U.S. Route 1 in Connecticut
U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in the U.S. state of Connecticut is a major east–west U.S. Route along Long Island Sound. It has been replaced by Interstate 95 (I-95) as a through route, which it closely parallels, and now primarily serves as a local business route. Despite its largely east–west orientation, it is part of a north–south route and is mostly signed north–south.
U.S. Route 1 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by CTDOT | ||||
| Length | 117.37 mi[1] (188.89 km) | |||
| Existed | 1926–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  US 1 in Port Chester, NY | |||
 US 7 in Norwalk  Route 8 / Route 25 in BridgeportMilford Parkway in Milford  Route 34 in New Haven Route 9 in Old Saybrook Route 32 in New London | ||||
| North end | US 1 in Westerly, RI | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Connecticut | |||
| Counties | Fairfield, New Haven, Middlesex, New London | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Most of US 1 through Connecticut encompasses its predecessor, the Boston Post Road, and, in many towns, it is still named Boston Post Road (or Post Road).
Route description
US 1 in Connecticut largely parallels I-95 and has many interchanges with it. The route passes through each city and town of Connecticut bordering the Long Island Sound (in addition to the town of Orange).
From Greenwich to Branford, US 1 is mostly a four- or six-lane principal arterial road (with some two-lane sections in dense areas). From Branford to Stonington, US 1 it a two- or four-lane minor arterial road.
US 1 is known as Boston Post Road or Post Road for the majority of its length, but it also encompasses other local street names. The route is known as Putnam Avenue in Greenwich; Tresser Boulevard, West Main Street, and East Main Street in Stamford; Connecticut Avenue in parts of Norwalk; Boston Avenue in parts of Bridgeport; and New London Road in parts of Groton. In Stonington, the route is known as Stonington Road, South Broad Street, and West Broad Street. US 1 is also known as Main Street in Branford and Clinton.
Overlap with I-95
US 1 is concurrent with I-95 in two sections, both of which are river crossings. The western concurrency is between exits 68 and 70 from Old Saybrook to Old Lyme, where the two routes cross the Connecticut River via the Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge. The eastern concurrency is between exits 83 and 85 from New London to Groton, where the routes cross the Thames River via the Gold Star Memorial Bridge.
US 1's two other major bridge crossings closely parallel the I-95 crossings of those rivers. The Washington Bridge over the Housatonic River, connecting Milford and Stratford, as well as the Tomlinson Lift Bridge over the Quinnipiac River in New Haven, is a short distance away from I-95's Moses Wheeler and Pearl Harbor Memorial bridges, respectively.
US 1 also forms a frontage road for I-95 in parts of Fairfield, Stratford, and New London.
History
US 1 generally follows the old Boston Post Road and turnpike roads built to replace it. Specifically, the Greenwich Road, chartered in 1792, was the part in Greenwich and became part of the longer New York-to-Fairfield Connecticut Turnpike (not to be confused with the contemporary Connecticut Turnpike) in 1806. The New Haven and Milford Turnpike (1802) continued from Milford to New Haven, and the New London and Lyme Turnpike (1807) connected Old Lyme with New London.
Route 51
Route 51 | |
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| Location | Old Lyme to East Lyme |
| Length | 9.4 mi (15.1 km) |
| Existed | 1962–1976 |
US 1 was originally built where it currently exists in Old Lyme and East Lyme. However, from 1949 to 1976, US 1 existed where I-95 currently exists in Old Lyme and East Lyme. From 1962 to 1976, this stretch of road was Route 51, which traveled for 9.4 miles (15.1 km) through Old Lyme and East Lyme and was known as the Boston Post Road. In 1976, US 1 returned to the 9.4-mile (15.1 km) stretch of road, thus eliminating the need for Route 51.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Byram River | 0.00 | 0.00 |    US 1 south to NY 120A | Continuation into New York | |
| New York–Connecticut state line | |||||
| Fairfield | Riverside | 4.83 | 7.77 |  I-95 – New Haven, New York City | Exit 5 on I-95 (Connecticut Turnpike) |
| Stamford | 6.93 | 11.15 |    Route 137 (Washington Boulevard) to I-95 – Transportation Center, UConn | ||
| 8.60 | 13.84 |    Route 106 north (Courtland Avenue) / I-95 south – Glenbrook, New York City | Southern terminus of Route 106 | ||
| 8.66 | 13.94 |  I-95 north – New Haven | Exit 9 on I-95 (Connecticut Turnpike) | ||
| Community of Darien | 11.17 | 17.98 | I-95 – New Haven, New York City | Exit 11 on I-95 (Connecticut Turnpike); southbound entrance is via Ledge Road | |
| 11.56 | 18.60 |   Route 136 east (Tokeneke Road) – Rowayton, South Norwalk | Western terminus of Route 136 | ||
| 11.66 | 18.76 |  Route 124 north (Mansfield Avenue) – New Canaan | Southern terminus of Route 124 | ||
| Town of Darien | 12.51– 12.87 | 20.13– 20.71 | I-95 – New Haven, New York City | Exit 13 on I-95 (Connecticut Turnpike); northbound entrance is via Old Kings Highway | |
| Norwalk | 14.24 | 22.92 | I-95 – New Haven, New York City | Exit 14 on I-95 (Connecticut Turnpike); northbound entrance is via Scribner Avenue | |
| 15.73 | 25.31 | US 7 to I-95 – New York City, Bridgeport | Exit 1 on US 7 | ||
| 16.17 | 26.02 |  Route 123 north (Main Street) to US 7 north | Southern terminus of Route 123 | ||
| 16.54 | 26.62 |  Route 53 north (East Avenue) | Southern terminus of Route 53 | ||
| Community of Westport | 19.22 | 30.93 |  Route 33 – Wilton, Saugatuck, Westport Station | ||
| 19.83 | 31.91 | Route 136 (Compo Road) – Easton, Saugatuck | |||
| Town of Westport | 20.80 | 33.47 | Sherwood Island Connector (SSR 476) – Sherwood Island State Park | ||
| Southport | 23.31 | 37.51 | I-95 – New York City, New Haven | Exit 19 on I-95 (Connecticut Turnpike); Access via local roads except northbound entrance | |
| Fairfield | 25.51 | 41.05 |  Route 135 north (North Benson Road) | Southern terminus of Route 135 | |
| 25.83 | 41.57 |  Route 130 east (Post Road) | Western terminus of Route 130 | ||
| 26.23– 26.47 | 42.21– 42.60 | I-95 – New Haven, New York City | Exit 23 on I-95 (Connecticut Turnpike) | ||
| 27.16 | 43.71 | I-95 – New Haven, New York City | Exit 24 on I-95 (Connecticut Turnpike); Access to I-95 south via local roads | ||
| 28.15 | 45.30 |  Route 58 north – Easton, Redding, Bethel | Southern terminus of Route 58 | ||
| Bridgeport | 28.68 | 46.16 |  Route 59 north – Easton, Upper Stepney | Southern terminus of Route 59 | |
| 30.16 | 48.54 | To Route 25 / Route 8 | Access via Chopsey Hill Road | ||
| 31.43 | 50.58 |  Route 127 north (East Main Street) – Trumbull | Southern terminus of Route 127 | ||
| Community of Stratford | 34.03 | 54.77 |  Route 108 north (Nichols Avenue) – Trumbull, Huntington | Southern terminus of Route 108 | |
| 34.20 | 55.04 |  Route 113 (Main Street) – Paradise Green, Shelton | |||
| 34.86 | 56.10 |  Route 130 west – Bridgeport | Eastern terminus of Route 130 | ||
| 34.91– 35.09 | 56.18– 56.47 | I-95 – New York City, New Haven | Exit 33 on I-95 (Connecticut Turnpike) | ||
| 35.06 | 56.42 |  Route 110 north (East Main Street) – Shelton | Southern terminus of Route 110 | ||
| Housatonic River | 35.27– 35.43 | 56.76– 57.02 | Washington Bridge | ||
| New Haven | Milford | 36.31 | 58.44 | I-95 – New Haven, New York City | Exit 34 on I-95 (Connecticut Turnpike) |
| 37.33 | 60.08 |  Route 162 east – Downtown Milford | Western terminus of Route 162 | ||
| 38.91 | 62.62 |  To Route 15 – New York City, Hartford | Access via Milford Parkway | ||
| 39.20 | 63.09 |  Route 121 north (North Street) – Orange | Southern terminus of Route 121 | ||
| 40.01 | 64.39 | I-95 – New Haven, New York City | Exits 39A-B on I-95 (Connecticut Turnpike) | ||
| Orange | 42.25 | 67.99 |  Route 152 north (Orange Center Road) – Orange Center | Southern terminus of Route 152 | |
| 43.20 | 69.52 |  Route 114 north (Racebrook Road) – Woodbridge | Southern terminus of Route 114 | ||
| 43.95 | 70.73 | Route 162 west (Bull Hill Lane) – West Haven | Eastern terminus of Route 162 | ||
| West Haven | 46.06 | 74.13 |  Route 122 (Forest Road / Campbell Avenue) – Downtown West Haven, Westville | ||
| New Haven | 46.64 | 75.06 |  Route 10 (Ella Grasso Boulevard) to I-95 – City Point, Hamden | ||
| 48.25– 48.81 | 77.65– 78.55 |  To I-91 north / I-95 – Hartford, New London, New York City | Access via Water Street to Route 34 (Oak Street Connector) | ||
| 49.23– 49.41 | 79.23– 79.52 | Tomlinson Lift Bridge over the Quinnipiac River | |||
| 50.25 | 80.87 |  Route 337 (Townsend Avenue) – Lighthouse Point Park | To Tweed-New Haven Airport | ||
| East Haven | 50.65– 51.23 | 81.51– 82.45 | I-95 – New London, New Haven | Exit 51 on I-95 (Connecticut Turnpike) | |
| 51.79 | 83.35 |  Route 142 east (Hemingway Avenue) – Momauguin | Western terminus of Route 142 | ||
| 52.06 | 83.78 |  Route 100 north (Main Street) | Southern terminus of Route 100 | ||
| Branford | 53.85 | 86.66 | Route 142 west (Short Beach Road) – Short Beach | Eastern terminus of Route 142 | |
| 53.96 | 86.84 | I-95 south – New York City | Exit 53 on I-95 north (Connecticut Turnpike); Access via Branford Connector | ||
| 54.06 | 87.00 |  Route 146 east (Main Street) – Stony Creek | Western terminus of Route 146 | ||
| 56.82 | 91.44 | I-95 – New London, New Haven | Exit 55 on I-95 (Connecticut Turnpike) | ||
| 57.06 | 91.83 |  Route 139 north (North Branford Road) – North Branford, Foxon | Southern terminus of Route 139 | ||
| Guilford | 59.21 | 95.29 |  Route 22 west (Notch Hill Road) – Foxon, North Branford | Eastern terminus of Route 22 | |
| 61.76 | 99.39 | I-95 – New Haven, New London | Exit 57 on I-95 (Connecticut Turnpike) | ||
| 63.07 | 101.50 |  Route 77 (Church Street) – Guilford, North Guilford | |||
| 64.35 | 103.56 | Route 146 west (Boston Street) – Guilford Center | Eastern terminus of Route 146 | ||
| Madison | 67.85 | 109.19 |  Route 79 (Durham Road) – North Madison, Durham | ||
| Middlesex | Clinton | 71.67 | 115.34 |  Route 81 (High Street) – Killingworth, Middletown | |
| 72.52 | 116.71 |  Route 145 (Old Post Road / Old Westbrook Road) – Winthrop | |||
| Westbrook | 76.25 | 122.71 |  Route 153 (Essex Road) to I-95 – Essex, Ivoryton | ||
| Old Saybrook | 78.19 | 125.83 |  Route 166 (Spencer Plain Road) to I-95 | ||
| 79.52 | 127.98 |  Route 154 north (Old Boston Post Road) – Shore Points, Cornfield Point, Knollwood Beach | Southern terminus of Route 154 | ||
| 80.52 | 129.58 | Route 154 south (Main Street) – Shore Points, Saybrook Point | Southern terminus of Route 154 concurrency | ||
| 80.95 | 130.28 | Route 154 north (Middlesex Turnpike) to I-95 south – Essex, Haddam, New Haven | Northern terminus of Route 154 concurrency | ||
| 81.98 | 131.93 | I-95 north – New London | Southern terminus I-95 concurrency; Exit 68 on I-95 south (Connecticut Turnpike) | ||
| Route 9 north – Essex, Hartford | Exit 69; southern terminus of Route 9 | ||||
| Connecticut River | 82.15– 82.63 | 132.21– 132.98 | Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge | ||
| New London | Old Lyme | 82.86– 83.34 | 133.35– 134.12 |  I-95 north / Route 156 south (Shore Road) – New London | Northern terminus of I-95 concurrency; Exit 70 on I-95 (Connecticut Turnpike) southern terminus of Route 156 concurrency |
| 83.53 | 134.43 | Route 156 north (Neck Road) – Hamburg | Northern terminus of Route 156 concurrency | ||
| East Lyme | 92.46 | 148.80 |  Route 161 (Chesterfield Road / Flanders Road) – Chesterfield, Niantic | ||
| 92.97 | 149.62 | I-95 – New Haven, New London | Exit 75 on I-95 (Connecticut Turnpike) | ||
| Waterford | 97.36 | 156.69 | Route 156 west (Rope Ferry Road) – Flanders, Niantic | Eastern terminus of Route 156 | |
| New London | 98.70 | 158.84 |  Route 213 south (Ocean Avenue) – Harkness Memorial State Park | Northern terminus of Route 213 | |
| 99.99 | 160.92 |  Route 85 north (Broad Street) – Waterford, Hartford | Southern terminus of Route 85 | ||
| 100.89 | 162.37 | Route 32 north – Norwich | Exit 84N on I-95; US 1 acts as frontage roads for I-95 | ||
| 101.03 | 162.59 | I-95 south – New Haven | Southern terminus of I-95 concurrency; Exit 83 on I-95 | ||
| Thames River | 101.17– 102.26 | 162.82– 164.57 | Gold Star Memorial Bridge | ||
| Groton | 102.21– 102.95 | 164.49– 165.68 |  I-95 north / Route 12 north / Thames Street – Providence, Gales Ferry | Northern terminus of I-95 concurrency; Exit 85 on I-95; southern terminus of Route 12 | |
| 103.22 | 166.12 |  Route 349 (Clarence Sharp Highway) to I-95 north – Providence | |||
| 105.55 | 169.87 |  Route 117 north (Newtown Road) to I-95 – Ledyard | Southern terminus of Route 117 | ||
| 106.47 | 171.35 |  Route 215 east (Groton Long Point Road) – Groton Long Point | Western terminus of Route 215 | ||
| 108.98 | 175.39 | Route 215 west (Water Street) – Groton Long Point, Noank | Eastern terminus of Route 215 | ||
| Mystic River | 109.12 | 175.61 | Mystic River Bascule Bridge | ||
| Stonington | 109.67 | 176.50 |  Route 27 north (Denison Avenue) to I-95 – Old Mystic | Southern terminus of Route 27 | |
| 112.48 | 181.02 |  US 1A north (North Water Street) – Stonington Borough | Southern terminus of US 1A | ||
| 113.63 | 182.87 | US 1A south (Elm Street) – Stonington Borough | Northern terminus of US 1A | ||
| 116.78 | 187.94 |  Route 234 west (Pequot Trail) to I-95 – Old Mystic | Eastern terminus of Route 234 | ||
| 117.24 | 188.68 |  Route 2 west (Liberty Street) to I-95 – Norwich, Hartford | Eastern terminus of Route 2 | ||
| Pawcatuck River | 117.37 | 188.89 | Connecticut–Rhode Island state line | ||
| US 1 north – Westerly | Bridge; continuation into Rhode Island | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Highway Log" (PDF). (1.80 MiB) as of December 31, 2014
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