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I-91 / Route 17 north – New Haven, North Haven, Hartford: Western terminus; southern terminus of Route 17; exit 8 on I-91: 0.44: 0.71: Route 103 north – North Haven: Southern terminus of Route 103: East Haven: 2.37: 3.81: Route 100 south – East Haven: Northern terminus of Route 100: North Branford: 4.80: 7.72: Route 22 west – Northford
Named for Connecticut's famed Charter Oak, the original crossing opened as a toll bridge in the early 1940s, allowing through traffic to pass south of downtown Hartford. It was replaced by the current bridge in 1991, which is free to motorists. [2] It has an average daily traffic of 79,800 motorists. [3]
1.07 miles (1.72 km) south of the Hartford city line, US 5 and Route 15 leave the turnpike and follow the Wilbur Cross Highway northeast through Hartford towards the Charter Oak Bridge. The Berlin Turnpike continues north as a two-lane undivided road as part of Route 314 for 0.69 miles (1.11 km), and then as SR 543 for 0.38 miles (0.61 km ...
It serves as a northeastern bypass of Hartford. According to the Federal Highway Administration , the official length of I-291 is 6.02 miles (9.69 km); [ 1 ] however, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) includes the 0.38 miles (0.61 km) of the exit ramp that I-291 uses to merge with eastbound I-84, making their recorded length ...
In Farmington, it once again joins I-84 at exit 38 for 13.4 miles (21.6 km), passing through West Hartford, Hartford, and East Hartford. US 44 joins for 0.25 miles (0.40 km) to cross the Connecticut River on the Bulkeley Bridge from Hartford to East Hartford toward Bolton just past the eastern terminus of I-384.
Still, traffic and deadly accidents continued to increase each year on the turnpike, and by the 1990s the Connecticut Turnpike had started to become known as "the Highway of Death". [ 12 ] Furthermore, while most of the turnpike is signed as I-95 or I-395, the highway was designed and built before the Interstate Highway System was established.
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I-84/US 6/Route 2 in East Hartford: I-291 in South Windsor: 1976: 1983 Unbuilt due to environmental concerns, except of a short freeway stub that serve as ramps from I-84 to Governor Street I-291: 6.02: 9.69 I-91/Route 218 in Windsor: I-84 in Manchester: 1994: current Partially completed Hartford Beltway (northeast quadrant).