Connecticut Route 16

Route 16 marker Route 16
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Route information
Maintained by CTDOT
Length	17.05 mi (27.44 km)
Existed	1934–present
Major junctions
West end	File:Connecticut Highway 66.svg Route 66 in East Hampton
Major intersections	File:Connecticut Highway 2.svg Route 2 in Colchester
East end	File:Connecticut Highway 207 wide.svg Route 207 in Lebanon
Location
Country	United States
State	Connecticut
Counties	Middlesex, New London
Highway system
Connecticut State Highway System Interstate US State SSR SR Scenic
← Route 15 → Route 17

Route 16 is a primary state route connecting Middletown and Colchester via Route 66. It begins in East Hampton at Route 66 then has an interchange with Route 2 in Colchester. It then runs through Colchester center, then goes to the outskirts of Lebanon town as a rural collector road. Route 16 ends at Route 207 in Lebanon.

Route description

Route 16 begins at a junction with Route 66 in the Cobalt section of East Hampton. It proceeds easterly through the town, intersecting Route 196 before entering the town of Colchester. In the village of Westchester, it intersects Route 149. It then meets Route 2 at Exit 18 before reaching Colchester center. Here it duplexes with Connecticut Route 85 for 0.07 miles, then continues northeasterly toward Lebanon, where it end at a junction with Route 207. The portion between Route 66 and Route 85 is known as the "Henry Champion Highway".

History

• 1933-34: Commissioned between Route 66 (then known as Route 14) in East Hampton and Route 85 in Colchester
• 1963: Extended to Lebanon

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Middlesex	East Hampton	0.00	0.00	File:Connecticut Highway 66.svg Route 66 – Portland, Marlborough
		1.69	2.72	File:Connecticut Highway 196 wide.svg Route 196 – East Hampton, East Haddam
New London	Colchester	7.30	11.75	File:Connecticut Highway 149 wide.svg Route 149 – Hebron, Moodus
		11.58	18.64	File:Connecticut Highway 2.svg Route 2 – Norwich, New London, Hartford	Exit 18 (Route 2)
		12.02– 12.09	19.34– 19.46	File:Connecticut Highway 85.svg Route 85 – Hebron, Salem
	Lebanon	17.05	27.44	File:Connecticut Highway 207 wide.svg Route 207 – Hebron, North Franklin	Eastern terminus of Route 16
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

External links

• File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Connecticut Route 16 at Wikimedia Commons

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