U.S. Route 202 in Connecticut

In Connecticut, U.S. Route 202 (US 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.

U.S. Route 202
Route information
Maintained by ConnDOT
Length	75.17 mi[1] (120.97 km)
Existed	1935 (relocated 1974)–present
Major junctions
West end	US 6 / US 202 in Southeast, NY
	I-84 / US 6 / US 7 in Danbury Route 8 in Torrington
East end	US 202 / Route 10 in Southwick, MA
Location
Counties	Fairfield, Litchfield, Hartford
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Routes in Connecticut Interstate U.S. State SSR SR ← Route 201 → Route 203

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. Between the junctions of US 7 at Exit 12 and US 7 at the Brookfield-New Milford border, signage for US 202 briefly changes directions to become a north-south route through the center of Brookfield. US 202 returns to being signed in its dominant east-west directions again after overlapping with US 7 in New Milford. 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]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Fairfield	Danbury	0.00	0.00		US 6 west / US 202 west	Continuation into New York
		1.10	1.77		To I-84	Via SR 824; Exit 2 on I-84
		4.15	6.68	4	I-84 west / US 7 south – Norwalk, Newburgh	Western terminus of I-84 / US 7 concurrency; no eastbound access to US 7 south
		5.61	9.03	5	Route 39 / Route 53 – Downtown Danbury, Bethel	Route 37 only appears on eastbound signage
		6.25	10.06	6	Route 37 – New Fairfield	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		7.43	11.96	7	I-84 east (US 6 east) – Waterbury	Eastern terminus of I-84 / US 6 concurrency; signed as exit 10 westbound
		8.59	13.82	11	US 7 north – New Milford	Eastern terminus of (Route 7) concurrency
	Brookfield	10.66	17.16		Route 133 north – Brookfield Center	Southern terminus of (Route 133)
		11.94	19.22		US 7 – Danbury, New Milford	Exit 12 on (Route 7)
		12.68	20.41		Route 25 south – Brookfield Center, Newtown	Northern terminus of (Route 25)
		13.88	22.34		US 7 south – Danbury	Southern terminus of (Route 7) concurrency
Litchfield	New Milford	19.30	31.06		US 7 north – Kent	Northern terminus of (Route 7) concurrency; southern terminus of Route 67
					Veterans Memorial Bridge over Housatonic River
		19.80	31.87		Route 67 south – Roxbury, Bridgewater, Southbury	Northern terminus of (Route 67) concurrency
		21.59	34.75		Route 109 east – Washington	Western terminus of (Route 109)
	Washington	27.42	44.13		Route 45 north – New Preston, Warren	Southern terminus of (Route 45)
		28.69	46.17		Route 47 south – Washington	Northern terminus of (Route 47)
		31.29	50.36		Route 341 west – Warren, Kent	Eastern terminus of (Route 341)
	Litchfield	35.14	56.55		Route 209 south – Morris, Bantam Lake	Northern terminus of (Route 209)
		38.53	62.01		Route 63 – Goshen, East Morris
		38.62	62.15		Route 118 east – Harwinton	Western terminus of (Route 118)
	Torrington	44.70	71.94		Route 8 – Waterbury, Winsted	Exit 44 on (Route 8); access via collector/distributor roads (SR 836 and SR 837)
		44.85	72.18		Route 4 west	Western terminus of Route 4 concurrency
		44.97	72.37		Route 4 east – Harwinton	Eastern terminus of (Route 4) concurrency
		46.70	75.16		Route 183 – Harwinton, Winsted
	New Hartford	50.19	80.77		Route 219 north – New Hartford	Southern terminus of (Route 219)
Hartford	Canton	55.57	89.43		Route 179 to US 44 east – Farmington, Collinsville	No westbound signage for (Route 44)
		55.73	89.69		US 44 west – New Hartford	Western terminus of (Route 44) concurrency; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		57.84	93.08		Route 177 south – Unionville	Northern terminus of (Route 177)
	Simsbury	59.06	95.05		Route 167 – Simsbury, Unionville
	Avon	61.05	98.25		US 44 east / Route 10 south – West Hartford, Hartford, Farmington	Eastern terminus of (Route 44) concurrency; western terminus of Route 10 concurrency
	Simsbury	63.98	102.97		Route 185 east – Bloomfield	Western terminus of (Route 185)
		66.64	107.25		Route 167 south to Route 309 – West Simsbury, Canton	Northern terminus of (Route 167)
		67.60	108.79		Route 315 east – Tariffville	Western terminus of (Route 315)
	Granby	71.73	115.44		Route 189 south – Bloomfield	Southern terminus of (Route 189) concurrency
		71.81	115.57		Route 20 / Route 189 north – North Granby, East Granby, Bradley International Airport	Northern terminus of (Route 189) concurrency
		75.17	120.97		US 202 north / Route 10 north – Southwick	Continuation into Massachusetts as a north-south road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

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.