List of Interstate Highways in Connecticut

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Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways
Interstate 84 marker Interstate 691 marker
Standard Interstate Highway signs in Connecticut
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All Interstate Highways in Connecticut
System information
Length: 446.33 mi (718.30 km)
Notes: Interstate Highways in Connecticut maintained by ConnDOT
Highway names
Interstates: Interstate X
US Routes: U.S. Route X
State: State Route X
System links
  • Routes in Connecticut

Interstate Highways in the U.S. state of Connecticut run a total of 446.33 miles (718.30 km). Connecticut has three primary highways and five auxiliary highways. Most of the highways are maintained by the Connecticut Department of Transportation, with the exception of Interstate 684, which is maintained by the New York State DOT.[1]

In 1957, Connecticut received approval for the routes of its three primary Interstate highways: I-84, I-91, and I-95. This plan was extended in 1959 to include I-291 and I-491. The first Interstate Highway signs were installed on a completed section of I-91 north of Hartford in 1961. The primary interstates were all completed by 1969 after the last section of I-84 opened between Farmington and Plainville. The rest of the highways were built or renumbered to their current designations by 1994 when a five-mile section of I-291 opened 35 years behind schedule. Connecticut was one of the last states in the US to raise its maximum speed limit to 65 mph (105 km/h), which it did in 1998.[2]

Though parts of the Interstate Highway System in Connecticut were once tolled, no toll booths exist today. All tolls on I-95 were removed in 1985 after a runaway truck ran into a line of cars waiting at a booth, killing seven.[2][3]

Interstate Highways

Number Length (mi)[1] Length (km) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes
I-84 97.90 157.55 I-84 at the New York state line I-84 at the Massachusetts state line 1969 current  
I-86 31.27 50.32 I-84 in East Hartford I-86 at the Massachusetts state line 1971 1984 Renumbered I-84
I-91 58.00 93.34 I-95 in New Haven I-91 at the Massachusetts state line 1959 current  
I-95 111.57 179.55 I-95 at the New York state line I-95 at the Rhode Island state line 1964 current  
I-284 I-84 in Waterbury I-291 in South Windsor 1976 1983 Unbuilt due to environmental concerns
I-291 6.40 10.30 I-91 in Windsor I-84 in Manchester 1994 current  
I-384 8.53 13.73 I-84 / US 6 in East Hartford US 6 / US 44 in Bolton 1971 current  
I-395 54.69 88.02 I-95 in East Lyme I-395 at the Massachusetts state line 1968 current  
I-484 I-84 in Hartford I-91 in Hartford 1968 1983 Became the Conlin–Whitehead Highway and unsigned SR 598
I-491 I-91 in Wethersfield I-84 in East Hartford 1958 1973 Became Route 3 and parts redesignated as I-86
I-684 1.41 2.27 I-684 at the New York state line 1968 current  
I-691 8.92 14.36 I-84 at SouthingtonCheshire I-91 at Meriden 1976 current  
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Gallery

Interstate Highways in Connecticut
I-384 in Manchester 
I-291 and the Bissell Bridge in Windsor 
I-84 and the Bulkeley Bridge in Hartford 
I-691 in Cheshire 

See also

References

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