Connecticut Route 82
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Map of southeastern Connecticut with Route 82 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by ConnDOT | ||||
| Length: | 28.47 mi[1] (45.82 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1932 – present | |||
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| West end: |
 Route 9 in Chester | |||
| East end: |
  Route 2 / Route 32 in Norwich | |||
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| Counties: | Middlesex, New London | |||
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Route 82 is an east–west state highway in Connecticut running for 28.47 miles (45.82 km) from Route 9 in Chester to Route 2 and 32 in Norwich.
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]
Special Designations
Route 82 is a designated scenic road for the length of the East Haddam Bridge between Haddam and East Haddam.[1]
History
Modern Route 82 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]
Junction list
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Middlesex | Chester | 0.00 | 0.00 | Route 9 – Old Saybrook, Middletown | CT 9 Exit 7, trumpet interchange |
| Haddam | 2.75 | 4.43 |  Route 154 south – Chester | Begin Multiplex with CT 154 | |
| 3.12 | 5.02 | Route 154 north – Higganum | End Multiplex with CT 154 | ||
| Connecticut River | 3.45 | 5.55 | East Haddam Bridge | ||
| East Haddam | 3.99 | 6.42 |  Route 149 north – Moodus | ||
| 5.34 | 8.59 |  Route 151 north – Moodus | |||
| New London | Lyme | 9.26 | 14.90 |  Route 148 west – Chester | |
| Middlesex | East Haddam | 12.53 | 20.17 |  Route 156 south – Hamburg | |
| New London | Salem | 16.34 | 26.30 |  Route 11 – Colchester, East Lyme | Proposed route and interchange |
| 17.56 | 28.26 |  Route 85 – Chesterfield, Colchester | |||
| 20.21 | 32.52 |  Route 354 north – Colchester | |||
| Montville | 21.31 | 34.30 |  Route 163 north – Bozrah | Begin Multiplex with CT 163 | |
| 21.43 | 34.49 | Route 163 south – Montville | End Multiplex with CT 163 | ||
| Norwich | 26.39 | 42.47 |  I‑395 – East Lyme, Plainfield | I-395 Exit 80 | |
| 28.20 | 45.38 | Begin Westside Boulevard one-way couplet | |||
| 28.29 | 45.53 | Route 32 south – Mohegan | Begin multiplex with CT 32 | ||
| 28.47 | 45.82 | Route 2 / Route 32 north – Preston, Franklin, Colchester | End multiplex with CT 32 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
External links
Route map: Bing