Connecticut Route 136

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Route 136
Connecticut Route 136
Map of Fairfield County in southwestern Connecticut with Route 136 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by CTDOT
Length20.46 mi [1]  (32.93 km)
Existed1932–present
Major junctions
West endUS 1.svg US 1 in Darien
Major intersectionsI-95.svgConnecticut Highway 33.svg I-95  / Route 33 in Westport
East endConnecticut Highway 59.svg Route 59 in Easton
Location
Country United States
State Connecticut
Counties Fairfield
Highway system
  • Connecticut State Highway System
Connecticut Highway 135 wide.svg Route 135 Connecticut Highway 137 wide.svg Route 137

Route 136 is a state highway in southwestern Connecticut, running from Darien to Easton. The route was initially established in 1932 to serve the beach communities between Darien and Southport. Its eastern end was relocated in 1963 to head northeast from Westport to Easton instead.

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Route description

The Stanley Stroffolino Memorial Bridge is a bascule bridge that takes Route 136 over the Norwalk River. This view is facing southeast taken from a lot adjacent to Water Street in South Norwalk. NorwalkCTStroffolinoBrNorthSide08122007.JPG
The Stanley Stroffolino Memorial Bridge is a bascule bridge that takes Route 136 over the Norwalk River. This view is facing southeast taken from a lot adjacent to Water Street in South Norwalk.

Route 136 begins at an intersection with US 1 in Darien and heads east, intersecting I-95 before crossing into Norwalk. In Norwalk, it continues south, east, and northeast through the Rowayton section of the city before a 1.11 miles (2 km) section maintained by the city between the intersection of Wilson and Meadow Streets and the intersection of Water and Washington Street, after which it continues east across the Norwalk River, through a triangular one-way couplet and into Westport. In Westport, Route 136 turns northeast along the Saugatuck River, intersecting I-95 again before crossing the Saugatuck (via the Saugatuck River Bridge), briefly overlapping Route 57, passing beneath Route 15 without a junction, and continuing northeast across the northwest corner of Fairfield into Easton. In Easton, it continues northeast before ending at an intersection with Route 59. [1]

History

Modern Route 136 in Westport and Easton was the southern portion of an early 19th-century public turnpike known as the Branch Turnpike, which was incorporated in 1831. [2] The road ran from Wesport center, through Easton center and the Upper Stepney section of Monroe, to the Housatonic River at Bennett's Bridge in Newtown, and collected tolls until 1851. Between Easton center and Upper Stepney, the old turnpike is now part of Route 59.

In the early 1920s, Connecticut assigned numbers to its state roads. A coastal road in the Gold Coast region of the state running parallel to U.S. Route 1, from Darien to Southport, was designated as State Highway 335. The former Branch Turnpike, however, remained unnumbered. Route 136 was formed as part of the 1932 state highway renumbering as a renumbering of old Highway 335. In 1963, Route 136 was relocated to its current route, including the portion along the old Branch Turnpike, as a result of the 1961 Route Reclassification Act. [3] Maintenance of the coastal portion of old Route 136 in Westport and Fairfield was returned to the towns. Additionally, a 1.1-mile (1.8 km) section in the South Norwalk section of Norwalk is still maintained by the city and is one of only two such maintenance gaps in a state highway in Connecticut (the other gap is at Route 83). [4]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Fairfield County.

Locationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Darien 0.000.00US 1.svgRail Sign.svg US 1 (Post Road)Western terminus; serves Darien station
0.290.47South plate blue.svg
I-95.svg
I-95 south New York City
Exit 12 on I-95
Westport 8.2813.33I-95.svgNorth plate.svg
Connecticut Highway 33.svg
I-95  / Route 33 north New Haven, Westport
Exit 17 on I-95; southern terminus of Route 33
10.4916.88US 1.svg US 1  Fairfield, Norwalk, Sherwood Island Former Boston Post Road
11.7818.96South plate.svg
Connecticut Highway 57.svg
Route 57 south (Main Street)
Western end of Route 57 concurrency
12.0519.39North plate.svg
Connecticut Highway 57.svg
To plate.svg
Connecticut Highway 15.svg
To plate blue.svg
Merritt Pkwy Shield.svg
Route 57 north to Route 15  / Merritt Parkway
Eastern end of Route 57 concurrency
Easton 17.2527.76Connecticut Highway 58.svg Route 58  Bridgeport, Redding Ridge
20.4632.93Connecticut Highway 59.svg Route 59 (Sport Hill Road)Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Connecticut State Highway Log" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
  2. https://archives.lib.uconn.edu/islandora/object/30002%3A21948004#page/402/mode/2up
  3. "New Route Number". The Hartford Courant. January 11, 1963. p. 14. Retrieved April 14, 2018 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. Connecticut Routes, Route 136
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