Connecticut Route 140

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Route 140

Connecticut Route 140
Map of northern Connecticut with Route 140 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by CTDOT
Length22.50 mi [1]  (36.21 km)
Existed1932 [2] –present
Major junctions
West endConnecticut Highway 75.svg Route 75 in Windsor Locks
Major intersectionsI-91.svg I-91 in East Windsor
East endConnecticut Highway 32.svgConnecticut Highway 190 wide.svg Route 32  / Route 190 in Stafford
Location
Country United States
State Connecticut
Counties Hartford, Tolland
Highway system
  • Connecticut State Highway System
Connecticut Highway 139 wide.svg Route 139 Connecticut Highway 142 wide.svg Route 142

Route 140 is a state highway in Connecticut in the northeastern part of the Greater Hartford area. Route 140 is a main artery connecting the town of Stafford to Windsor Locks.

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Route description

Route 140 starts out at Route 75, in Windsor Locks as Elm Street. It then begins an overlap with Route 159, before reaching a bridge, and turning away from Route 159. Now known as Bridge Street, it crosses the Connecticut River into East Windsor, then meets an intersection with I-91. Shortly thereafter, it meets an intersection with US 5, before changing its street name to North Road. It then becomes Sadd's Mill Road. It meets an intersection with Route 286, before becoming Maple Street. It then meets an overlap with Route 83, before becoming Crystal Lake Road. Route 140 then meets an overlap with Route 30, as it becomes Sandy Beach Road. Route 140 then ends as it reaches Route 190 and Route 32 in Stafford. [1]

History

Route 140 was commissioned in 1932, [2] running from US 5 to Route 83 along the current routes of Routes 191, 140, and 286. In the 1920s, this route was known as State Highway 307. In 1961, with the opening of the Bradley Airport Connector as part of Route 20, Routes 140 and 191 were rerouted to their current locations in Windsor Locks and East Windsor. The following year, Route 140 in Windsor Locks was relocated from Spring Street (old Route 20) to Elm Street (former SR 523). In 1963, Route 140 was extended to its eastern terminus in Stafford, and rerouted slightly north to absorb a connector (Route 140A) between Route 83 and the center of Ellington in the process. In the late 1990s and 2002, the alignment was straightened in several parts of East Windsor and Ellington. [3]

Junction list

CountyLocationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Hartford Windsor Locks 0.000.00Connecticut Highway 75.svgAirport Sign.svg Route 75 (Ella T. Grasso Turnpike) Suffield, Poquonock, Bradley International Airport
2.283.67South plate.svg
Connecticut Highway 159 wide.svg
Rail Sign.svg Route 159 south (South Main Street) Windsor, R.R. Station
Southern terminus of CT 159 overlap
2.584.15North plate.svg
Connecticut Highway 159 wide.svg
Route 159 north (Main Street) Agawam, Mass
Northern terminus of CT 159 overlap
Connecticut River 2.63–
2.84
4.23–
4.57
Bridge Street Bridge
East Windsor 3.555.71I-91.svg I-91  Hartford, Springfield
3.736.00US 5.svg US 5 (Prospect Hill Road) Enfield, South Windsor
7.3911.89South plate.svg
Connecticut Highway 191 wide.svg
Route 191 south (Main Street) Broad Brook
Southern terminus of CT 191 overlap
8.6313.89North plate.svg
Connecticut Highway 191 wide.svg
Route 191 north (Broad Brook Road) / Melrose Road Somers, Scitico
Northern terminus of CT 191 overlap
Tolland Ellington 12.7620.54To plate.svg
Connecticut Highway 286 wide.svg
Connector to Route 286  Rockville, Windemere
13.7222.08Connecticut Highway 83.svgAirport Sign.svg Route 83 (Somers Road) Rockville, Somers, Stafford Springs, Ellington Airport
17.7728.60Connecticut Highway 30.svg Route 30 (Stafford Road) West Stafford, Tolland, Rockville
Stafford 22.5036.21Connecticut Highway 32.svgConnecticut Highway 190 wide.svg Route 32  / Route 190  Stafford Springs, Union, Monson, MA
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 Archived 2015-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 "Road Conditions in Connecticut". The Hartford Daily Courant . May 27, 1932. p. 14. Retrieved December 24, 2019 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. Connecticut Routes, Route 140

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