# U.S. Route 202 in Connecticut

In Connecticut, U.S. Route 202 (US 202) is usually signed as an east–west route. It enters from the New York state line in Danbury overlapped with U.S. Route 6 and ends at the Massachusetts state line in Granby overlapped with Route 10. Although the route serves no major city centers for most of its run, with the largest city being Danbury, it does pass through Hartford County, serving the northern fringe of Greater Hartford. US 202 is overlapped with other routes for most of its length.

## Route description

US 202 enters Connecticut in the town of Danbury duplexed with US 6. The duplex joins another duplex, I-84 and US 7 at I-84 Exit 4 to form a 3 mile four-way concurrency. US 7 and 202 split from I-84 and US 6 at Exit 7. They remain duplexed on a freeway for a short stretch before 202 exits the freeway at the first exit (Exit 11) at the Brookfield town line to follow Federal Road, a two-lane road that was an old alignment of US 7. The two roads reunite at the end of the US 7 freeway about 5.3 miles (8.5 km) later just before the New Milford town line. Between the junctions of US 7 at Exit 12 and US 7 at the Brookfield-New Milford border, signage for US 202 briefly changes directions to become a north-south route through the center of Brookfield. US 202 returns to being signed in its dominant east-west directions again after overlapping with US 7 in New Milford. The 2 roads split again in the center of New Milford as US 202 turns east to cross the Housatonic River. It then turns northeast to pass through Washington and Morris (briefly), before entering Litchfield. Route 202 passes through the historic downtown district, where it intersects Route 63 and has a connection with Route 118 which heads toward the western suburbs of Hartford. It then enters Torrington, where it meets the Route 8 freeway at Exit 44. Leaving Torrington, US 202 passes through New Hartford before entering Canton. Just after crossing the Farmington River in western Canton, US 202 starts a duplex with US 44 through Canton and the southwest corner of Simsbury into Avon. In the center of Avon, as US 44 leaves the duplex to the east, US 202 is joined from the east by Route 10, as both turn northward. US 202 (duplexed with Route 10) then reenters Simsbury, and then enters Granby. After a brief triplex with Route 189 in the center of town, the US 202/Route 10 duplex crosses the Massachusetts state line into the town of Southwick. At this point, US 202 officially changes from a signed east-west to a signed north-south route, although signage north of Avon shows both 202 and 10 (the latter correctly so) as signed north-south.

## History

US 202 was designated in 1935. It originally went along its modern alignment, continuing east on Lake Avenue and West Street to downtown Danbury, then went south along modern CT 53 and CT 302 into Newtown (this section was signed as CT 34 from 1932 to 1934.) 202 then overlapped with US 6 into Farmington, with CT 10 joining them to the Massachusetts state line. Modern US 202 in Litchfield County was originally part of CT 25 (New Milford to Torrington) and CT 4 (Torrington to Canton.) The portion between Danbury and New Milford was then just US 7. In 1963, CT 4 was shifted southward with CT 25 extended along modern US 202 to Canton. In 1974, US 202 was moved to its modern alignment. CT 25 was truncated to US 7 in Brookfield and the former alignment between Danbury and Newtown became CT 302 and a northern extension of CT 53.

## Junction list

| County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
| Fairfield | Danbury | 0.00 | 0.00 | | US 6 west / US 202 west | Continuation into New York |
| Fairfield | Danbury | 0.1 | 0.16 | | I-84 – Newburgh, Waterbury | Access via Saw Mill Road; exit 1 on I-84 |
| Fairfield | Danbury | 1.10 | 1.77 | | I-84 – Newburgh, Waterbury | Access via SR 824; exit 2B on I-84 |
| Fairfield | Danbury | 4.15 | 6.68 | Western end of freeway section | Western end of freeway section | Western end of freeway section |
| Fairfield | Danbury | 4.15 | 6.68 | 4 | I-84 west / US 7 south / Lake Avenue – Newburgh, Norwalk | Western end of I-84/US 7 concurrency; no eastbound access to US 7 |
| Fairfield | Danbury | 5.61 | 9.03 | 5 | Route 37 north / Route 39 north / Route 53 south – Downtown Danbury, Bethel | Route 37 not signed westbound |
| Fairfield | Danbury | 6.25 | 10.06 | 6 | Route 37 – New Fairfield | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| Fairfield | Danbury | 7.43 | 11.96 | 7 (EB) 10 (WB) | I-84 east (US 6 east) – Waterbury | Eastern end of I-84/US 6 concurrency |
| Fairfield | Brookfield | 8.59 | 13.82 | 11 | US 7 north / White Turkey Road (SR 840 south) – New Milford | Eastern end of US 7 concurrency |
| Eastern end of freeway section |||
| Fairfield | Brookfield | 9.04 | 14.55 | | Federal Road (SR 805 south) | |
| Fairfield | Brookfield | 10.66 | 17.16 | | Route 133 north – Brookfield Center | Southern terminus of Route 133 |
| Fairfield | Brookfield | 11.94 | 19.22 | | US 7 – Danbury, New Milford | Exit 12 on US 7 |
| Fairfield | Brookfield | 12.68 | 20.41 | | Route 25 south – Brookfield Center, Newtown | Northern terminus of Route 25 |
| Fairfield | Brookfield | 13.88 | 22.34 | | US 7 south – Danbury | Western end of US 7 concurrency |
| Litchfield | New Milford | 19.30 | 31.06 | | US 7 north – Kent Route 67 begins | Eastern end of US 7 concurrency; northern terminus of Route 67 |
| Litchfield | New Milford | | | Veterans Memorial Bridge over Housatonic River | Veterans Memorial Bridge over Housatonic River | Veterans Memorial Bridge over Housatonic River |
| Litchfield | New Milford | 19.80 | 31.87 | | Route 67 south – Roxbury, Bridgewater, Southbury | Eastern end of Route 67 concurrency |
| Litchfield | New Milford | 21.59 | 34.75 | | Route 109 east – Washington | Western terminus of Route 109 |
| Litchfield | Washington | 27.42 | 44.13 | | Route 45 north – New Preston, Warren | Southern terminus of Route 45 |
| Litchfield | Washington | 28.69 | 46.17 | | Route 47 south – Washington | Northern terminus of Route 47 |
| Litchfield | Washington | 31.29 | 50.36 | | Route 341 west – Warren, Kent | Eastern terminus of Route 341 |
| Litchfield | Litchfield | 35.14 | 56.55 | | Route 209 south – Morris, Bantam Lake | Northern terminus of Route 209 |
| Litchfield | Litchfield | 38.53 | 62.01 | | Route 63 – Goshen, East Morris | |
| Litchfield | Litchfield | 38.62 | 62.15 | | Route 118 east – Harwinton | Western terminus of Route 118 |
| Litchfield | Torrington | 46.97 | 75.59 | | South Main Street (SR 800 south) | Western end of SR 800 concurrency |
| Litchfield | Torrington | 44.02 | 70.84 | | Main Street (SR 800 north) | Eastern end of SR 800 concurrency |
| Litchfield | Torrington | 44.70 | 71.94 | | Route 4 west / Route 8 – Waterbury, Winsted | Exit 50 on Route 8 |
| Litchfield | Torrington | 44.85 | 72.18 | | Route 4 west | Western end of Route 4 concurrency |
| Litchfield | Torrington | 44.97 | 72.37 | | Route 4 east – Harwinton | Eastern end of Route 4 concurrency |
| Litchfield | Torrington | 46.70 | 75.16 | | Route 183 – Harwinton, Winsted | |
| Litchfield | New Hartford | 50.19 | 80.77 | | Route 219 north – New Hartford | Southern terminus of Route 219 |
| Hartford | Canton | 55.57 | 89.43 | | US 44 west / Route 179 – Farmington, Collinsville | US 44 not signed westbound |
| Hartford | Canton | 55.73 | 89.69 | | US 44 west / Route 179 north – New Hartford, Winsted | Western end of US 44 concurrency; westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| Hartford | Canton | 57.49 | 92.52 | | Dowd Avenue (SR 565 west) | |
| Hartford | Canton | 57.84 | 93.08 | | Route 177 south – Unionville | Northern terminus of Route 177 |
| Hartford | Simsbury | 59.06 | 95.05 | | Route 167 – Simsbury, Unionville | |
| Hartford | Avon | 61.05 | 98.25 | | US 44 east / Route 10 south – West Hartford, Hartford, Farmington | Eastern end of US 44 concurrency; western end of Route 10 concurrency |
| Hartford | Simsbury | 63.98 | 102.97 | | Route 185 east – Bloomfield | Western terminus of Route 185 |
| Hartford | Simsbury | 66.64 | 107.25 | | Route 167 south to Route 309 – West Simsbury, Canton | Northern terminus of Route 167 |
| Hartford | Simsbury | 67.60 | 108.79 | | Route 315 east – Tariffville | Western terminus of Route 315 |
| Hartford | Granby | 71.73 | 115.44 | | Route 189 south – Bloomfield | Southern end of Route 189 concurrency |
| Hartford | Granby | 71.81 | 115.57 | | Route 20 / Route 189 north – North Granby, East Granby, Bradley International Airport | Northern end of Route 189 concurrency |
| Hartford | Granby | 75.17 | 120.97 | | US 202 north / Route 10 north – Southwick Route 10 ends | Continuation into Massachusetts; northern terminus of Route 10 |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access |||||||

## Special designations

In 2010, the Connecticut Department of Transportation designated the 3.8-mile (6.1 km) segment of US 202 between the junction with Route 45 and Rabbit Hill Road in New Preston a state scenic road.