# Connecticut Route 82

Route 82 is an east–west state highway in Connecticut running 28.47 miles (45.82 km) from Route 9 in Chester east to Route 2 in Norwich.

## Route description

Route 82 begins at a trumpet intersection with Route 9 at exit 7 in Chester and heads northeast into Haddam as a three-lane undivided freeway to a roundabout with Route 154, where it becomes a two-lane surface road. The two routes briefly overlap before Route 82 continues east to the East Haddam Bridge over the Connecticut River, entering East Haddam near Goodspeed Opera House. On the east end of the village, it intersects the southern end of Route 149. At a junction with the south end of Route 151, Route 82 turns southeast and enters Lyme, where it turns east once again at a junction with the east end of Route 148. It then reenters East Haddam, where it passes the western end of Route 156 before entering Salem. In Salem, Route 82 continues northeast, meeting the south end of the Route 11 expressway, then meeting Route 85 at a roundabout. After passing the southern end of Route 354, Route 82 continues east into Montville, overlapping for 0.12 miles with Route 163. After briefly clipping Bozrah, it enters Norwich. In Norwich, it intersects Interstate 395 (I-395) at exit 11 before ending at a triangular one-way couplet in downtown Norwich, intersecting Route 2/Route 32 over two bridges across the Yantic River.
Route 82 is a designated scenic road for the length of the East Haddam Bridge between Haddam and East Haddam.

## History

Modern Route 82 east of Route 85 was built along the alignment of an early toll road known as the Salem and Norwich Turnpike, which was chartered in 1827 to connect its namesake cities. The toll road was extended west to the village of Hadlyme in 1834 by another turnpike corporation, which built the Hadlyme and Salem Turnpike. The road between East Haddam and Norwich, incorporating both turnpike alignments, was designated in 1922 as State Highway 153. In the 1932 state highway renumbering, old Highway 153 was renumbered to Route 82. The only major changes since then are the extension along a new limited-access road west of Route 154 to a trumpet interchange with Route 9 in 1971, and a reorganization of the eastern terminus in Norwich in the late 1980s.

## Junction list

| County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
| Middlesex | Chester | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Route 9 south – Old Saybrook | Western terminus |
| Middlesex | Chester | | | 1 | Route 9 north – Middletown | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; exit 10 on Route 9 |
| Middlesex | Haddam | 2.75 | 4.43 | Eastern end of freeway section | Eastern end of freeway section | Eastern end of freeway section |
| Middlesex | Haddam | 2.75 | 4.43 | | Route 154 south – Chester | Roundabout; western end of Route 154 concurrency |
| Middlesex | Haddam | 3.12 | 5.02 | | Route 154 north – Haddam | Eastern end of Route 154 concurrency |
| Middlesex | Connecticut River | 3.70– 3.87 | 5.95– 6.23 | East Haddam Bridge | East Haddam Bridge | East Haddam Bridge |
| Middlesex | East Haddam | 3.99 | 6.42 | | Route 149 north – Moodus | Southern terminus of Route 149 |
| Middlesex | East Haddam | 5.34 | 8.59 | | Route 151 north – Moodus | Southern terminus of Route 151 |
| Middlesex | East Haddam | 5.41 | 8.71 | | Mount Paranssus Road (SSR 434 east) | |
| Middlesex | East Haddam | 6.51 | 10.48 | | River Road (SSR 431 south) | |
| New London | Lyme | 9.26 | 14.90 | | Route 148 west – Chester | Eastern terminus of Route 148; via Chester-Hadlyme Ferry (April 1–November 30) |
| Middlesex | East Haddam | 12.53 | 20.17 | | Route 156 south – Hamburg, Old Lyme | Northern terminus of Route 156 |
| Middlesex | East Haddam | 12.73 | 20.49 | | Mount Paranssus Road (SSR 434 west) | |
| New London | Salem | 16.48 | 26.52 | | Route 11 north – Colchester, Hartford | Southern terminus of Route 11 |
| New London | Salem | 17.56 | 28.26 | | Route 85 – Colchester, New London | Roundabout |
| New London | Salem | 20.20 | 32.51 | | Route 354 west – Colchester, Gardner Lake | Eastern terminus of Route 354 |
| New London | Montville | 21.31 | 34.30 | | Route 163 north – Fitchville | Western end of Route 163 concurrency |
| New London | Montville | 21.43 | 34.49 | | Route 163 south – Oakdale, Montville | Eastern end of Route 163 concurrency |
| New London | Norwich | 26.30 | 42.33 | | I-395 (Route 2A) – New Haven, Worcester | Exit 11 on I-395; former Route 52 |
| New London | Norwich | 28.29 | 45.53 | | Route 32 south – New London | Western end of Route 32 concurrency |
| New London | Norwich | 28.47 | 45.82 | | Route 2 / Route 32 north – Willimantic, Hartford | Eastern terminus: eastern end of Route 32 concurrency |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access |||||||