U.S. Route 202 in Connecticut

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 202 in Connecticut. For the entire length of the highway, see U.S. Route 202.

U.S. Route 202
Route information
Maintained by ConnDOT
Length:	75.14 mi[1] (120.93 km)
Existed:	1935 (relocated 1974) – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 6 / US 202 in Southeast, NY
	I-84 / US 6 / US 7 in Danbury Route 8 in Torrington
North end:	US 202 / Route 10 in Southwick, MA
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List • Bannered • Divided • Replaced Routes in Connecticut Special Service Roads • State Roads ← Route 201 Route 203 →

In Connecticut, U.S. Route 202 is usually signed as an east–west 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.

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 (3.2 km) 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.

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 northern extension of Route 53.^[2]

Junction list

Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Danbury	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 / US 7 south – Norwalk, Ridgebury	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 / US 6 east – Bethel, Waterbury	Leaves I-84/US 6 northbound at exit 7
	8.59	US 7 north	Leaves US 7 northbound at exit 11
Brookfield	9.05	Federal Road (SR 805)
	10.66	Route 133
	12.01	US 7 south
New Milford	19.27	US 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	27.49	Route 45
	28.67	Route 47
	31.26	Route 341
	31.93	SSR 479 (Old Route 25)
Litchfield	35.11	Route 209
	38.49– 38.53	Route 63
	38.59	To Route 118
Torrington	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	50.16	Route 219
Canton	55.54	Route 179
	55.70	US 44 west	Begin overlap with US 44
	(41.07)	Route 177
Simsbury	(42.29)	Route 167
Avon	61.02	US 44 east / Route 10 south	End overlap with US 44; begin overlap with Route 10
Simsbury	(42.99)	Route 185
	(44.75)	Route 167
	(46.81)	Route 315
Granby	(50.84– 50.93)	Route 189
	(50.93)	Route 20
	75.14	US 202 / Route 10	Massachusetts state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Special Designations

In 2010, the Connecticut Department of Transportation designated the 3.8-mile segment of Route 202 between the Junction with Route 45 and Rabbit Hill Road in New Preston a state scenic road.

References

1. ^ Connecticut Department of Transportation, Highway LogPDF (1.80 MiB) as of December 31, 2006
2. ^ kurumi.com - US 202 History

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