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The turnpike intersects with several major expressways, namely US Route 7 (US 7) at exit 15 in Norwalk, Route 25 and Route 8 at exit 27A in Bridgeport, the Merritt and Wilbur Cross parkways at exit 38 (via the Milford Parkway) in Milford, and I-91 at exit 48 in New Haven. The Connecticut Turnpike turns north at exit 76, leaving I-95 and ...
The Connecticut Turnpike opened to traffic on January 2, 1958, at 2:30 p.m. [2] [3] However, the westernmost portion of the highway (the three miles [4.8 km] connecting Greenwich with the New England Thruway) opened 10 months later. Tolls were originally collected through a series of eight toll booths along the route.
The Berlin Turnpike splits and continues north-northeast along Route 314, narrowing to a two-lane undivided road, until it reaches the Hartford city line, continuing into that city as Maple Avenue. US 5/Route 15 exits onto a four-lane freeway that heads northeast towards I-91 as a controlled-access outlet into Hartford. [4]
Part of the Connecticut Turnpike from Waterford to Killingly; formerly designated as Route 52, and proposed as an extension to I-290. First highway (in 2015) in Connecticut and only CT interstate (as of 2017) to receive mile-based exits I-484 — — I-84/US 6 in Hartford: I-91 in Hartford 1968: 1983
Last turnpike in Connecticut (stopped collecting tolls in 1895) Greenwoods Turnpike: October 1798: New Hartford - Winsted - Norfolk - Massachusetts (Twelfth Massachusetts Turnpike) U.S. Route 44, Old Turnpike Road Hartford and New Haven Turnpike: October 1798: New Haven - Meriden - Berlin - Hartford: Hartford Turnpike, Route 150, U.S. Route 5 ...
The turnpike was chartered in 1801 and collected tolls until 1862. Two other sections of Route 8 were also old turnpikes: the portion north of Torrington was known as the Still River Turnpike chartered in 1815; the portion between Seymour and Naugatuck was known as the Humphreysville and Salem Turnpike chartered in 1825.
Hartford Turnpike in North Haven: US 5 in North Haven: Devine Street — — SR 721: 1.85: 2.98 Route 67 in Seymour: Old Turnpike in Beacon Falls: North Street, North Main Street, South Main Street — — SR 722: 0.37: 0.60 US 1 in Bridgeport: Route 8 in Bridgeport: Chopsey Hill Road — — SR 723: 0.16: 0.26 North Main Street (SR 710) in ...
Route 195 follows the route of the Windham and Mansfield Turnpike, a stage road active from 1800 to after 1828. The turnpike route between Mansfield Center and Storrs was designated as part of State Highway 146 in 1922, running from Willimantic to Mansfield Center via modern Route 89, then to US 44 in Storrs via modern Route 195.