Connecticut Route 10
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Map of Connecticut with CT 10 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ConnDOT | ||||
| Length: | 54.28 mi[1] (87.36 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1922 – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: |
 I-95 in New Haven | |||
 US 1 in New Haven I-691 in Cheshire I-84 in Southington US 6 in Farmington  US 44 / US 202 in Avon | ||||
| North end: |
  Route 10 / US 202 at Granby | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | New Haven, Hartford | |||
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Connecticut Route 10 is a state highway that runs between New Haven and the state line near Granby.
Route description
Route 10 begins at Interstate 95 (I-95) as Ella T. Grasso Boulevard in the city of New Haven. It then passes by Southern Connecticut State University before entering the town of Hamden along Dixwell Avenue. Route 10 continues north through the towns of Cheshire, Southington, Plainville, Farmington, Avon (where a lengthy concurrency with US 202 begins), and Simsbury. The Southington section of Route 10 was dedicated on Aug. 6, 1960 (and rededicated on Oct. 6, 2007) as the Louis G. Tolles Memorial Highway in honor of the late Southington native and leader of the Connecticut State Grange (1885–1956).
History
Route 10 originally followed a different route south of Granby, Connecticut, starting in the town of Old Saybrook[2] instead of at its current New Haven terminus. It moved to its current alignment along the Connecticut section of the College Highway in 1932, with the former alignment becoming the original Route 9. The original routing is now Routes 154, 99, and 189. During the 1960s Connecticut planned on building an expressway along the Route 10 corridor, but the only part of this plan actually constructed was Route 40 in the Mount Carmel area of Hamden, as well as several exit ramps connecting Route 10 to I-84 southwest of Hartford.
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Map of Connecticut showing the original 1920s route in green and the modern route in blue -
Northbound in Cheshire
Junction list
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| New Haven | New Haven | 0.1 | 0.2 |  I-95 / Conn. Turnpike – N.Y. City, Providence | I-95 Exit 44 |
| 1.3 | 2.1 | US 1 (Boston Post Rd./Columbus Ave.) | |||
| 1.9 | 3.1 |  Route 34 east (Legion Ave.) | Eastern end of CT 34 overlap | ||
| 2.2 | 3.5 | Route 34 west (Derby Ave.) | Western end of CT 34 overlap | ||
| 3.4 | 5.5 |  Route 63 north (Whalley Ave.) | |||
| Hamden | 7.0 | 11.3 |  Route 15 (Wilbur Cross Pkwy.) – Hartford, N.Y. City | Route 15 Exit 60 | |
| 10.1 | 16.3 |   Route 40 east to I-91 – North Haven | To I-91 Exit 10 | ||
| 10.3 | 16.6 |  Route 22 east – North Haven | |||
| Cheshire | 15.8 | 25.4 |  Route 42 west (N. Brooksvale Rd.) | ||
| 16.9 | 27.2 |   Route 68 / Route 70 east – Meriden, Wallingford | South end of CT 68/70 overlap | ||
| 17.1 | 27.5 | Route 68 / Route 70 west – Prospect, Waterbury | North end of CT 68/70 overlap | ||
| 21.0 | 33.8 | I-691 – Meriden, Waterbury | I-691 Exit 3 | ||
| Hartford | Southington | 21.5 | 34.6 |  Route 322 – Marion, Wolcott, Meriden | Grade separated |
| 22.6 | 36.4 | I-84 east – Hartford | SR 597; I-84 west Exit 29 | ||
| 23.3 | 37.5 | West Main St. To I-84 | To I-84 Exit 30 | ||
| 24.2 | 38.9 |   Route 120 south (Meriden Ave.) to Route 364 | |||
| 26.7 | 43.0 | I-84 – Hartford, Waterbury | I-84 Exit 32 | ||
| Plainville | 28.1 | 45.2 |  Route 177 north (Town Line Rd.) | ||
| 29.8 | 48.0 |   Route 372 to I-84 / Route 72 east – New Britain, Plainville Business District | |||
| Farmington | 32.2 | 51.8 | US 6 – West Hartford, Bristol | One-way eastbound connector | |
| 33.8 | 54.4 |  Route 4 to I-84 – West Hartford, Hartford, Unionville | |||
| Avon | 39.4 | 63.4 | US 44 east – West Hartford | Begin US 44 overlap | |
| 40.2 | 64.7 | US 44 west / US 202 west – Canton, Winsted | End US 44 overlap; begin US 202 overlap | ||
| Simsbury | 43.0 | 69.2 |  Route 185 east – Bloomfield | ||
| 44.8 | 72.1 |   Route 167 south to Route 309 – West Simsbury | |||
| 46.8 | 75.3 |  Route 315 north – Tariffville | |||
| Granby | 50.8 | 81.8 |  Route 189 south – Bloomfield | Begin Route 189 overlap; Old Route 10 continues south on Route 189 | |
| 50.9 | 81.9 |  Route 20 / Route 189 north – North Granby, East Granby | End Route 189 overlap | ||
| 54.3 | 87.4 | Route 10 north / US 202 | State line | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
References
- ↑ Connecticut State Numbered Routes and Roads as of December 31, 2004 (PDF)
- ↑ Oglesby, Scott (2004-09-04). "Connecticut New England Interstates: NE 10". Connecticut Roads. kurumi.com. Retrieved 2006-07-10.
External links
Media related to Connecticut Route 10 at Wikimedia Commons