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Tolland was a junction point for multiple turnpikes, and when the Stafford Pool Turnpike (c. 1803) and Worcester and Stafford Turnpike (1810) opened, the Hartford and Tolland Turnpike formed an important segment in the major route between Hartford and Boston via Worcester, Massachusetts.
Hartford, New London, Windham and Tolland County Turnpike: October 1795: Manchester - Bolton - Andover - Columbia - Lebanon - Yantic: Route 85, Bolton Center Road, U.S. Route 6, Route 87: Norwalk and Danbury Turnpike: October 1795: Wilton - Georgetown - Bethel: U.S. Route 7 - Route 107, Umpawaug Road, [2] Route 53: Fairfield, Weston and Reading ...
I-291 / US 5 – East Windsor, East Hartford, Manchester: Southern terminus; exit 2 on I-291: 3.95: 6.36: Route 194 west to Route 74 – Ellington, Rockville, Warehouse Point, East Windsor Hill, South Windsor Town Offices: Eastern terminus of Route 194: Manchester: 5.75: 9.25: I-84 west – Hartford: Exit 63 on I-84; former I-86: 6.17: 9.93
The eastern half of modern Route 74 (east of Tolland center) was originally laid out as a turnpike in 1809 known as the Tolland County Turnpike. The turnpike ran from Ellington center, through Tolland and Willington, to the village of West Ashford, ending at the Boston Turnpike. The turnpike corporation collected tolls until 1834 when the ...
Although the interchange was rebuilt during the late 1980s and early 1990s along with the Charter Oak Bridge and the US-5/CT-15 portions of the Wilbur Cross Highway, traffic along the section has increased significantly since the reconstruction and the removal of the two connector ramps between I-91 and the Founders Bridge (CT-2), which is ...
Route 83 overlaps with Route 30 for 1.50 miles (2.41 km) from Manchester into Vernon, intersecting I-84 once again at exit 64 before Route 30 turns off to the east. It then continues north in Vernon as a 4-lane road where it narrows to 2 lanes shortly before a 0.81 mile overlap with Route 74 .
The present 4-way interchange between I-84, I-384, and I-291 in Manchester reflects the planned extension of I-84 towards Providence; the I-84 through lanes coming west from Hartford align with the present-day lanes heading east on I-384. Similarly, the Wilbur Cross Highway (CT Route 15) merges with I-84 on the left side in East Hartford, and ...
Properties around Willington Common and east on the Tolland Turnpike past Old Farms Rd. 41°52′31″N 72°15′52″W / 41.8753°N 72.2644°W / 41.8753; -72.2644 ( Willington Common Historic