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. Although the route serves no major city centers for most of its run, with the largest city being Danbury, it does pass through Hartford County, serving the northern fringe of Greater Hartford. US 202 is overlapped with other routes for most of its length.

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 202 in Connecticut. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 202.

U.S. Route 202 marker

U.S. Route 202

US 202 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by CTDOT
Length75.17 mi[1] (120.97 km)
Existed1935 (relocated 1974)–present
Major junctions
West end US 6 / US 202 in Southeast, NY
Major intersections I-84 / US 6 / US 7 in Danbury
Route 8 in Torrington
East end US 202 / Route 10 in Southwick, MA
Location
CountryUnited States
StateConnecticut
CountiesFairfield, Litchfield, Hartford
Highway system
  • Connecticut State Highway System
← 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 freeway 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
CountyLocationmikmExitDestinationsNotes
FairfieldDanbury0.000.00

 US 6 west / US 202 west		Continuation into New York
1.101.77
 To I-84		Via SR 824; Exit 2 on I-84
4.156.684

 I-84 west / US 7 south – Norwalk, Newburgh		Western terminus of I-84 / US 7 concurrency; no eastbound access to US 7 south
5.619.035 Route 39 / Route 53 – Downtown Danbury, BethelRoute 37 only appears on eastbound signage
6.2510.066 Route 37 – New FairfieldWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
7.4311.967 (EB)
10 (WB)
 I-84 east (US 6 east) – Waterbury		Eastern terminus of I-84 / US 6 concurrency
8.5913.8211
 US 7 north – New Milford		Eastern terminus of US 7 concurrency
Brookfield10.6617.16
 Route 133 north – Brookfield Center		Southern terminus of Route 133
11.9419.22 US 7 – Danbury, New MilfordExit 12 on US 7
12.6820.41
 Route 25 south – Brookfield Center, Newtown		Northern terminus of Route 25
13.8822.34
 US 7 south – Danbury		Southern terminus of US 7 concurrency
LitchfieldNew Milford19.3031.06
 US 7 north – Kent		Northern terminus of US 7 concurrency; southern terminus of Route 67
Veterans Memorial Bridge over Housatonic River
19.8031.87
 Route 67 south – Roxbury, Bridgewater, Southbury		Northern terminus of Route 67 concurrency
21.5934.75
 Route 109 east – Washington		Western terminus of Route 109
Washington27.4244.13
 Route 45 north – New Preston, Warren		Southern terminus of Route 45
28.6946.17
 Route 47 south – Washington		Northern terminus of Route 47
31.2950.36
 Route 341 west – Warren, Kent		Eastern terminus of Route 341
Litchfield35.1456.55
 Route 209 south – Morris, Bantam Lake		Northern terminus of Route 209
38.5362.01 Route 63 – Goshen, East Morris
38.6262.15
 Route 118 east – Harwinton		Western terminus of Route 118
Torrington44.7071.94 Route 8 – Waterbury, WinstedExit 50 on Route 8; access via collector/distributor roads (SR 836 and SR 837)
44.8572.18
 Route 4 west		Western terminus of Route 4 concurrency
44.9772.37
 Route 4 east – Harwinton		Eastern terminus of Route 4 concurrency
46.7075.16 Route 183 – Harwinton, Winsted
New Hartford50.1980.77
 Route 219 north – New Hartford		Southern terminus of Route 219
HartfordCanton55.5789.43

 Route 179 to US 44 east – Farmington, Collinsville		No westbound signage for US 44
55.7389.69
 US 44 west – New Hartford, Winsted		Western terminus of US 44 concurrency; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
57.8493.08
 Route 177 south – Unionville		Northern terminus of Route 177
Simsbury59.0695.05 Route 167 – Simsbury, Unionville
Avon61.0598.25

 US 44 east / Route 10 south – West Hartford, Hartford, Farmington		Eastern terminus of US 44 concurrency; western terminus of Route 10 concurrency
Simsbury63.98102.97
 Route 185 east – Bloomfield		Western terminus of Route 185
66.64107.25

 Route 167 south to Route 309 – West Simsbury, Canton		Northern terminus of Route 167
67.60108.79
 Route 315 east – Tariffville		Western terminus of Route 315
Granby71.73115.44
 Route 189 south – Bloomfield		Southern terminus of Route 189 concurrency
71.81115.57
 Route 20 / Route 189 north – North Granby, East Granby, Bradley International Airport		Northern terminus of Route 189 concurrency
75.17120.97

 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

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
Template:Attached KML/U.S. Route 202 in Connecticut
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  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.
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