- Connecticut Route 63
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Route 63 Route information Maintained by ConnDOT Length: 52.57 mi[citation needed] (84.60 km) Existed: 1932 – present Major junctions South end: Route 10 in New Haven Route 8 in Naugatuck
I-84 in MiddleburyNorth end: US 7 in Canaan Highway system Routes in Connecticut
Special Service Roads • State Roads← Route 61 Route 64 → Route 63 is a secondary state highway in the U.S. state of Connecticut, from New Haven up to Canaan, running for 52.57 miles (84.60 km). It connects the Greater New Haven area to Northwestern Connecticut via the western suburbs of Waterbury.
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Route description
Route 63 is mostly a 2-lane surface road with occasional 4-lane sections. There is also a partially controlled access (non-freeway) section in Middlebury. Route 63 is a principal arterial road between New Haven and Watertown. From Watertown to Litchfield, Route 63 is a minor arterial road, and from Litchfield to Canaan, it is a small, rural collector road. One of the most congested points in the Waterbury area is the intersection with Route 64 in Middlebury.[citation needed]
Special designations
A 3.4-mile (5.5 km) section of the road in Litchfield is a designated state scenic road.
History
Route 63 was designated in 1932 and originally connected Morris to Woodbridge using the alignment of the Straits Turnpike, an early 19th-century toll road connecting New Haven to Litchfield. Route 63 is still locally called the Straits Tunrpike in Middlebury and Watertown. In the mid-1940s, Route 61 between Morris and Cornwall was reassigned to an extended Route 63. Another extension happened in the 1952 when Route 63 took over part of Route 43 from Cornwall to Canaan where it ends today. Between 1954 and 1976, Route 63 extended south to US 1 via an overlap with Route 10.
Junction list
Location Mile Destinations Notes New Haven 0.00 Route 10 0.13 Route 243 0.71 Route 122 1.29 Route 69 1.51 Route 15 Woodbridge 2.85 Route 114 4.69 Route 67 Bethany 10.04–
10.14Route 42 Naugatuck 14.40 Route 8 15.80 Route 68 Middlebury 18.07 Route 188 18.96 I-84 19.39 Route 64 Watertown 22.93 Route 73 24.20 US 6 27.35 Route 132 Morris 30.81 Route 109 32.18 Route 61 Litchfield 34.91 Route 118 34.95–
34.99US 202 Goshen 41.18 Route 4 Rotary Cornwall 47.62 Route 43 Canaan 51.21 Route 126 52.57 US 7 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Categories:- State highways in Connecticut
- Transportation in New Haven County, Connecticut
- Transportation in Litchfield County, Connecticut
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