U.S. Route 202 in Connecticut

U.S. Route 202
Route information
Maintained by ConnDOT
Length:	75.17 mi[1] (120.97 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
Location
Counties:	Fairfield, Litchfield, Hartford
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Bannered Divided Replaced Routes in Connecticut Interstate U.S. State SSR SR ← 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

US 202 enters Connecticut in the town of Danbury duplexed with US 6. The duplex joins another duplex, I-84 and US 7 at I-84 Exit 4 to form a 3 mile four-way concurrency. US 7 and 202 split from I-84 and US 6 at Exit 7. They remain duplexed on a freeway for a short stretch before 202 exits the freeway at the first exit (Exit 11) at the Brookfield town line to follow Federal Road, a two-lane road that was an old alignment of US 7. The two roads reunite at the end of the US 7 freeway about 5.3 miles (8.5 km) later just before the New Milford town line. The 2 roads split again in the center of New Milford as US 202 turns east to cross the Housatonic River. It then turns northeast to pass through Washington and Morris (briefly), before entering Litchfield. Route 202 passes through the historic downtown district, where it intersects Route 63 and has a connection with Route 118 which heads toward the western suburbs of Hartford. It then enters Torrington, where it meets the Route 8 expressway at Exit 44. Leaving Torrington, US 202 passes through New Hartford before entering Canton. Just after crossing the Farmington River in western Canton, US 202 starts a duplex with US 44 through Canton and the southwest corner of Simsbury into Avon. In the center of Avon, as US 44 leaves the duplex to the east, US 202 is joined from the east by Route 10, as both turn northward. US 202 (duplexed with Route 10) then reenters Simsbury, and then enters Granby. After a brief triplex with Route 189 in the center of town, the US 202/Route 10 duplex crosses the Massachusetts state line into the town of Southwick. At this point, US 202 officially changes from a signed east-west to a signed north-south route, although signage north of Avon shows both 202 and 10 (the latter correctly so) as signed north-south.

History

US 202 was designated in 1935. It originally went along its modern alignment, continuing east on Lake Avenue and West Street to downtown Danbury, then went south along modern CT 53 and CT 302 into Newtown (this section was signed as CT 34 from 1932 to 1934.) 202 then overlapped with US 6 into Farmington, with CT 10 joining them to the Massachusetts state line. Modern US 202 in Litchfield County was originally part of CT 25 (New Milford to Torrington) and CT 4 (Torrington to Canton.) The portion between Danbury and New Milford was then just US 7. In 1963, CT 4 was shifted southward with CT 25 extended along modern US 202 to Canton. In 1974, US 202 was moved to its modern alignment. CT 25 was truncated to US 7 in Brookfield and the former alignment between Danbury and Newtown became CT 302 and a northern extension of CT 53.^[2]

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Fairfield	Danbury	0.00	0.00	US 6 / US 202 – Brewster	New York state line. Continuation of US 6 overlap
		1.10	1.77	SR 824 (New State Road)	Access to I-84 exit 2
		4.15	6.68	I-84 west / US 7 south – Norwalk, Ridgebury	Western terminus of I-84/US 7 overlap
		5.61	9.03	Route 39 / Route 53	I-84 exit 5
		6.25	10.06	Route 37	I-84 exit 6; southbound junction only
		7.43	11.96	I-84 / US 6 east – Bethel, Waterbury	Eastern terminus of I-84/US 6 overlap. US 7 SB Exit 10
		8.59	13.82	US 7 north – New Milford	Northern terminus of US 7 overlap. US 7 Exit 11
	Brookfield	9.05	14.56	Federal Road (SR 805)
		10.66	17.16	Route 133 north – Bridgewater
		11.94	19.22	US 7 – Danbury, New Milford	US 7 Exit 12
		12.68	20.41	Route 25 south – Hawleyville, Newtown
		13.88	22.34	US 7 south – Danbury	Southern terminus of US 7 overlap. Northern terminus of US 7 expressway.
Litchfield	New Milford	19.30	31.06	US 7 north / Route 67 – Kent	Northern terminus of US 7 overlap; Northern terminus of CT 67 and CT 67 overlap
		19.80	31.87	Route 67 south – Roxbury	Southern terminus of CT 67 overlap
		21.59	34.75	Route 109 east – Washington
	Washington	27.42	44.13	Route 45 north – Warren
		28.69	46.17	Route 47 south – Woodbury
		31.29	50.36	Route 341 west – Warren, Kent
		31.96	51.43	SSR 479 (Old Route 25)
	Litchfield	35.14	56.55	Route 209 south – Morris
		38.53	62.01	Route 63 – Goshen, Morris
		38.62	62.15	Route 118 east – Harwinton
	Torrington	44.15	71.05	SR 800 (Main Street/South Main Street)
		44.70	71.94	Route 8 – Winsted, Waterbury	Access via Columbus Road (SR 836) and Christopher Road (SR 837)
		44.85	72.18	Route 4 west – Goshen	Western terminus of CT 4 overlap
		44.97	72.37	Route 4 east – Harwinton, Burlington	Eastern terminus of CT 4 overlap
		46.70	75.16	Route 183 – Harwinton, Winsted
	New Hartford	50.19	80.77	Route 219 north – Barkhamsted
Hartford	Canton	55.57	89.43	Route 179 – North Canton, Collinsville
		55.73	89.69	US 44 west – Winsted	Western terminus of US 44 overlap
		57.84	93.08	Route 177 south – Unionville
	Simsbury	59.06	95.05	Route 167 – Simsbury, Unionville
	Avon	61.05	98.25	US 44 east / Route 10 south – West Hartford, Farmington	Eastern terminus of US 44 overlap. Western terminus of CT 10 overlap
	Simsbury	63.98	102.97	Route 185 east – Bloomfield
		66.64	107.25	Route 167 south to Route 309 – West Simsbury
		67.60	108.79	Route 315 east – Tariffville
	Granby	71.73	115.44	Route 189 south – Bloomfield	Southern terminus of CT 189 overlap
		71.81	115.57	Route 20 / Route 189 north – North Granby, East Granby	Northern terminus of CT 189 overlap
		75.17	120.97	US 202 / Route 10 – Westfield, Holyoke, Northampton	Massachusetts state line. US 202 changes from signed East-West to signed North-South at border.
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 (6.1 km) segment of US 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 Log" (PDF). (1.80 MiB) as of December 31, 2006
2. "US 202 History". Kurumi. Retrieved October 10, 2014.