U.S. Route 202 in Connecticut

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U.S. Route 202

Length:

75.14 mi^[1] (120.93 km)

Formed:

1935 (relocated 1974)

South end:

US 6/US 202 in Southeast, NY

Major
junctions:

I-84 in Danbury

Route 8 in Torrington

North end:

US 202/Route 10 in Southwick, MA

Routes in Connecticut
< Route 201		Route 203 >
Special Service Roads – State Roads

In Connecticut, U.S. Route 202 is signed as a north-south route. It enters from the New York state line in Danbury overlapped with U.S. Route 6 and ends at the Massachusetts state line in Granby overlapped with Route 10. US 202 is overlapped with other routes for most of its length.

1 Route description
2 History
3 Junction list
4 References

[edit] Route description

U.S. Route 202 enters Connecticut at Danbury with U.S. Route 6 and climbs up onto I-84 at Exit 4, which had just been joined by the north-south US 7 at the previous interchange, making a four-way concurrency. US 7 and 202 split from I-84 and US 6 at Exit 7. They remain a freeway for a short stretch but then 202 splits off to a two-lane road in Southern Brookfield as it follows Federal Road. The US 7 freeway continues for another 2 miles before it rejoins US 202 in Northern Brookfield. The now rejoined US 7 and 202 approach New Milford, in bucolic Litchfield County, where they once again split.

US 202 continues through Torrington and on to Cherry Brook, where it then runs concurrently with US 44 for several miles before turning northward at Avon. For the run to the state line, US 202 runs concurrently with Route 10.

[edit] History

US 202 was designated in 1935. It originally went along its modern alignment to downtown Danbury, then went along modern Routes 53 and 302 to Newtown (this section was signed as Route 34 from 1932 to 1934). It then overlapped with US 6 until Route 10 in Farmington, and overlapped with Route 10 to the Massachusetts state line. Modern US 202 in Litchfield County was originally part of Route 25 (New Milford to Torrington) and Route 4 (Torrington to Canton). The portion between Danbury and New Milford was then just US 7. In 1963, Route 4 was relocated southward and Route 25 was extended along modern US 202 to Canton. In 1974, US 202 was relocated to its modern alignment. Route 25 was truncated to US 7 in Brookfield and the former alignment between Danbury and Newtown became Route 302 and a northenr extension of Route 53.^[2]

[edit] Junction list

Town	Road names	Mile	Junction	Notes
Danbury	Mill Plain Road, Lake Avenue Extension, Yankee Expressway, Route 7 Expressway	0.00	US 6/US 202	New York state line
		1.10	SR 824 (New State Road)	Access to I-84 Exit 2
		4.15	I-84 west/Route 7 south	Joins I-84/US 7 northbound at Exit 4
		(5.41)	Route 39/Route 53	I-84 Exit 5
		(5.84)	Route 37	I-84 Exit 6; southbound junction only
		7.43	I-84 east/Route 6 east	Leaves I-84/US 6 northbound at Exit 7
		8.59	Route 7 north	Leaves US 7 northbound at Exit 11
Brookfield	White Turkey Road, Federal Road	9.05	Federal Road (SR 805)
		10.66	Route 133
		12.01	Route 7 south	Begin overlap with US 7
New Milford	Federal Road, Bridge Street, East Street, Poplar Street, Park Lane, Litchfield Road	19.27	Route 7 north / Route 67	End overlap with US 7; begin overlap with Route 67
		19.77	Route 67	End overlap with Route 67
		21.56	Route 109
Washington	New Milford Turnpike, Litchfield Turnpike	27.49	Route 45
		28.67	Route 47
		31.26	Route 341
		31.93	SSR 479 (Old Route 25)
Litchfield	Bantam Road		(No junctions)	0.45 mi section
Morris	Washington-Litchfield Road		(No junctions)	0.39 mi section
Litchfield	Bantam Road, West Street, East Street, Torrington Road	35.11	Route 209
		38.49-38.53	Route 63
		38.59	To Route 118
Torrington	New Litchfield Street, Litchfield Street, East Main Street	44.09-44.15	SR 800 (Main Street/South Main Street)
		44.70	Route 8	Access via Columbus Road (SR 836) and Christopher Road (SR 837)
		44.82-44.94	Route 4
		44.67	Route 183
New Hartford	Litchfield Turnpike	50.16	Route 219
Canton	Route 202, Albany Turnpike	55.54	Route 179
		55.70 (39.01)	Route 44 west	Begin overlap with US 44
		(41.07)	Route 177
Simsbury	Albany Avenue	(42.29)	Route 167
Avon	West Main Street, Simsbury Road	61.02 (44.28) (40.16)	Route 44 east / Route 10 south	End overlap with US 44; begin overlap with Route 10
Simsbury	Hopmeadow Street	(42.99)	Route 185
		(44.75)	Route 167
		(46.81)	Route 315
Granby	Salmon Brook Street	(50.84-50.93)	Route 189
		(50.93)	Route 20
		75.14 (54.28)	MA Route 10/US 202	Massachusetts state line