Route 64 is a Connecticut

Connecticut

Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

 state highway connecting the towns of Woodbury and Waterbury via Middlebury.

Route description

Route 64 begins as Sherman Hill Road at an intersection with US 6

U.S. Route 6 in Connecticut

U.S. Route 6 is the portion of the cross-country U.S. Route 6 within the state of Connecticut. West of Hartford, the route either closely parallels or runs along Interstate 84. Interstate 84 has largely supplanted Route 6 as a through route in western Connecticut. East of Hartford, the route serves...

 in the Pomeraug section of Woodbury

Woodbury, Connecticut

Woodbury is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 9,198 at the 2000 census. The town center is also designated by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place . Woodbury was founded in 1672....

 (just south of the town center) and heads east towards Middlebury

Middlebury, Connecticut

Middlebury is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 6,451 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....

. After crossing the town line, the road becomes Middlebury Road. Route 64 soon meets and briefly overlaps Route 188

Connecticut Route 188

Route 188 is a state highway in west-central Connecticut, running in an "L" pattern from Seymour to Middlebury.-Route description:Route 188 begins at an intersection with Route 34 in Seymour and heads northeast before crossing into Oxford...

 (for about half a mile) west of Middlebury center before continuing northeast then east through the Oronoke section of Middlebury, where it intersects with Route 63

Route 63 (Connecticut)

Route 63 is a secondary state highway in the U.S. state of Connecticut, from New Haven up to Canaan, running for . It connects the Greater New Haven area to Northwestern Connecticut via the western suburbs of Waterbury.-Route description:...

 (signed for Watertown and Naugatuck). Route 64 crosses into the city of Waterbury

Waterbury, Connecticut

Waterbury is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, on the Naugatuck River, 33 miles southwest of Hartford and 77 miles northeast of New York City...

 about 0.1 mi (0.160934 km) east of the Route 63 junction and becomes Chase Parkway. After another 0.2 mile (0.321868 km), Route 64 leaves Chase Parkway, continuing straight onto the eastbound I-84 Interchange 17 onramp. The last 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) of Route 64 is along the onramp and it ends as it merges with eastbound I-84. Chase Parkway continues east of Route 64 for another 1.6 miles (2.6 km) into downtown Waterbury and is an unsigned state highway with designation State Road 845.

History

The road linking Woodbury and Waterbury was originally laid out as a toll road in May 1823 and was known as the Woodbury and Waterbury Turnpike. The Woodbury-Waterbury road was incorporated as part of New England Route 3 in 1922, which ran east–west across Connecticut and directly connected the cities of Danbury, Waterbury, Hartford, and Willimantic. In 1926, the U.S. Highway system was established and US 6 was co-signed along most of New England Route 3. For a few years between 1926 and 1929, the Woodbury to Waterbury route was signed as US 6. By 1930, US 6 was relocated to a more northerly alignment via Watertown, Thomaston, and Bristol. This left the Woodbury-Waterbury route signed only as Route 3. In the 1932 state highway renumbering

1932 state highway renumbering (Connecticut)

In 1932, the Highway Department of the U.S. state of Connecticut , decided to completely renumber all its state highways. The only exceptions were the U.S. Highways and some of the New England Interstate Routes. Between 1922 and 1932, Connecticut used a state highway numbering system shared with...

, the New England Route 3 designation was deleted. Route 14 was created at the same time and incorporated the Woodbury-Waterbury route and continued eastward via Meriden, Middletown, and Willimantic to the Rhode Island state line in Sterling. In 1941, most of Route 14 (west of Willimantic) was re-designated as US 6A

U.S. Route 6A

U.S. Route 6A or U.S. Route 6 Alternate may refer to:*U.S. Route 6A *U.S. Route 6 Alternate *U.S. Route 6A...

. In 1967, the US 6A designation was removed in Connecticut and broken into several smaller routes. Modern Route 64 is one of these routes that was created as a result of the renumbering of US 6A.

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