List of U.S. Highways in Connecticut

United States Numbered Highways in the U.S. state of Connecticut, are numbered by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and maintained by the Connecticut Department of Transportation, a total of 547.75 miles (881.52 km) as a system of state highways and are numbered from 1 to 202.

History

In 1926, the U.S. highway system was implemented. U.S. Routes 1, 5, 6, and 7, plus 202 were used as designations on several primary state highways, replacing New England routes 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively. The other New England routes that were not re-designated as U.S. routes became ordinary state highways but kept their number designation, which are used even today (with some realignment).

Current U.S. Highways

Highway	Major Cities	Length (mi)	Length (km)	Description	Date established	Notes
U.S. 1	Greenwich, Stamford, Norwalk, Fairfield, Bridgeport, Stratford, Milford, West Haven, New Haven, East Haven, New London, Groton	117.37	188.89	U.S. 1 enters from New York and runs parallel to Long Island Sound within Connecticut, crossing the Housatonic River on the Washington Bridge and the Connecticut River on the Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge. U.S. 1 exits the state at the Rhode Island border.	1964
U.S. 5	New Haven, Wallingford, Meriden, Newington, Hartford, East Hartford, Windsor, Enfield	54.59	87.85	U.S. 5 runs from I-91 in New Haven to the Massachusetts border, at Enfield; notably duplexed with CT 15 from Meriden to East Hartford.	1926
U.S. 6	Danbury, Newtown, Southbury, Thomaston, Bristol, West Hartford, Hartford, East Hartford, Manchester, Bolton, Willimantic, Danielson, Killingly	116.33	187.21	U.S. 6 enters from New York. After a four way concurrency with I-84, US 7, and US 202 in Danbury, U.S. 6 continues to Thomaston, Bristol and Farmington, where it becomes a duel-leveled viaduct. It continues to Hartford and crosses the Connecticut River on the Bulkeley Bridge and continues to the Rhode Island border.	1926
U.S. 7	Norwalk, Danbury, New Milford, Kent, Canaan	78.29	126.00	U.S. 7 runs from I-95 (Connecticut Turnpike) overlapping a four way concurrency with I-84 US 6 and US 202 in Danbury, continuing through northwestern Connecticut to the Massachusetts border.	1930
U.S. 44	Winsted, Canton, Avon, West Hartford, Hartford, East Hartford, Manchester, Bolton, Ashford, Putnam	106.03	170.64	U.S. 44 runs from the New York border and northwestern rural Connecticut and overlaps with I-84 and US 6 in Hartford and E. Hartford and northeastern rural Connecticut to the Rhode Island border.	1935
U.S. 202	Danbury, New Milford, Torrington, Canton, Avon, Simsbury, Granby	75.14	120.93	U.S. 202 enters from New York overlapping a four way concurrency with I-84 US 6 and US 7 in Danbury at Exits 4 and 7. They remain a freeway for a short stretch but then 202 splits off to a two-lane road in New Milford, continues through Torrington and on to Cherry Brook, where it then runs concurrently with US 44 for several miles before turning northward at Avon overlapping with CT 10 to the Massachusetts state line.	1935

Former U.S. Highway

• U.S. Route 6A

See also

• List of State Routes in Connecticut

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