |
| Route 154 (End Multiplex) | 3.12 | ||
| East Haddam (5.16 miles) |
Norwich Road, Town Street | Route 149 | 3.99 |
| Route 151 | 5.34 | ||
| Lyme (2.40 miles) |
Town Street, Norwich Salem Road | Route 148 | 9.26 |
| East Haddam (3.36 miles) |
Norwich Salem Road | Route 156 | 12.53 |
| Salem (5.84 miles) |
East Haddam Road, Norwich Road | Route 11 | 16.34-16.56 |
| Route 85 | 17.55-17.56 | ||
| Route 354 | 20.20-20.21 | ||
| Montville (3.76 miles) |
Norwich Salem Turnpike | Route 163 (Begin Multiplex) | 21.31 |
| Route 163 (End Multiplex) | 21.43 | ||
| Bozrah (1.02 miles) |
Salem Turnpike | (No Major Junctions) | |
| Norwich (3.15 miles) |
Salem Turnpike, Westside Boulevard | I-395 | 26.22-26.39 |
| (Begin Westside Boulevard one-way couplet) | 28.20 | ||
| Route 32 | 28.29 | ||
| Route 2 and Route 32 | 28.47 |
