Connecticut Route 183

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Route 183
Connecticut Route 183
Map of Litchfield County in northwestern Connecticut with Route 183 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by CTDOT
Length19.06 mi [1]  (30.67 km)
Existed1932 [2] –present
Major junctions
South endConnecticut Highway 4.svg Route 4 in Torrington
North endMA Route 183.svg Route 183 at the Massachusetts state line
Location
Country United States
State Connecticut
Counties Litchfield
Highway system
  • Connecticut State Highway System
Connecticut Highway 182 wide.svg Route 182 Connecticut Highway 184 wide.svg Route 184

Route 183 is a state highway in northwestern Connecticut, running from Torrington to the Massachusetts state line in Norfolk.

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Route description

Route 183 begins at the junction with Route 4 (New Harwinton Road) in the Litchfield County city of Torrington. A two-lane road through the eastern reaches of Torrington, Route 183 runs north along Torringford Street as a residential road, passing nearby Joe Ruwet Park. The route soon reaches a junction with U.S. Route 202 (US 202; named East Main Street) in the Torringford section of the city. Running northeast past Bishop Donnelly Park, the route passes the nearby middle school and enters a rural section of the town of Torrington. [3]

Route 183 starts paralleling Route 8, a nearby freeway, which is connected via Pinewoods Road. The route runs past the Green Woods Country Club, which separates Route 183 and Route 8. Entering the town of Winchester, Route 183 winds northwest into a junction with US 44. Route 183 turns northwest onto a concurrency with US 44 and into the northern terminus of the Route 8 freeway. Now a triplex through Winchester, the routes make up the four lane South Main Street, passing through downtown. [3]

Route 8 forks north at the junction with Park Place as part of a one-way pair. Route 183 and US 44 run westward as a four-lane street through downtown Winchester. Paralleling the nearby Mad River, the routes make a gradual turn to the northwest at the junction with Route 263 (Lake Street). After a fork with nearby Spencer Street, Route 183 and US 44 condense down to two lanes and leave downtown Winchester. [3]

Route 183 at Route 182A in Colebrook CT 183 at CT 182A.jpg
Route 183 at Route 182A in Colebrook

At the junction with Coe Street, Route 183 turns northwest onto Coe while US 44 continues west on Norfolk Road. A two-lane rural area outside of Winchester, Coe Street soon becomes Colebrook Road and meanders to the northwest on a far-distance parallel with US 44. Entering the town of Colebrook, Route 183 reaches a junction with Millbrook Road, where it turns northeast. The route passes a junction with Route 182 (Stillman Hill Road). [3] At this junction, Route 183 becomes designated as a scenic road, reaching downtown Colebrook. [4]

In downtown Colebrook, Route 183 turns northwest and into a junction with Route 182A (Rockwell Road). After downtown Colebrook, Route 183 runs northwest through the town of Colebrook into the hamlet of North Colebrook, where the scenic road designation ends at the junction with Church Hill Avenue. [4] [5] Continuing on its northwest trajectory, Route 183 ends at the Massachusetts state line, where it becomes Route 183. [3]

History

The Winsted-Colebrook route, continuing north to the Massachusetts state line, was designated in 1922 as State Highway 174. In the 1932 state highway renumbering, [2] old Highway 174 became Route 183, running from US 44 in Winchester to the state line. In 1955, it was extended south to Torrington along former SR 710 to the current southern terminus. [6]

Junction list

The entire route is in Litchfield County.

Locationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Torrington 0.000.00Connecticut Highway 4.svg Route 4 (New Harwinton Road) Harwinton, Hartford Southern terminus
1.502.41US 202.svg US 202 (East Main Street) Torrington, Hartford
Winchester 8.2113.21East plate.svg
US 44.svg
US 44 east (South Main Street) Winsted, Barkhamsted, Hartford
Southern end of US 44 concurrency
8.2613.29South plate.svg
Connecticut Highway 8.svg
Route 8 south Torrington, Waterbury
Southern end of Route 8 concurrency
8.7314.05North plate.svg
Connecticut Highway 8.svg
Route 8 north (Park Place) Riverton
Northern end of Route 8 concurrency
9.6815.58West plate.svg
Connecticut Highway 263 wide.svg
Route 263 west (Lake Street) Winchester
Eastern terminus of Route 263
10.3516.66West plate.svg
US 44.svg
US 44 west (Norfolk Road) Norfolk
Northern end of US 44 concurrency
Colebrook 14.0122.55West plate.svg
Connecticut Highway 182 wide.svg
West plate.svg
Connecticut Highway 182A wide.svg
Route 182 west (Stillman Hill Road) / Route 182A west Norfolk
Southern end of Route 182A concurrency; eastern terminus of Route 182
14.8123.83West plate.svg
Connecticut Highway 182A wide.svg
Route 182A west (Rockwell Road) Norfolk
Northern end of Route 182A concurrency
Norfolk 19.0630.67North plate.svg
MA Route 183.svg
Route 183 north (Sandy Brook Road) Sandisfield, New Marlborough
Continuation into Massachusetts
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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