Connecticut Route 2

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Route 2 marker

Route 2
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Route information
Maintained by ConnDOT
Length: 58.03 mi (93.39 km)
Existed: 1932 – present
Major junctions
West end: Columbus Boulevard in Hartford
  I-84 / US 6 in East Hartford
I-395 in Norwich
I-95 in North Stonington
East end: US 1 in Stonington
Location
Counties: Hartford, New London
Highway system
  • Routes in Connecticut
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Route 2 is a state highway in Connecticut and is 58.03 miles (93.39 km) in length. It is a primary state route, with a limited-access highway section connecting Hartford to Norwich and an access highway section extending to Stonington.

Route description

Route 2 begins as a continuation of State Street (just east of Columbus Blvd) near Interstate 91 in downtown Hartford. It starts out heading east toward East Hartford. Route 2 then crosses the Connecticut River on the Founders Bridge and has a partial interchange with I-91 at the crossing. Immediately after crossing into East Hartford, there is a complex interchange with Interstate 84. Immediately after this interchange, Route 2 heads southeast in the direction of Glastonbury. There is a partial interchange with Route 15 about 0.75 miles (1.21 km) further. After East Hartford, Route 2 enters Glastonbury. At the East Hartford-Glastonbury town line, there is a full trumpet interchange with Route 3. About 1 mile (1.6 km) after this interchange, there is a partial interchange with Route 17. From Glastonbury, Route 2 passes into Marlborough. It continues into Colchester. In Colchester, Route 2 has a partial interchange with Route 11. After this interchange, Route 2 curves and heads east toward Norwich. Once Route 2 leaves Colchester, it passes through the towns of Lebanon and Bozrah. After Bozrah, Route 2 enters Norwich. Just after entering Norwich, Route 32 joins Route 2. Then, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) down Route 2, there is a partial cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 395. About 1.75 miles (2.82 km) further east from the I-395 interchange, the limited-access highway section of Route 2 ends at a four-way at-grade intersection with Town Street, Harland Road (Route 169), and Washington Street (Route 32/Route 2). Route 32 then separates in downtown Norwich after overlapping with Route 2 for 3.9 miles (6.3 km), following the west bank of the Thames River. Route 2 continues southeast from Norwich into Preston, and then into Ledyard. Just after entering Ledyard, Route 2 passes by the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation and then the Foxwoods Resort Casino. After passing through Ledyard, Route 2 continues into North Stonington. There is a roundabout with Route 184 and a partial interchange with Interstate 95 here. After leaving North Stonington, Route 2 heads into Stonington. Here, Route 2 is reduced to a minor arterial road. It has an interchange with Route 78 and terminates about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) later at the junction with US 1 just west of the Rhode Island state line.[1]

Route 2 westbound in Hartford, just before exits 2E, 2W and 3.

Several Connecticut limited-access highways terminate at Route 2. Route 3 ends at Route 2 near the East Hartford-Glastonbury town line, Route 17 ends at Route 2 in Glastonbury, and Route 11 ends at Route 2 in Colchester. Route 78 also ends at Route 2, in Stonington. It is unusual that Route 78 intersects Route 2 where it is not a limited-access highway.

Special designations

The entire length of Route 2 is also known as the Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Highway.[1] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

History

Two early toll roads, the Hartford and New London Turnpike and the Colchester and Norwich Turnpike, followed the alignment of current Route 2 in the 1800s. In 1922, The New England Interstate system incorporated the future Route 2 alignment as Route 17. Upon the discontinuation of the New England routes in the 1932 state highway renumbering, the eastern half of old New England Route 17 was renumbered to Route 2. The western half of old New England Route 17 eventually formed part of U.S. Route 44.[2][3]

Limited-access highway construction along the Route 2 alignment started in the 1950s and continued through the 1960s and early 1970s. The oldest limited-access highway segment, between exits 5A and 7, opened in 1952; the latest segment, between exits 20 and 22, opened in 1971. The state still maintains some segments of the older, access highway alignment, but does not sign these segments as state routes. The state remanded the remaining access highway segments to town jurisdiction.[3]

Junction list

County Location mi km Exit Destinations Notes
Hartford Hartford 0.0 0.0 Columbus Boulevard Western terminus of Route 2; at-grade intersection; road continues as State Street
0.1 0.16 I-91 south – New Haven Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
East Hartford 0.3 0.48 3 Pitkin Street, East River Drive Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; milepost at off-ramp
0.5 0.80 2 I-84 / US 6 east – East Hartford, Boston Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; milepost at off-ramp. Access to Governor St., East Hartford (SR 500)
0.9 1.45 2
N-E-W
2N: Governor St. – E. Hartford (SR 500)
2E: I-84 / US 6 east – East Hartford, Boston
2W: I-84 / US 6 west to I-91 north – Waterbury, Springfield
Westbound exits and eastbound entrances; milepost at off-ramp
1.0 1.6 3 Pitkin Street Westbound exit only; milepost at off-ramp
1.5 2.4 4 East River Drive (SR 502) To US 5 to Route 15 south / I-91 Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; milepost at Route 15 junction
2.0 3.2 5 Riverside Drive, Willow Street (SR 516) Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
2.8–
2.9
4.5–
4.7
5A High Street
Main Street
SR 517; signed for High Street eastbound and Main Street westbound
3.3 5.3 5B Sutton Avenue Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
3.7 6.0 5C Maple Street Partial diamond interchange, eastbound exit only
4.0 6.4 5D Route 3 south – Glastonbury, Wethersfield Trumpet interchange
Glastonbury 4.7 7.6 6 Griswold St. – Glastonbury Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; no access to this exit from Route 3 entrance ramp
5.1 8.2 7 Route 17 south – Portland, South Glastonbury Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
5.6 9.0 8 Route 94 (Hebron Ave.) – Glastonbury Center
7.1 11.4 9 Neipsic Rd. – Glastonbury Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
9.9 15.9 10 Route 83 north – East Glastonbury, Manchester Full diamond interchange
10.5 16.9 11 Thompson St., Wassuc Rd. – Glastonbury Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Marlborough 13.6 21.9 12 West Road, Business Route – Marlborough Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
15.4 24.8 13 Route 66 – Willimantic, Marlborough Full diamond interchange
17.9 28.8 15 South Main Street – Marlborough Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
New London Colchester 20.4 32.8 16 Route 149 / Westchester Rd. – Westchester, Moodus
22.4 36.0 17 Business Route – Colchester Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
23.7 38.1 18 Route 16 – Colchester, Westchester, Middletown
24.4 39.3 19 Route 11 south – New London Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
25.0 40.2 20 Route 354 to Route 85 (Parum Rd.) / Route 11 south – Salem, New London Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
27.5 44.3 21 Chestnut Hill Rd.
Business Route – Colchester
SR 616; signed as Chestnut Hill Road eastbound and Colchester Business Route westbound
Lebanon 30.9 49.7 22 Scott Hill Rd. – Gilman, Lebanon Full diamond interchange
Bozrah 33.3 53.6 23 Route 163 / Haughton Rd. – Bozrah, Montville
34.5 55.5 24 Fitchville Rd. – Fitchville Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; SR 608
Norwich 35.9 57.8 25
27
Route 32 north – Franklin, Willimantic
To Route 32 north / West Town Street – Yantic, Willimantic
Western end of Route 32 concurrency; SR 642; signed as exit 25 for Route 32 eastbound and exit 27 for West Town Street westbound
36.3 58.4 27 Otrobando Ave., W. Town St. – Yantic Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; eastbound exit 27 is the same interchange as exit 25; milepost at off-ramp
37.0 59.5 28
N-S
28N: I-395 north – Providence, Worcester, Plainfield
28S: I-395 / Route 2A south – New Haven, New London, Groton
Cloverleaf interchange; signed as exits 28S (I-395/Route 2A south) and 28N (I-395 north). No westbound exit to I-395 North, and no westbound entrance from I-395 south.
37.7 60.7 29 New London Turnpike – Norwichtown Full diamond interchange
38.2 61.5 Route 169 north (Harland Rd.) – Taftville End of limited-access highway; four way at-grade intersection
39.6 63.7 Route 32 south / Route 82 – New London, Salem East end of Route 32 concurrency
40.2 64.7 Route 12 – Ledyard, Taftville
40.5 65.2 Route 165 east – Preston
Preston 43.0 69.2 Route 2A west / Route 117 south to I-95 – Ledyard, Poquetanuck
45.7 73.5 Route 164 north – Preston City
Ledyard 47.3 76.1 Entrance to Foxwoods Resort Casino
North Stonington 48.0 77.2 Route 214 west (Foxwoods Blvd.) – Ledyard Center
51.1 82.2 Route 201 north – Ashwillet, Glasgo North end of CT 201 concurrency
53.3 85.8 Route 201 south – Stonington South end of CT 201 concurrency
54.4 87.5 Route 184 – Old Mystic, Groton, Providence
55.3 89.0 I-95 south – New London I-95 exit 92; access from I-95 northbound / to I-95 southbound only; access to and from I-95 via Delcore Drive
Stonington 56.0 90.1 Route 49 north – Sterling, Voluntown
56.6 91.1 Route 78 – Westerly, RI, Misquamicut Beaches
58.03 93.39 US 1 – Mystic, Stonington, Westerly, RI
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Connecticut State Highway Log (2006)
  2. F.J. Wood, The Turnpikes of New England, (Marshall Jones, 1919)
  3. 3.0 3.1 nycroads.com - CT Route 2

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