Interstate 395 (Connecticut–Massachusetts)

Interstate 395
Route information
Maintained by ConnDOT
Length:	66.60 mi[1] (107.18 km)
Existed:	1968 (as Route 52) 1983 (as I-395) – present
Major junctions
South end:	I-95 (Connecticut Turnpike) in East Lyme, CT
	Route 2 in Norwich, CT US 6in Killingly, CT US 44 in Putnam, CT
North end:	I-90 / I-290 / Route 12 in Auburn, MA
Highway system
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System Main • Auxiliary • Business

Interstate 395 (abbreviated I-395) is a 67-mile-long north–south Interstate Highway that begins at Interstate 95 in East Lyme, Connecticut and ends at Interstate 90 in Auburn, Massachusetts, where it becomes Interstate 290. The original designation for the freeway was Route 52. Route 52 was slated to become an extension of Interstate 290 before it received the I-395 designation in 1983.^[2]

From its southern terminus to its intersection at Exit 90 in Plainfield, Connecticut with State Road 695, I-395 is also part of the Connecticut Turnpike.

Route description

From East Lyme to Plainfield, Connecticut, I-395 is part of the Connecticut Turnpike (the Gov. John Davis Lodge Turnpike). From Plainfield to Thompson, Connecticut, I-395 is named The American Ex-Prisoner of War Memorial Highway.

Service plazas

In Connecticut, there are three Service Plazas that provide 24-hour gas stations and convenience stores. They do not have restaurants but do have phones and rest rooms.

• Montville — MP 8 - Southbound only between exits 79A and 79.
• Plainfield — MP 35 - Northbound and Southbound between exits 89 and 90.

A State Police station is located on the northbound side of the highway in Montville in what used to be another Service Plaza.

History

Exit list

Location	#	Mile	Destinations	Notes
E. Lyme	76N	88.48	I-95 north – New London, Groton
	76S	89.24	I-95 south – New Haven
Waterford	77	90.61	Route 85 – Waterford, Colchester, Chesterfield
Montville	78	93.82	Route 32 (via SR 693) – New London	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	79	94.78	Route 163 – Uncasville, Montville
	79A	97.98	Route 2A east – Ledyard, Preston	South end of Route 2A overlap
Norwich	80	99.56	Route 82 – Salem, Downtown Norwich
	81	102.19	Route 2 / Route 32 / Route 2A west – Hartford, Colchester, Norwich	North end of Route 2A overlap; signed as exits 81E (east/south) and 81W (west/north)
	82	102.71	West Town Street (SR 642) – Yantic, Norwichtown
	83	106.65	Route 97 – Taftville, Occum
Lisbon	83A	108.01	Route 169 – Lisbon	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	84	109.64	Route 12 – Jewett City, Griswold, Lisbon	Signed as exits 84S (south) and 84N (north) southbound
Griswold	85	110.43	Route 138 / Route 164 – Preston City, Pachaug, Jewett City, Griswold
	86	112.74	Route 201 – Hopeville, Jewett City
Plainfield	87	116.71	Lathrop Road (SR 647) – Plainfield, Hopeville
	88	118.13	Route 14A – Plainfield, Oneco
	89	120.49	Route 14 – Central Village, Sterling, Moosup, Wauregan
Killingly	91	121.34	US 6 – Danielson, East Brooklyn, South Killingly	Signed as exit 91E (east) and 91W (west).
	92	124.89	Lhomme St., Westcott Rd. – South Killingly, Danielson	SR 607
	93	127.28	Route 101 – Dayville, East Killingly, Rogers, Pomfret
	94	131.45	Lake Rd. – Attawaugen, Ballouville
Putnam	95	137.26	Kennedy Drive
	96	142.19	To Route 12 – Putnam, Putnam Heights
	97	144.98	US 44 – Woodstock, Putnam, East Putnam
Thompson	98	149.08	Route 12 – Grosvenor Dale	Partial interchange: NB exit/SB entrance only
	99	150.23	Route 200 – North Grosvenor Dale
	100	153.60	Wilsonville Rd. – East Thompson, Wilsonville
Connecticut–Massachusetts State Line (MP 54.7/0.0)
Webster	1	1.3	Route 193 – Webster
	2	3.7	Route 16 – Webster, Douglas
	3	4.0	Cudworth Road - North Webster, South Oxford
Oxford	4	6.7	Sutton Avenue - Oxford, Sutton	Cloverleaf interchange
	5	9.0	Depot Road - North Oxford
Auburn	6	11.5	US 20 to Route 146 – Shrewsbury, Auburn, Sturbridge
	7	11.9	Route 12 / I-90	Southbound exit only
ends at the I-90 / I-290 interchange (MP 11.9) Route and exit numbering continues on I-290

References

1. ^ "Route Log and Finder List - Interstate System: Table 2". FHWA. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/routefinder/table2.cfm. Retrieved 2007-10-03. 
2. ^ "State Ordered To Lift Ban on Tandem Trucks." Hartford Courant, June 14, 1983. The article lists "I-290 (formerly Route 52)" as one of the highways the lifting of the ban applies to.

External links

• Kurumi - I-395 Connecticut; Massachusetts

Browse numbered routes
← I-384	CT	I-684 →
← I-391	MA	I-495 →