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State roads are feeder roads that provide additional interconnections between signed routes, or long entrance/exit ramps to expressways. Roads classified by the Connecticut Department of Transportation as state roads are given an unsigned number designation between 500 and 999, with the first digit depending on which Maintenance District the ...
The Thames River (/ θ eɪ m z / THAYMZ [1]) is a short river and tidal estuary in the state of Connecticut.It flows south for 15 miles (24 km) [2] through eastern Connecticut from the junction of the Yantic River and Shetucket River at Norwich, Connecticut, to New London and Groton, Connecticut, which flank its mouth at Long Island Sound.
The State Highway Department classified state roads as either State Highways (SH) or State Aid Roads (SA). These roads were given number designations – 100–299 for primary routes and 300+ for secondary routes. Some state roads were signposted and some were not.
New section of Long Hill Road (today's US 1). The contemporary US 1 followed Thames Street, Poquonnock Road, Tower Avenue and Runway Lane. US 1A — — Groton: Groton: c. 1956 — Section of Bridge Street leading eastward from today's I-95 exit 85 to US 1: US 5A — — Berlin Turnpike in Wethersfield: MA 159 in Suffield: 1932: 1968
The western concurrency is between exits 68 and 70 from Old Saybrook to Old Lyme, where the two routes cross the Connecticut River via the Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge. The eastern concurrency is between exits 83 and 85 from New London to Groton, where the routes cross the Thames River via the Gold Star Memorial Bridge. [citation needed]
The southern terminus of NE-12 was originally at New London, Connecticut. It travelled along present-day Route 32 (along the west bank of the Thames River) from New London to Norwich, Connecticut. In 1932, when Connecticut decommissioned its New England Routes, Route 12 swapped places with Route 32 south of Norwich.
Most of Connecticut's rivers flow into Long Island Sound and from there the waters mix into the Atlantic Ocean. A few extremely eastern rivers flow into Block Island Sound . The list is arranged by drainage basin from east to west, with respective tributaries indented from downstream to upstream under each larger stream's name.
I-95 follows the Connecticut Turnpike from the New York state line eastward for 88 miles (142 km). This portion of the highway passes through the most heavily urbanized section of Connecticut along the shoreline between Greenwich and New Haven, with daily traffic volumes of around 150,000 vehicles throughout the entire 48-mile (77 km) length between the New York state line and the junction ...