The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-29
THE HIGHWAYS | IN CONNECTICUT
Route Changes w hi C h Will Be in Effect First
 of Year
OFFICIAL STATEMENT


 According to an announcement of Highway Commissioner John A. Macdonald, route numbers on undergo marked changes. effective the first of the year.
 The alterations on the highway map are being made for several reasons, he stated, chief among them being to simplify the mark ings so that autoists within the state may follow them, more easily and to number of routes so that they will coordinate with the markings of neighboring states. The changes were designed at a conference of representatives of the highway departments of Con- nectciut, New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island and will affect the road maps in all four states. No changes were made in the numbering of the official United States highways, four of which pass through the state. In some instances, however, alternate U. s. route markings were adopted wherever the construction of by passes have resulted in improve ment of the routes since the orlgi- nal numbers were designated by the federal government.
 In order to eliminate as much as possible the confusion which would ordinarily follow such Q drastic change, which makes ex- isting road maps of Connecticut practically worthless. Commis- sioner Macdonald has ordered new maps printed for general distribu- ton. These will be ready about January 15 in folded form, con venient for use by motorists. There will be no charge for the maps.
 Very few routes will bear their present numerals after the first of the year. The major routes will be as follows:
 On U. s. route No. 6, New Haven to Springfield, State street from New Haven through Hamden to North Haven center will be alter nate U. s. route No. instead of route 186, connecting with U. s. route No. out of New Haven on Middletown avenue; in Meriden. the old route will continue through | the center of the city while the Broad street cutoff around the center will be alternate U. $. route No. 6; the highway from Hartford to Springfield on the west side of the Connecticut river will be desig- mated as alternate U. S. route No. 5 instead of No. 110, the east side road remaining as the regular U. 5. route.
 On the Boston Post road, U. s. route No. 1, the cutoff through and north of Bridgeport now un- numbered will be known us alter nate U. S. route No. 1.
 On U. s. route No. 6, running across the state from the New York line through Danbury to Hartford and Willimantic to Prov idence, the by-road from Terryvilie to Pennington will be alternate U. s. route No. 6 instead of route No. 157 as at present.
 The map changes VIII extenu route No. 101, which now runs from Cape Cod through Providence and Putnam to Phoenixville, across the state through Manchester Hartford. Avon and Winsted to Ca- naan. This number will thus re- place route 100 between Phoenix vile and Manchester, 317 from the latter to East Hartford, and 17 from Hartford over the Avon Mountain route to Winsted and Canaan. That part of route No. 10l now running from Phoenix vile to North Windham will be- come route No. 91.
 Route No. 8, from stratford through shelton, Waterbury ana Torrington to the state line at Colebrook will remain unchanged.
 The College highway from New Haven to Southwick, Mass, will pc designated throughout It's entire length as route No. 10. At pres ent. 1t carries No. 118 from Haven to Mllldale, 3 to Pennington, ll6 to Granby and 10 from that
 In using No. 10 to mark this route. it was necessary to change inc existing route No. 10 from Old Saybrook through Middletown ana Hartford to Granby to route NO. ". The road which was formerly designated route No. 8 from the foot of Sherman Hill In Woodbury to waterbury, No. III through Milidale, Meriden. Middletown 10 Willimantic. No. Al to Plainfeid and Nos. 12 and 103 to Moosup and thence to Providence, under the new order of numbering VIII become route No. IA.
 Route No. 32 from New London through Norwich, Willimantic anu Manchester to Worcester VIII re- main substantially unchanged eN, cept that between New Lonoon anu Norwich on the west side or tns Thames river will be designatea h., that number instead of No. 12 ss nj present. and from Stafford snrinrs north 1t will follow the Munson road instead of the present route through Staffordville.
 Between New London and NOT wich on the east side or the Thames river, the highway VIII pc known as route No. IF ana VIII continue on through Putnam to Webster and Worcester. Mass. n other words, the numbers or tne Thames river highways rom New I.ondon to Norwich have been eN, changed, so that the western roau ehars No. 32 and the eastern NO 12 throughout their courses.
 The road between New Haven and Worcester, Mass, via Durnam' Middletown, Glastonbury ana stai ford Springs and Hazardville anu crossing the river the same num- her will be continued through Windsor Locks. Granby, East Hartland and on to Winsted on the highway now listed as route No. 133. ~ uoyen
 Route No. 147, from New Haven through Woodbury and seymour and Joining U. $. route No. at Southbury, will be changed to No s7. while the present route No. IT, New Haven to Sandy Hook vla Derby and the Stevenson dam, VIII become route No. 34. ~
 That part of route No. 17. which now runs from Stonington through Norwich, Colchester Marlboro ana Glast onbury to East Hartford VIII henceforth be known as route No. 2.
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