Connecticut Route 79

Route 79
Route information
Maintained by ConnDOT
Length:	14.34 mi[1] (23.08 km)
Existed:	1932 – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 1 in Madison
	I-95 in Madison
North end:	Route 17 in Durham
Highway system
Routes in Connecticut Special Service Roads • State Roads ← Route 78 Route 80 →

Route 79 is a 14.34-mile (23.08 km) state highway in southern Connecticut from Madison to Durham.

Route description

Route 79 begins at US 1 in Madison center and heads north across I-95 (at Exit 61). It continues north, intersecting with Horse Pond Road (an unsigned state road designated as Special Service Road 450), which leads to the town offices. Route 79 continues into the village of North Madison where it has an intersection with Route 80 at a roundabout. The road continues north into the town of Killingworth, intersecting Route 148 just south of the town line with Durham. The road runs north for another 2.3 miles (3.7 km) within Durham before ending at Route 17 south of the town center. Route 79 is known as Durham Road within Madison, Madison-Durham Road within Killingworth, and Madison Road within Durham.^[1]

History

In the 19th century, the road from Madison to Durham was known as the Durham and East Guilford Turnpike, a private toll-road established in 1811. When the state took over maintenance of trunkline routes in 1922, the alignment of the old turnpike was designated as State Highway 190. Route 79 was established in the 1932 state highway renumbering as a simple number change of old Highway 190. Portions of the route in Madison were straightened in the 1940s.^[2]

Junction list

Town	Mile[1]	Junction	Notes
Madison	0.00	US 1
	0.60	I-95	Exit 61
	3.12	SSR 450
	6.15	Route 80	Rotary intersection
Killingworth	11.79	Route 148
Durham	14.34	Route 17

References

Connecticut portal

1. ^ ^{a b c} Connecticut State Highway Log
2. ^ Connecticut Routes, Route 79