View source for Route 198 (Connecticut–Massachusetts)

{{Short description|Highway in Connecticut and Massachusetts}}
{{Infobox road
| state = CT
| state2 = MA
| type = CT
| route = 198
| map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|frame-lat=41.922|frame-long=-72.084|zoom=9|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Connecticut Route 198}}}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = Route&nbsp;198 highlighted in red
| length_mi = 23.18
| length_round = 2
| length_ref = <ref name=ctlog>[http://www.ct.gov/dot/LIB/dot/Documents/dpolicy/hwylog/hwylog.pdf Connecticut State Highway Log] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905063334/http://www.ct.gov/dot/LIB/dot/Documents/dpolicy/hwylog/hwylog.pdf |date=2015-09-05 }}</ref><ref name="MassDOT Route Log">{{cite web|author=Planning Division|title=Massachusetts Highway Route Log|publisher=[[Massachusetts Department of Transportation]]|url=http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/planning/Main/MapsDataandReports/Maps/HighwayRouteLog.aspx|date=2012|accessdate=February 11, 2017}}</ref>
| length_notes = {{convert|19.22|mi|km}} in CT<br>{{convert|3.96|mi|km}} in MA
| established = 1932<ref name="1932renum">{{cite news |title=Road Conditions in Connecticut |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41028659/ct_route_numbers_june_5_1932/ |accessdate=December 24, 2019 |work=[[Hartford Courant|The Hartford Daily Courant]] |date=June 5, 1932 |page=29|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>
| maint = [[ConnDOT]] and [[MassDOT]]
| direction_a = South
| direction_b = North
| terminus_a = {{Jct|state=CT|US|6}} in [[Chaplin, CT]]
| terminus_b = {{jct|state=MA|MA|131}} in [[Southbridge, MA]]
| junction = {{Jct|state=CT|US|44}} in [[Eastford, Connecticut|Eastford]]<br>{{Jct|state=CT|CT|171}} in [[Woodstock, Connecticut|Woodstock]]
| counties = '''CT:''' [[Windham County, Connecticut|Windham]], '''MA:''' [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]]
| previous_type = Route
| next_type = Route
| previous_route = 197
| next_route = 199
| browse = {{ma browse|previous_type=MA|previous_route=197|route=[[list of Massachusetts numbered highways|MA]]|next_type=US|next_route=202}}
}}
'''Route 198''' is a {{convert|23.18|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} [[state highway]] in northeastern [[Connecticut]] and southern [[Massachusetts]], running from [[Chaplin, Connecticut|Chaplin, CT]] to the [[Southbridge, Massachusetts|Southbridge, MA]].
==Route description==
[[Image:MA Route 198 southbound, Southbridge MA.jpg|thumb|left|Looking southbound near its northern terminus in Southbridge, MA]]
Route 198 begins at an intersection with [[U.S. Route 6|US 6]] in Chaplin and heads north across the [[Natchaug River]], then northeast parallel to the river into [[Eastford, Connecticut|Eastford]].  In Eastford, it continues north, crossing [[US Route 44|US 44]] and meeting the west end of [[Connecticut Route 244|Route 244]] (an old alignment of US 44) in the center of town.  It then enters the town of [[Woodstock, Connecticut|Woodstock]], where it passes through the western part of town, briefly overlapping [[Connecticut Route 171|Route 171]] and crossing [[Connecticut Route 197|Route 197]] before continuing north to the [[Massachusetts]] state line.<ref name=ctlog/> It continues along Eastford Road in the town of [[Southbridge, Massachusetts|Southbridge]]. At the south end of the town center, Route 198 has an oblique intersection with Elm Street, and the state highway assumes that name to its northern terminus at [[Route 131 (Massachusetts)|Route 131]] (Main Street) in the town center.<ref name="MassDOT Route Log"/>
==History==
[[File:Massachusetts Route 198 Map.svg|thumb|Map of Worcester County, Massachusetts with Route&nbsp;198 highlighted in red]]
===Connecticut===
In the 1920s, modern Route 198 belonged to different state highways. From US 6 to US 44, it was part of old Highway 101, and from US 44 to Route 171, it was part of old Highway 183. Route 198 was commissioned in 1932,<ref name="1932renum" /> running along the current route of Route 171 from former [[Connecticut Route 15|Route 15]] (now [[Interstate 84 (east)|I-84]]) in [[Union, Connecticut|Union]] to former Route 91 (now Route 171) in Woodstock.  Between 1932 and 1942, its western terminus was truncated at the Union-Eastford town line.  Between 1947 and 1949, it was extended back to Route 15.  Between 1952 and 1954, it was extended along the current route of [[Connecticut Route 190|Route 190]] to the newly opened Route 15 freeway (now I-84).  On January 1, 1959, with the decommissioning of Route 91, Route 198 was extended east to US 6.<ref name="ctchanges1959">{{cite news|title=State Highway Route Numbers to be Changed|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19216227/ct_changes_september_25_1958/|accessdate=April 14, 2018|work=The Naugatuck Daily News|date=September 25, 1958|page=9|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}}</ref>  In 1963, Routes 171 and 198 were rerouted, with the northern terminus of Route 198 being moved to the state line.  In 1998, the southern terminus was moved {{convert|0.05|mi|km}} north with a rerouting of US 6.<ref>[http://www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/ct198.html Connecticut Routes, Route 198]</ref>
==Major intersections==
{{jcttop|state_col=state|length_ref=<ref name=ctlog/><ref name="MassDOT Route Log"/>}}
{{CTint
|sspan=6
|county=Windham
|cspan=6
|location=Chaplin
|mile=0.00
|road={{Jct|state=CT|US|6|city1=Willimantic|city2=Killingly}}
|notes=Southern terminus
}}
{{CTint
|location=Eastford
|lspan=2
|mile=8.17
|road={{Jct|state=CT|US|44|city1=Mansfield|city2=Putnam|areadab2=CDP}}
}}
{{CTint
|mile=8.96
|road={{Jct|state=CT|CT|244|dir1=east|city1=Pomfret}}
|notes=Western terminus of Route 244
}}
{{CTint
|location=Woodstock
|lspan=4
|type=concur
|mile=11.92
|road={{Jct|state=CT|CT|171|dir1=west|city1=Union}}
|notes=Southern terminus of Route 171 [[concurrency (road)|concurrency]]
}}
{{CTint
|type=concur
|mile=12.82
|road={{Jct|state=CT|CT|171|dir1=east|city1=South Woodstock}}
|notes=Northern terminus of Route 171 concurrency
}}
{{CTint
|mile=15.95
|road={{Jct|state=CT|CT|197|city1=Union|location2=[[Webster (CDP), Massachusetts|Webster, MA]]}}
}}
{{jctplace
|river=&nbsp;
|river_wide=yes
|mile=19.22
|mile2=0.000
|line=yes
|place=[[Connecticut]]–[[Massachusetts]] state line
}}
{{MAint
|sspan=1
|county=Worcester
|location=Southbridge
|mile=3.960
|road={{jct|state=MA|MA|131|city1=Sturbridge|areadab1=CDP|city2=Springfield|location3=[[Quinebaug, Connecticut|Quinebaug, CT]]}}
|notes=Northern terminus
}}
{{jctbtm|col=7|keys=concur}}
==References==
[[File:CT 198 at US 6, Chaplin, CT.jpg|thumb|left|Route 198 at its southern terminus with US 6 in Chaplin, CT]]
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[[Category:Numbered routes in Massachusetts|198]]
[[Category:Transportation in Worcester County, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:State highways in Connecticut|198]]
[[Category:Transportation in Windham County, Connecticut]]