U.S. Route 202 in Connecticut

U.S. Route 202
Route information
Maintained by ConnDOT
Length:	75.14 mi[1] (120.93 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 Highways 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

U.S. Route 202 enters Connecticut at Danbury with US 6 and climbs up onto I-84 at Exit 4, which had just been joined by the north–south US 7 at the previous interchange, making a four-way concurrency. US 7 and 202 split from I-84 and US 6 at Exit 7. They remain a freeway for a short stretch but then 202 splits off to a two-lane road in southern Brookfield as it follows Federal Road. The US 7 freeway continues for another 2 miles (3.2 km) before it rejoins US 202 in northern Brookfield. The now rejoined US 7 and 202 approach New Milford, in bucolic Litchfield County, where they once again split. Route 202 then travels through Washington, Morris (briefly), and Litchfield before entering Torrington. In Torrington US 202 sees an interchange with Connecticut Route 8. Leaving Torrington, US 202 travels through New Hartford and Canton. In western Canton, US 202 becomes concurrent with US Route 44, which occurs until central Avon. US 202 turns northward through northern Avon, Simsbury, and Granby before entering Massachusetts. From the intersection with Route 44 in Avon to the state line, US 202 is concurrent with Route 10.

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	New York state line
		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	Joins I-84/US 7 northbound at exit 4
		(5.41)		Route 39 / Route 53	I-84 exit 5
		(5.84)		Route 37	I-84 exit 6; southbound junction only
		7.43	11.96	I-84 / US 6 east – Bethel, Waterbury	Leaves I-84/US 6 northbound at exit 7
	Brookfield	9.05	14.56	Federal Road (SR 805)
		10.66	17.16	Route 133 north – Brookfield, Bridgewater
		12.88	20.73	Route 25 south – Hawleyville, Newtown
Litchfield	New Milford	19.27	31.01	US 7 north / Route 67 – Kent	End overlap with US 7; begin overlap with Route 67
		19.77	31.82	Route 67 south – Roxbury	End overlap with Route 67
		21.56	34.70	Route 109 east – Washington
	Washington	27.49	44.24	Route 45 north – Warren
		28.67	46.14	Route 47 south – Washington
		31.26	50.31	Route 341 north – Warren
		31.93	51.39	SSR 479 (Old Route 25)
	Litchfield	35.11	56.50	Route 209 south – Lakeside
		38.49	61.94	Route 63 – Goshen, Morris
		38.59	62.10	Route 118 east – Harwinton
	Torrington	44.09	70.96	SR 800 (Main Street/South Main Street)
		44.15	71.05	Route 4 west – Goshen	Begin overlap with Route 4
		44.70	71.94	Route 8 – Winsted, Waterbury	Access via Columbus Road (SR 836) and Christopher Road (SR 837)
		44.82	72.13	Route 4 east – Harwinton	End overlap with Route 4
		44.67	71.89	Route 183 – Harwinton, Winsted
	New Hartford	50.16	80.72	Route 219 east – New Hartford
Hartford	Canton	55.54	89.38	Route 179 – Canton, Collinsville
		55.70	89.64	US 44 west – Winsted	Begin overlap with US 44
		41.07	66.10	Route 177 south – Unionville
	Simsbury	42.29	68.06	Route 167 – Simsbury, Unionville
	Avon	61.02	98.20	US 44 east / Route 10 south – West Hartford, Farmington	End overlap with US 44; begin overlap with Route 10
	Simsbury	42.99	69.19	Route 185 east – Bloomfield
		44.75	72.02	Route 167 south – Canton
		46.81	75.33	Route 315 east – Tariffville
	Granby	50.84	81.82	Route 189 south – Tariffville	Begin overlap with Route 189
		50.93	81.96	Route 20 / Route 189 north – East Granby, East Hartland, North Granby	End overlap with Route 189
		75.14	120.93	US 202 / Route 10	Massachusetts state line
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.