Gov. John Davis Lodge Turnpike | |
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Connecticut Turnpike | |
Route information | |
Maintained by ConnDOT | |
Length | 128.47 mi [1] (206.75 km) |
Existed | January 2, 1958[2] [3] –present |
Component highways | |
Major junctions | |
South end | I-95 at the New York state line |
North end | US 6 in Killingly |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Connecticut |
Counties | Fairfield, New Haven, Middlesex, New London, Windham |
Highway system | |
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The Connecticut Turnpike (officially the Governor John Davis Lodge Turnpike) is a freeway and former toll road in the U.S. state of Connecticut; it is maintained by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT). Spanning approximately 128 miles (206 km) along a generally west–east axis, its roadbed is shared with Interstate 95 (I-95) for 88 miles (142 km) from the New York state border in Greenwich to East Lyme; I-395 for 36 miles (58 km) from East Lyme to Plainfield; and SR 695 for four miles (6.4 km) from Plainfield to the Rhode Island state line at U.S. Route 6 (US 6) in Killingly. The turnpike briefly runs concurrently with US 1 from Old Saybrook to Old Lyme and Route 2A from Montville to Norwich.
Construction on the Connecticut Turnpike began in 1954 and the highway was opened in 1958. It originally followed a sequential exit numbering system that disregarded route transition, where the exit numbers on I-395 were a continuation of the exit numbers on I-95. In 2015, the I-395 exit numbers were changed to a mileage-based system reflecting their distance from the split from I-95, effectively removing the defining element of the turnpike. In some sections southwest of New Haven, it carries an annual average daily traffic of over 150,000 vehicles. [4]
I-95 enters Connecticut as the Connecticut Turnpike in Greenwich at the New York state line. The turnpike stretches for 128.5 miles (206.8 km) across the state, but only the first 88 miles (142 km) is signed as I-95. This portion of the highway passes through the most heavily urbanized section of Connecticut along the shoreline between Greenwich and New Haven, going through the cities of Stamford, Norwalk, Bridgeport, and New Haven, with daily traffic volumes of 120,000 to over 150,000 throughout the entire 48-mile (77 km) length between the New York border and the junction with I-91 in New Haven. [4] The turnpike intersects with several major expressways, namely US 7 at exit 15 in Norwalk, Route 8 at exit 27A in Bridgeport, the Merritt and Wilbur Cross parkways at exit 38 (via the Milford Parkway) in Milford, and I-91 at exit 48 in New Haven.
North (east) of I-91, the turnpike continues along the Connecticut shoreline, usually with less traffic. The six-lane highway is reduced to four lanes in Branford, interchanges with Route 9 at exit 69 in Old Saybrook, crosses the Connecticut River on the Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge and continues until the interchange with I-395 at exit 76 near the East Lyme–Waterford line.
The turnpike leaves I-95 at exit 76 in East Lyme, continuing on as I-395 north heading towards Norwich, Jewett City and Plainfield until exit 35, where the turnpike and I-395 split. I-395 continues north towards Worcester, Massachusetts, ending at I-290 and the Massachusetts Turnpike. The Connecticut Turnpike officially ends at US 6 (Danielson Pike) in Killingly, which continues on towards Providence, Rhode Island. Unlike the I-95 portion, the I-395 portion of the turnpike has changed very little over the years, retaining its grass median with a guardrail separating directions of travel.
The Connecticut Turnpike incorporated a pre-existing relocation of US 1 between Old Saybrook and Old Lyme, which included the original Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge over the Connecticut River, which opened in 1948. Upon the turnpike's opening in 1958, US 1 has been co-signed with the turnpike between exit 68 in Old Saybrook and exit 70 in Old Lyme.
Route 2A was constructed to serve as a bypass around Norwich. It shares its alignment with the Connecticut Turnpike from its northern terminus at Route 2 to exit 9 on I-395, where it turns east and serves the Mohegan Sun Casino before crossing the Thames River and ending at Route 2 south of Norwich.
SR 695 is the 4.49-mile (7.23 km) unsigned portion of the turnpike from I-395 in Plainfield to US 6 at the Rhode Island state line in Killingly. The road is not signed as SR 695 but eastbound as "To US 6 East" and westbound as "To I-395 South". SR 695 would have become part of the now-defunct alignment of the I-84 freeway between Hartford, Connecticut, and Providence, Rhode Island, had that freeway been built. (Present-day I-84 continues eastbound from Hartford into Massachusetts where it ends at I-90, the Massachusetts Turnpike). There are two partial exits on SR 695. Westbound exit 1 (formerly exit 90) at Squaw Rock Road is only accessible westbound. The easternmost exit (also numbered exit 1, but formerly unnumbered), located 1,500 feet (460 m) east of the Squaw Rock Road onramp and accessible only eastbound, is for Ross Road, and the only onramp provided from Ross Road is for SR 695 westbound. The interchange with I-395 is only partial: there is no access provided from SR 695 westbound to I-395 northbound and no access from I-395 southbound to SR 695 eastbound.
The general route and construction of the turnpike were both mandated by state law. [5] Intended to relieve congestion on US 1 and Route 15 (the Merritt and Wilbur Cross parkways), design work began in 1954. The Connecticut Turnpike opened to traffic on January 2, 1958, at 2:30 p.m. [2] [3] However, the westernmost portion of the highway (the three miles [4.8 km] connecting Greenwich with the New England Thruway) opened 10 months later. Tolls were originally collected through a series of eight toll booths along the route.
The Connecticut Turnpike was designed and built much differently than other toll roads built around the same time. Unlike toll roads in other states that operated under semi-autonomous, quasi-public toll road authorities, the Connecticut Turnpike was operated by the Connecticut Highway Department (later the Connecticut Department of Transportation) from its inception. Additionally, unlike toll roads in other states where revenues collected from motorists were legally required to be kept within the toll road authority and used to finance the facility's construction and upkeep, toll revenues from the Connecticut Turnpike were placed into the state's general fund and used for highway and non-highway expenditures alike. Finally, the closely spaced interchanges and eight mainline barriers were a result of each town through which the Connecticut Turnpike passed being guaranteed a certain number of access points to gain the support of each affected town for construction of the highway. This is in contrast to toll roads built in neighboring states with widely spaced interchanges that normally featured a ticket system where one obtained a ticket at entering the toll road, then paid a distance-based fare upon exiting.
The turnpike was renamed after former Connecticut Governor John Davis Lodge on December 31, 1985, two months after the tolls were removed. Local legend is the initial phase of turnpike construction in 1954 was so disruptive in heavily Republican Fairfield County that local voters there turned on incumbent Republican Governor Lodge, leading to his defeat by Abraham Ribicoff. [6]
Initially, the Connecticut Turnpike was signed as an east–west route, even after the I-95 designation was added to the turnpike between Greenwich and Waterford in the early 1960s. Signs indicating I-95/Connecticut Turnpike as an east–west route existed in places until the early 1990s, when the remaining east–west signage was replaced by north–south signage.[ citation needed ]
From Waterford to Killingly, the turnpike was initially designated as Route 52 in 1967, following the opening of the toll-free section of Route 52 from Killingly to the Massachusetts border. To accommodate the truncation of the Hartford to Providence extension of I-84 to Killingly, following Rhode Island's cancellation of its portion of that extension in the early 1980s, Route 52 was to be re-designated as an Interstate. Initially, Connecticut and Massachusetts requested that the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) extend the I-290 designation southward along free Route 52 and the Connecticut Turnpike to I-95 in Waterford. AASHTO rejected the I-290 request and instead approved the I-395 designation in 1983. [7]
Several notorious accidents have occurred throughout the turnpike's history. The worst of these was a serious incident on January 19, 1983, in which a tractor trailer after a brake failure collided with four cars at the Stratford toll plaza, killing seven people and injuring several others. The investigation following the crash determined that the truck driver fell asleep at the wheel just before the crash took place. [8] At the time, the government of Connecticut was removing tolls along the turnpike; as a result of the incident, the government expedited the removal of the remaining tollbooths. [9]
In June 1983, a section of the turnpike's northbound Mianus River Bridge in Greenwich collapsed due to corrosion of its substructure, killing three motorists crossing it at the time. [10]
On March 25, 2004, a tanker truck carrying fuel swerved to avoid a car that cut the truck off and subsequently overturned, dumping 8,000 US gallons (30,000 L) of home heating oil onto the Howard Avenue overpass in Bridgeport. Passing vehicles kicked up the oil which ignited a towering inferno that subsequently melted the bridge structure and caused the southbound lanes to sag several feet. The northbound lanes, which received less damage from the fire, were opened five days later after being reinforced with temporary scaffolding. The southbound lanes opened on April 1, after a temporary bridge was erected. [11]
The Connecticut Turnpike opened southwest Connecticut to a mass migration of New Yorkers, leading to substantial residential and economic growth in Fairfield and New Haven counties. The turnpike became a primary commuter route to New York City. With additional segments of I-95 that opened in the 1960s connecting to Providence and Boston, the turnpike became an essential route for transporting people and goods throughout the Northeast. As a result, much of the turnpike had become functionally obsolete by 1965, with traffic exceeding its design capacity. Originally designed to carry 60,000 vehicles per day (VPD) on the four-lane sections and 90,000 VPD on the six-lane portion west of New Haven, the turnpike carried 75,000–100,000 VPD east of New Haven, and 130,000–200,000 VPD between New Haven and the New York state line as of 2006.
There were dozens of plans discussed to alleviate traffic congestion and improve safety on the turnpike for nearly 30 years, but most of these plans languished amid political infighting and lawsuits brought on by special-interest groups. Still, traffic and deadly accidents continued to increase each year on the turnpike, and by the 1990s the Connecticut Turnpike had started to become known as "the Highway of Death". [12]
Furthermore, while most of the turnpike is signed as I-95 or I-395, the highway was designed and built before the Interstate Highway System was established. As a result, much of the turnpike does not meet Interstate standards, particularly with overpasses ranging from 13.5 to 15 feet (4.1 to 4.6 m); Interstate Highway standards require 16 feet [4.9 m] of vertical clearance. Interchanges are too closely spaced; ramps and acceleration-deceleration lanes need to be lengthened. In some areas, median and shoulder widths and curve radii also fall short of Interstate standards. [13]
Complicating efforts to upgrade the turnpike to Interstate standards is that engineers did not acquire enough right-of-way to accommodate future expansion when the Connecticut Turnpike was built during the late 1950s, which means adjacent land must be seized to upgrade the turnpike, resulting in lengthy and costly eminent domain battles between the State of Connecticut and landowners refusing to give up their property. Additionally the turnpike passes through areas with some of the highest property values in the country, making land acquisition for expanding the highway extremely expensive.[ clarification needed ] Finally, the turnpike was built through environmentally sensitive ecosystems and wetlands associated with Long Island Sound, meaning most expansion projects require lengthy environmental impact studies that are able to withstand constant litigation by environmental groups. Air pollution laws also cause conflict, since Connecticut is grouped into the federal statistical areas around New York City and it suffers from consequences and special regulations applied to non-compliant air quality areas. An example of this is that it is easier to lengthen an entrance or exit ramp than to add a full lane, since adding any capacity to a road, by definition, will increase the pollution created by the road, further violating federal air quality standards. In 2000, one ConnDOT official commented during a public meeting on expanding I-84 (an Interstate that parallels I-95 about 20 miles [32 km] further inland), "If we had tried to build I-95 today, it would be impossible because of the sensitive ecosystems it passes through. It would never get approved."[ citation needed ]
A comprehensive plan to address safety and capacity issues on the Connecticut Turnpike did not progress beyond the initial planning stages until the collapse of the Mianus River Bridge on June 28, 1983. [14] Following the collapse, Governor William A. O'Neill initiated an $8 billion program to rehabilitate Connecticut's highways. Included in this program was the inspection and repair of the turnpike's nearly 300 bridges and overpasses. Furthermore, O'Neill directed ConnDOT to develop a viable plan for addressing safety and congestion on the state's roads.
Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, ConnDOT developed a comprehensive plan to improve the turnpike through Fairfield and New Haven counties. In 1993 ConnDOT embarked on a 25-year multibillion-dollar program to upgrade the Connecticut Turnpike from the Connecticut River at Old Saybrook to the New York state line at Greenwich. The program included the complete reconstruction of several turnpike segments, including replacing bridges, adding travel lanes, reconfiguring interchanges, upgrading lighting and signage, and implementing the intelligent transportation system with traffic cameras, a variety of embedded roadway sensors, and variable-message signs. Since the start of the program, a six-mile (9.7 km) section through Bridgeport was completely rebuilt to Interstate standards. In 2015, a long-term $2 billion program was completed, to rebuild 12 miles (19 km) of turnpike between West Haven and Branford, including a new extradosed Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge over the Quinnipiac River and New Haven Harbor.
Plans to upgrade the turnpike received a boost in 2005 when federal legislation known as SAFETEA-LU designated the I-95 portion of the Connecticut Turnpike from the New York state line to Waterford as High Priority Corridor 65. Corridor 65 also includes the 24-mile (39 km) section of I-95 from Waterford to the Rhode Island state line that was built in 1964, which is not part of the Turnpike.
Traffic is relatively light on the rural I-395 section and the northeast leg (SR 695) in Killingly; this section is largely unchanged from its original 1958 profile. The only two major projects completed on this section since were the 2015 renumbering of exits based on I-395 mileposts (exit 77 became exit 2, up to exit 90 which became exit 35) and the reconstruction of the northbound on and off ramps at exit 11 (old exit 80) in Norwich, completed in 2009.
Tolls on the Connecticut Turnpike have been a source of controversy from the turnpike's opening in 1958 to the removal of tolls in 1985, and the debate continues today. The Connecticut Turnpike originally opened with a barrier toll system (or open system), unlike toll roads in neighboring states, which used a ticket system (or closed system) for collecting tolls. Initially tolls on the Connecticut Turnpike were $0.25, and the toll barriers were located in the following locations: Greenwich, Norwalk, Stratford, West Haven, Branford, Madison, Montville, and Plainfield. Tolls also were collected until 1969 in Old Saybrook at the west end of the Baldwin Bridge over the Connecticut River. Additionally, unlike other toll roads which featured widely spaced interchanges and generally ran along the outskirts of major urban centers, the Connecticut Turnpike was built through the middle of several large cities (notably Stamford, Bridgeport, and New Haven) and has over 90 interchanges along its 129-mile (208 km) length—50 of which are along the 50-mile (80 km) stretch between the New York state line and New Haven.[ citation needed ]
There was some controversy in the early 1980s when New York City Subway riders discovered that tokens purchased for use in the Connecticut Turnpike toll booths were of the same size and weight as New York City Subway tokens. Since the turnpike tokens cost less than one third as much, they began showing up in subway collection boxes regularly. [15] Connecticut authorities initially agreed to change the size of their tokens, [16] but later reneged and the problem went unsolved until 1985, when Connecticut discontinued tolls on the turnpike. [17] At that time, the MTA was paid 17.5 cents for each of more than two million tokens that had been collected during the three-year "token war". [17]
After the 1983 truck crash at the Stratford toll plaza, toll opponents pressured the State of Connecticut to remove tolls from the turnpike [9] in 1985. Three years later, these same opponents successfully lobbied the Connecticut General Assembly to pass legislation abolishing tolls on all of Connecticut's highways (with the exception of two car ferries across the Connecticut River in Chester and Glastonbury). While the 1983 Stratford accident was cited as the main reason for abolishing tolls in Connecticut, the underlying reason was that federal legislation at that time forbade states with toll roads from using federal funds for road projects. Because the Mianus River Bridge was rebuilt with federal highway funds following its June 1983 collapse, Connecticut was required by Section 113(c) of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 to remove tolls from the turnpike once its construction bonds were paid off. [18]
The debate over tolls on the Connecticut Turnpike did not end in 1988 with the abolition of tolls. Prior to their removal in 1985, the tolls generated over $65 million annually. Since their removal in the late 1980s, Connecticut lawmakers have continuously discussed reinstating tolls, but have balked at bringing tolls back out of concern of having to repay $2.6 billion in federal highway funds that Connecticut received for turnpike construction projects following the abolition of tolls.
During the economic recession of the early 1990s, legislators studied reinstating tolls on parts of the Connecticut Turnpike and portions of highways around Hartford to make up for budget deficits. Proposals for reinstating tolls were scrapped in lieu of implementing an income tax and increasing the state gasoline tax and sales tax, and imposing a new tax on corporate windfall profits.
With continual budget woes in Hartford, the idea of reinstating tolls resurfaced in January 2010. State Representative Tony Guerrera estimated a $5 toll at Connecticut's borders could generate $600 million in revenue. Governor Dannel P. Malloy expressed pessimism that toll revenue would be spent exclusively on infrastructure repairs, but a need to generate additional revenue, paired with decreases in traditional highway funding sources (such as federal aid and gas tax revenue) means the idea could receive serious consideration in the state legislature.[ citation needed ]
The turnpike has 13 service plazas, which are open 24 hours a day. All feature a Subway, a Dunkin' Donuts, a convenience store and fuel service provided by ExxonMobil (branded as Mobil). Most plazas also offer a variety of other food service options, including McDonald's and Sbarro. From 2011 to 2015, the original plazas were rebuilt with new and expanded buildings and improved fueling facilities. Prior to the rebuilding, the plazas on the I-395 section only had a convenience store.
The former northbound Montville service area has been turned into a State Police barracks.
In addition to the service areas listed above, there is a rest area, with restrooms, picnic area, vending machines, and tourist information, located northbound at milepost 74 between exits 65 and 66. In July 2016, the rest area was closed due to budget cuts and barriers were placed on the highway blocking access to the facility. In September 2019, the rest area was reopened on a seasonal basis, being closed from November until mid May (with no access during that time).
There are three State Police stations located on the turnpike: Troop F: Westbrook at milepost 74 on southbound side of turnpike. Troop E: Montville at milepost 96 on northbound side of turnpike (at former service plaza). Troop G: Bridgeport at milepost 29 and the junction with Route 25 and Route 8 (on surface road, exit 27, just below interchange).
There is one weigh station located northbound at milepost 2 in Greenwich, at the location of the former toll plaza. Weigh stations on both sides of the turnpike used to exist near exit 18 in Westport; these were removed during the 1990s. The former southbound weigh station in Westport is now used by ConnDOT to store construction materials, while the northbound station was demolished; the grounds returned to their natural state.
The administration building for the former West Haven toll plaza can still be seen by drivers between exits 42 and 43. Today, ConnDOT uses the old toll building as a maintenance facility.
In 2013, Telsa Supercharger points for electric vehicles were added at each Milford plaza, the second along I-95, with new charging stations, including CHAdeMO-compatible points, added through the years to other service plazas. [20]
Exits were renumbered to mile-based numbering on the I-395 and SR 695 portions of the turnpike as part of a sign replacement project in 2015.
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County | Location | mi [1] | km | Old exit | New exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Fairfield | Greenwich | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | I-95 south to I-287 west – New York City | Continuation into New York; southern end of I-95 concurrency | |
0.80 | 1.29 | 2 | Delavan Avenue – Byram | ||||
2.00 | 3.22 | Former toll plaza | |||||
2.54 | 4.09 | 3 | Arch Street | ||||
3.73 | 6.00 | 4 | Indian Field Road – Cos Cob | ||||
4.35– 4.85 | 7.00– 7.81 | Mianus River Bridge | |||||
5.53 | 8.90 | 5 | US 1 – Riverside, Old Greenwich | ||||
Stamford | 6.50– 6.62 | 10.46– 10.65 | 6 | Harvard Avenue / West Avenue | Signed for Harvard Avenue northbound, West Avenue southbound | ||
7.34 | 11.81 | 7 | Greenwich Avenue to Route 137 north | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; access to Route 137 via SSR 493 | |||
7.68 | 12.36 | 8 | Canal Street | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
7 | To Route 137 north / Atlantic Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||||
8.20 | 13.20 | 8 | Elm Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
9.28 | 14.93 | 9 | US 1 / Route 106 north – Glenbrook | Southern terminus of Route 106 | |||
Darien | 10.75 | 17.30 | 10 | Noroton | Access via Noroton Avenue | ||
11.61 | 18.68 | 11 | US 1 – Darien, Rowayton | ||||
12.23 | 19.68 | 12 | Route 136 (Tokeneke Road) – Rowayton | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
13.16 | 21.18 | 13 | US 1 (Post Road) | ||||
Norwalk | 14.83 | 23.87 | 14 | US 1 (Connecticut Avenue) – South Norwalk | Signed for US 1 southbound, South Norwalk northbound | ||
15.50 | 24.94 | 15 | US 7 north – Norwalk, Danbury | Southern terminus of US 7 | |||
15.91– 16.08 | 25.60– 25.88 | Yankee Doodle Bridge over the Norwalk River | |||||
16.24 | 26.14 | 16 | East Norwalk | Access via East Avenue | |||
18.0 | 29.0 | Former toll plaza | |||||
Westport | 18.14 | 29.19 | 17 | Route 33 north / Route 136 – Westport, Saugatuck | Southern terminus of Route 33 | ||
20.36 | 32.77 | 18 | Sherwood Island Connector (SSR 476) | To US 1 and Sherwood Island State Park | |||
Fairfield | 22.88– 23.12 | 36.82– 37.21 | 19 | US 1 – Southport | |||
23.72 | 38.17 | 20 | Bronson Road | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
24.38 | 39.24 | 21 | Mill Plain Road | ||||
25.03 | 40.28 | 22 | Round Hill Road – Service Plaza | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
25.22 | 40.59 | US 1 / Route 135 north (North Benson Road) | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; US 1 not signed; southern terminus of Route 135 | ||||
25.73 | 41.41 | 23 | US 1 (Kings Highway) | ||||
26.70 | 42.97 | 24 | Black Rock Turnpike | Access via US 1 | |||
Bridgeport | 27.44 | 44.16 | 25 | Commerce Drive / State Street | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
27.66 | 44.51 | Route 130 (Fairfield Avenue) | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||
28.30 | 45.54 | 26 | Wordin Avenue | ||||
29.00 | 46.67 | 27 | Lafayette Boulevard – Downtown Bridgeport | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
29.03 | 46.72 | 27A | Route 8 north / Route 25 north – Trumbull, Waterbury | Southern terminus and exits 1A-B on Route 8/Route 25 | |||
29.15 | 46.91 | 27B | Transportation Center, Long Island Ferry, Total Mortgage Arena | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; access via Lafayette Street | |||
27C | Lafayette Boulevard – Downtown Bridgeport | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||||
29.33– 29.81 | 47.20– 47.97 | P.T. Barnum Bridge over the Pequonnock River | |||||
29.87 | 48.07 | 28 | Route 127 north (East Main Street) / Route 130 | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; southern terminus of Route 127; Route 130 not signed | |||
30.19 | 48.59 | 29 | Route 130 (Stratford Avenue) | Access via Seaview Avenue | |||
Bridgeport–Stratford line | 31.07– 31.30 | 50.00– 50.37 | 30 | Route 113 north (Lordship Boulevard) / Surf Avenue | Signed for Route 113 northbound, Surf Avenue southbound; southern terminus of Route 113 | ||
Stratford | 32.12– 32.30 | 51.69– 51.98 | 31 | Honeyspot Road / South Avenue / Stratford Avenue | Signed for Honeysport Road northbound, South Avenue southbound | ||
32.87 | 52.90 | 32 | West Broad Street – Stratford | ||||
33.0 | 53.1 | Former toll plaza | |||||
34.00 | 54.72 | 33 | US 1 / Route 110 north (East Main Street) / Ferry Boulevard (Route 130 west) | Southern terminus of Route 110 | |||
Housatonic River | 34.25– 34.86 | 55.12– 56.10 | Moses Wheeler Bridge | ||||
New Haven | Milford | 35.37 | 56.92 | 34 | US 1 – Milford | ||
35.85 | 57.69 | 35 | School House Road / Sub Way / Bic Drive | To Subway headquarters | |||
36.69 | 59.05 | 36 | Plains Road | ||||
37.45 | 60.27 | 37 | High Street | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
37.60 | 60.51 | 38 | To Route 15 (Merritt Parkway / Wilbur Cross Parkway) | Access via Milford Parkway | |||
39.13 | 62.97 | 39 | US 1 – Downtown Milford | Signed as exits 39A (south) and 39B (north) | |||
40 | Old Gate Lane (SR 708 east) to Woodmont Road | Northbound exit only | |||||
40.25 | 64.78 | Woodmont Road | No northbound exit | ||||
Orange | 41.80 | 67.27 | 41 | Marsh Hill Road | |||
West Haven | 43.93 | 70.70 | 42 | Route 162 (Saw Mill Road) | |||
44.0 | 70.8 | Former toll plaza | |||||
44.87 | 72.21 | 43 | Campbell Avenue – Downtown West Haven | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
45.19 | 72.73 | Route 122 north (First Avenue) | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; southern terminus of Route 122 | ||||
New Haven | 46.06 | 74.13 | 44 | Route 10 north (Ella T. Grasso Boulevard) to Route 34 west – Downtown New Haven, Yale Stadiums | Southern terminus of Route 10; former exit 45 southbound; Downtown New Haven not signed northbound | ||
46.82– 47.26 | 75.35– 76.06 | 46 | Long Wharf Drive / Sargent Drive | ||||
47.46– 47.75 | 76.38– 76.85 | 47 | Oak Street Connector (SR 724 west) – Downtown New Haven | Signed as MLK Boulevard; former Route 34 | |||
47.58– 47.91 | 76.57– 77.10 | 48 | I-91 north – Hartford | Southern terminus and exits 1A-C on I-91 | |||
47.80– 48.67 | 76.93– 78.33 | Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge over Quinnipiac River | |||||
49.21 | 79.20 | 50 | US 1 / Route 337 east / Woodward Avenue – Lighthouse Point, Port Area | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; US 1/Route 337 not signed | |||
East Haven | 49.50– 50.22 | 79.66– 80.82 | 51 | US 1 (Frontage Road) – Lighthouse Point | Signed for East Haven northbound, Lighthouse Point southbound | ||
50.53 | 81.32 | 52 | Route 100 (North High Street) – East Haven | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
Branford | 51.0 | 82.1 | Former toll plaza | ||||
52.33 | 84.22 | 53 | To US 1 / Route 142 west / Route 146 east – Short Beach | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; access via SR 794 | |||
53.24 | 85.68 | 54 | Cedar Street (SR 740) – Branford | ||||
55.19 | 88.82 | 55 | US 1 (East Main Street) – North Branford | North Branford not signed southbound | |||
56.25 | 90.53 | 56 | Leetes Island Road – Stony Creek | ||||
Guilford | 59.32 | 95.47 | 57 | US 1 (Boston Post Road) – North Branford | North Branford not signed northbound | ||
60.23 | 96.93 | 58 | Route 77 – North Guilford, Guilford | ||||
61.49 | 98.96 | 59 | US 1 / Route 146 / Goose Lane | US 1/Route 146 not signed | |||
Madison | 63.0 | 101.4 | Former toll plaza | ||||
63.48 | 102.16 | 60 | Mungertown Road | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
Madison service plaza | |||||||
64.73 | 104.17 | 61 | Route 79 – North Madison, Madison | ||||
66.43 | 106.91 | 62 | Hammonasset State Park | Access via SSR 450 | |||
Middlesex | Clinton | 68.61 | 110.42 | 63 | Route 81 – Clinton, Killingworth | ||
Westbrook | 70.78 | 113.91 | 64 | Route 145 (Horse Hill Road) – Clinton | |||
73.14 | 117.71 | 65 | Route 153 – Westbrook | ||||
Old Saybrook | 74.40 | 119.74 | 66 | Route 166 (Spencer Plain Road) | |||
75.93– 76.74 | 122.20– 123.50 | 67 | Route 154 – Old Saybrook | ||||
77.80– 78.28 | 125.21– 125.98 | 68 | US 1 south – Old Saybrook | Southern end of US 1 concurrency; southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
78.07 | 125.64 | 69 | Route 9 north – Essex, Hartford | Southern terminus and exits 1A-B on Route 9; trumpet interchange | |||
78.1 | 125.7 | Former toll plaza | |||||
Connecticut River | 78.45– 78.93 | 126.25– 127.03 | Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge | ||||
New London | Old Lyme | 79.16 | 127.40 | 70 | US 1 north / Route 156 – Old Lyme | Northern end of US 1 concurrency; US 1 not signed southbound | |
83.49 | 134.36 | 71 | Four Mile River Road | ||||
East Lyme | 84.02 | 135.22 | 72 | Rocky Neck State Park | Access via SSR 449 | ||
85.79 | 138.07 | 73 | Society Road | ||||
87.28 | 140.46 | 74 | Route 161 – Flanders, Niantic | ||||
88.05 | 141.70 | 75 | US 1 – Waterford, Flanders | ||||
88.48 0.00 | 142.39 0.00 | 76 | I-95 north – New London, Providence I-395 begins | Northern end of I-95 concurrency; northbound exit and southbound entrance; southern terminus of I-395 | |||
Waterford | 2.13 | 3.43 | 77 | 2 | Route 85 – Waterford, Colchester | ||
Montville | 5.34 | 8.59 | 78 | 5 | To Route 32 south – New London | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; access via SR 693 | |
6.33 | 10.19 | 79 | 6 | Route 163 – Uncasville, Montville | |||
7.52 | 12.10 | Former toll plaza | |||||
9.60 | 15.45 | 79A | 9 | Route 2A east – Ledyard, Preston | Southern end of Route 2A concurrency | ||
Norwich | 11.08 | 17.83 | 80 | 11 | Route 82 – Salem, Downtown Norwich | ||
13.71 | 22.06 | 81 | 13 | Route 2 / Route 32 – Norwich, Hartford Route 2A ends | Signed as exits 13A (east/south) and 13B (west/north); northern terminus of Route 2A | ||
14.23 | 22.90 | 82 | 14 | West Town Street (SR 642) – Yantic, Norwichtown | |||
To Route 2 west / Route 32 north – Hartford, Colchester | Signed southbound only | ||||||
18.17 | 29.24 | 83 | 18 | Route 97 – Taftville, Occum | |||
Lisbon | 19.53 | 31.43 | 83A | 19 | Route 169 – Lisbon, Canterbury | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
21.16 | 34.05 | 84 | 21 | Route 12 – Jewett City, Griswold, Lisbon, Taftville | Signed as exits 21A (north) and 21B (south) southbound | ||
Griswold | 21.80 | 35.08 | 85 | 22 | Route 164 to Route 138 – Preston City, Pachaug | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; access to Route 138 via SR 630 | |
22.28 | 35.86 | Route 138 to Route 164 – Jewett City, Griswold | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; access to Route 164 via SR 629 | ||||
24.26 | 39.04 | 86 | 24 | Route 201 – Hopeville, Jewett City | |||
Windham | Plainfield | 28.23 | 45.43 | 87 | 28 | Lathrop Road (SR 647) | |
29.65 | 47.72 | 88 | 29 | Route 14A – Plainfield, Oneco | |||
32.30 | 51.98 | 89 | 32 | Route 14 – Central Village, Moosup | |||
32.52 | 52.34 | Former toll plaza | |||||
35.50 0.00 | 57.13 0.00 | 90 | 35 | I-395 north to US 6 west – Worcester, Hartford SR 695 begins | Northern end of I-395 concurrency; northbound exit and southbound entrance; western terminus of SR 695 | ||
Killingly | 0.26 | 0.42 | 91 | 1 | Squaw Rock Road | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |
0.96 | 1.54 | Ross Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||||
4.49 | 7.23 | – | US 6 east – Providence SR 695 ends | Northern terminus; eastern terminus of SR 695 | |||
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Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Florida, north to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The highway largely parallels the Atlantic coast and US 1, except for the portion between Savannah, Georgia, and Washington, D.C., and the portion between Portland and Houlton in Maine, both of which follow a more direct inland route.
The New Jersey Turnpike (NJTP) is a system of controlled-access toll roads in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The turnpike is maintained by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. The 117.2-mile (188.6 km) mainline's southern terminus is at the Delaware Memorial Bridge on I-295 in Pennsville. Its northern terminus is at an interchange with US 46 in Ridgefield Park. Construction of the mainline, from concept to completion, took a total of 22 months between 1950 and 1951. It was opened to traffic on November 5, 1951, between its southern terminus and exit 10.
Interstate 93 (I-93) is an Interstate Highway in the New England states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont in the United States. Spanning approximately 190 miles (310 km) along a north–south axis, it is one of three primary Interstate Highways located entirely within New England; the other two are I-89 and I-91. The largest cities along the route are Boston, and Manchester, New Hampshire; it also travels through the New Hampshire state capital of Concord.
Interstate 695 (I-695) is a 51.46-mile-long (82.82 km) auxiliary Interstate Highway that constitutes a beltway extending around Baltimore, Maryland, United States. I-695 is officially designated the McKeldin Beltway but is colloquially referred to as either the Baltimore Beltway or 695. The route is an auxiliary route of I-95, intersecting that route southwest of Baltimore near Arbutus and northeast of the city near White Marsh. It also intersects other major roads radiating from the Baltimore area, including I-97 near Glen Burnie, the Baltimore–Washington Parkway near Linthicum, I-70 near Woodlawn, I-795 near Pikesville, and I-83 in the Timonium area. Originally, a 19.37-mile (31.17 km) portion of the Baltimore Beltway between I-95 northeast of Baltimore and I-97 south of Baltimore was officially Maryland Route 695 (MD 695) and was not part of the Interstate Highway System but is signed as I-695. The Francis Scott Key Bridge that crossed over the Patapsco River was included in this section of the route before the bridge's collapse on March 26, 2024. The bridge and its approaches were maintained by the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA), while the remainder of the Baltimore Beltway is maintained by the Maryland State Highway Administration (MDSHA). The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials approved the redesignation of MD 695 as I-695 on April 29, 2024.
Interstate 295 (I-295) in Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania is an auxiliary Interstate Highway, designated as a bypass around Philadelphia, and a partial beltway of Trenton.
Route 15 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Connecticut that runs 83.53 miles (134.43 km) from a connection with New York's Hutchinson River Parkway in Greenwich, Connecticut, to its northern terminus intersecting with Interstate 84 (I-84) in East Hartford, Connecticut. Route 15 consists of four distinct sections: the Merritt Parkway, the Wilbur Cross Parkway, most of the Berlin Turnpike, and part of the Wilbur Cross Highway. The unified designation was applied to these separate highways in 1948 to provide a continuous through route from New York to Massachusetts. The parkway section of Route 15 is often referred to locally as "The Merritt".
Interstate 395 (I-395) in Virginia and Washington, D.C., is a 13.79-mile-long (22.19 km) spur route of I-95 that begins at an interchange with I-95 in Springfield and ends at an interchange with US Route 50 (US 50) in Northwest Washington, D.C. It passes underneath the National Mall near the US Capitol and ends at a junction with US 50 at New York Avenue, roughly one mile (1.6 km) north of the 3rd Street Tunnel. Despite its proximity to I-395 in Maryland, the route is unrelated and unconnected.
Interstate 395 (I-395) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the U.S. states of Connecticut and Massachusetts; it is maintained by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). Spanning nearly 67 miles (108 km) on a south–north axis, it is the only spur route of I-95 in Connecticut. The 36-mile (58 km) section between its splits from I-95 in East Lyme and SR 695 in Plainfield is a component highway of the Connecticut Turnpike. Within that state, the highway is named the American Ex-Prisoner of War Memorial Highway from Plainfield to Thompson.
The Dolphin East–West Expressway is a 15.4-mile (24.8 km) freeway, with the westernmost 14 miles (23 km) as an all-electronic tollway signed as State Road 836, and the easternmost 1.292 miles (2.079 km) between Interstate 95 (I-95) and SR A1A cosigned as Interstate 395 (I-395).
Interstate 95 (I-95) is a major Interstate Highway that runs along the East Coast of the United States from Miami, Florida, north to the Canada–United States border at Houlton, Maine. In New Jersey, it runs along much of the mainline of the New Jersey Turnpike, as well as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Turnpike Extension, and the New Jersey Turnpike's I-95 Extension to the George Washington Bridge approach for a total of 77.96 miles (125.46 km). Located in the northeastern part of the state near New York City, the 11.03-mile (17.75 km) Western Spur of the New Jersey Turnpike, considered to be Route 95W by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), is also part of I-95.
Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running in a general east–west compass direction for 111.57 miles (179.55 km) in Connecticut, from the New York state line to the Rhode Island state line. I-95 from Greenwich to East Lyme is part of the Connecticut Turnpike, during which it passes through the major cities of Stamford, Bridgeport, and New Haven. After leaving the turnpike in East Lyme, I-95 is known as the Jewish War Veterans Memorial Highway and passes through New London, Groton, and Mystic, before exiting the state through North Stonington at the Rhode Island border.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project is an ongoing road construction project to build an interchange between Interstate 95 (I-95) and the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The $553 million first stage is complete: a pair of flyover ramps–one connecting I-95 northbound with the eastbound turnpike and the other connecting the westbound turnpike with I-95 southbound—that opened in 2018, with some cleanups to connecting roads completed in 2021. Construction of the remaining ramps is expected to begin when funding is available.
Interstate 95 (I-95) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs north–south from Miami, Florida to Houlton, Maine. The highway enters Maine from the New Hampshire state line in Kittery and runs for 303 miles (488 km) to the Canada–United States border at Houlton. It is the only primary Interstate Highway in Maine. In 2004, the highway's route between Portland and Gardiner was changed so that it encompasses the entire Maine Turnpike, a toll road running from Kittery to Augusta. As an Interstate Highway, all of I-95 in Maine is included in the National Highway System, a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility.
Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running generally southwest–northeast through the US state of Rhode Island. It runs from the border with Connecticut near Westerly, through Warwick and Providence, and to the Massachusetts state line in Pawtucket. It has two auxiliary routes, both of which enter Massachusetts—I-195, a spur from Providence east to Cape Cod, and I-295, a western bypass of the Providence metropolitan area.
Interstate 95 (I-95) runs 179 miles (288 km) within the commonwealth of Virginia between its borders with North Carolina and Maryland. I-95 meets the northern terminus of I-85 in Petersburg and is concurrent with I-64 for three miles (4.8 km) in Richmond. Although I-95 was originally planned as a highway through Washington, D.C., it was rerouted along the eastern portion of the Capital Beltway concurrent with I-495. From Petersburg to Richmond, I-95 utilized most of the Richmond–Petersburg Turnpike, a former toll road. In addition to Richmond, the route also runs through the medium-sized cities of Emporia, Petersburg, Colonial Heights, Fredericksburg, and Alexandria.
Interstate 95 (I-95) is an Interstate Highway running along the East Coast of the United States from Miami, Florida, north to the Canadian border at Houlton, Maine. In Maryland, the route is a major highway that runs 110.01 miles (177.04 km) diagonally from southwest to northeast, entering from the District of Columbia and Virginia at the Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac River, northeast to the Delaware state line near Elkton. It is the longest Interstate Highway within Maryland and is one of the most traveled Interstate Highways in the state, especially between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., despite alternate routes along the corridor, such as the Baltimore–Washington Parkway, U.S. Route 1 (US 1), and US 29. I-95 also has eight auxiliary routes in the state, the most of any state along the I-95 corridor. Portions of the highway, including the Fort McHenry Tunnel and the Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge, are tolled.
Interstate 95 (I-95) is an Interstate Highway running along the East Coast of the United States from Miami, Florida, north to the Canadian border in Houlton, Maine. In the state of Delaware, the route runs for 23.43 miles (37.71 km) across the Wilmington area in northern New Castle County from the Maryland state line near Newark northeast to the Pennsylvania state line in Claymont. I-95 is the only primary Interstate Highway that enters Delaware, although it also has two auxiliary routes within the state. Between the Maryland state line and Newport, I-95 follows the Delaware Turnpike, a toll road with a mainline toll plaza near the state line. Near Newport, the Interstate has a large interchange with Delaware Route 141 (DE 141) and the southern termini of I-295 and I-495. I-95 becomes the Wilmington Expressway from here to the Pennsylvania state line and heads north through Wilmington concurrently with U.S. Route 202 (US 202). Past Wilmington, I-95 continues northeast to Claymont, where I-495 rejoins the route right before the Pennsylvania state line.
Interstate 95 (I-95) is a major north–south Interstate Highway that runs along the East Coast of the United States from Miami, Florida, north to the Canada–United States border at Houlton, Maine. In the state of Pennsylvania, it runs 51.00 miles (82.08 km) from the Delaware state line near Marcus Hook in Delaware County in the southeastern part of the state northeast to the Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge at the New Jersey state line near Bristol in Bucks County, closely paralleling the New Jersey state line for its entire length through Pennsylvania.
Interstate 75 (I-75) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from the Hialeah–Miami Lakes border, a few miles northwest of Miami, to Sault Ste. Marie in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I-75 begins its national northward journey near Miami, running along the western parts of the Miami metropolitan area before traveling westward across Alligator Alley, resuming its northward direction in Naples, running along Florida's Gulf Coast, and passing the cities of Fort Myers, Punta Gorda, Venice, and Sarasota. The freeway passes through the Tampa Bay area before turning inward toward Ocala, Gainesville, and Lake City before leaving the state and entering Georgia. I-75 runs for 471 miles (758 km) in Florida, making it the longest Interstate in the state and also the longest in any state east of the Mississippi River. The Interstate's speed limit is 70 mph (110 km/h) for its entire length in Florida.
U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in the U.S. state of Connecticut is a major east–west U.S. Route along Long Island Sound. It has been replaced by Interstate 95 (I-95) as a through route, which it closely parallels, and now primarily serves as a local business route. Despite its largely east–west orientation, it is part of a north–south route and is mostly signed north–south.
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