Jump to content

Connecticut Route 99

Route map:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Route 99 marker
Route 99
Map
Map of central Connecticut with Route 99 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by CTDOT
Length10.64 mi[1] (17.12 km)
Existed1969–present
Major junctions
South end Route 9 in Cromwell
Major intersections
North end US 5 / Route 15 / Wethersfield Avenue in Wethersfield
Location
CountryUnited States
StateConnecticut
CountiesMiddlesex, Hartford
Highway system
  • Connecticut State Highway System
Route 97 Route 100
Route 99 in Rocky Hill

Route 99 is a state highway in Connecticut running for 10.64 miles (17.12 km) from Route 9 in Cromwell, through the town of Rocky Hill, ending in Wethersfield at the Hartford city line. The road continues into Hartford as a local road (Wethersfield Avenue). It follows the former alignment of Route 9 from prior to that route's upgrade to a freeway.

Route description

[edit]

Route 99 begins as the northbound Exit 25 ramp of Route 9 in Cromwell. At the end of the off ramp, the road continues north as Main Street. (Access from Main Street to the southbound on-ramp for Route 9 is designated as State Road 901). Main Street is a two-lane road that goes north through Cromwell up to Rocky Hill for about 5.6 miles (9.0 km). At the junction with Elm Street (Route 160), the road becomes a four-lane road known as the Silas Deane Highway. The Silas Deane Highway continues through Rocky Hill up to the town of Wethersfield. It serves as the main thoroughfare of these two towns, also providing access to several shopping centers. Route 99 has interchanges with Interstate 91 in Rocky Hill and the Wilbur Cross Highway (Route 15) in Wethersfield. At the Hartford city line, Route 99 ends but the road continues into downtown Hartford as Wethersfield Avenue.[1]

The entire length of Route 99 is also known as the George Washington Memorial Highway.[1]

History

[edit]

The alignment of Route 99 was originally designated as part of New England Interstate Route 10 in the 1920s. The Silas Deane Highway was built in 1930 and New England Route 10 was shifted slightly west to use the new highway. In the 1932 state highway renumbering, the alignment was re-designated as Route 9. When Route 9 was upgraded to an expressway between I-91 and I-95 in 1969, the old surface alignment became Route 99.[2]

Junction list

[edit]
CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
MiddlesexCromwell0.000.00
Route 9 south – Old Saybrook
Southern terminus; exit 25 on Route 9
0.971.56
Route 372 west – Berlin
HartfordRocky Hill5.198.35West Street (SSR 411)To Dinosaur State Park
5.949.56 Route 160 – Berlin, South GlastonburySouth Glastonbury via Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Ferry (April 1–November 30)
7.2511.67 I-91 – Hartford, New HavenExit 31 on I-91
Wethersfield8.4813.65 Route 3 – Glastonbury, Rocky Hill
9.0314.53
Route 175 west – Newington
10.3316.62
Route 314 west (Jordan Lane)
10.5016.90 US 5 / Route 15 (Wilbur Cross Highway) – New Haven, HartfordSame-directional access only; no northbound entrance; exit 71 on US 5 / Route 15
10.6417.12Wethersfield AvenueContinuation north
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

[edit]
[edit]
KML is from Wikidata