page_title: Connecticut Route 82
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: Connecticut Route 82 / Route description
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Vereinigte Staaten: East Haddam in Connecticut
context_page_description: Route 82 is an east–west state highway in Connecticut running for 28.47 miles from Route 9 in Chester to Route 2 and 32 in Norwich.
context_section_description: Route 82 begins at a trumpet intersection with Route 9 at Exit 7 in Chester and heads northeast into Haddam as a super two to an intersection with Route 154. 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 traffic circle, which acts as a default extension of the Route 11 expressway for New London and shoreline bound traffic.  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 Routes 2 and 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.
caption: Route 82 in East Haddam
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