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Route information
Maintained by CTDOT
Length14.45 mi (23.26 km)
Existed1941 (extended 1991)–present
Major junctions
South endFile:Connecticut Highway 66.svg Route 66 in Middletown
Major intersectionsFile:I-91.svg I-91 in Wethersfield
North endFile:Connecticut Highway 2.svg Route 2 in Glastonbury
Location
CountryUnited States
StateConnecticut
CountiesMiddlesex, Hartford
Highway system
  • Connecticut State Highway System
Route 2A Route 4
I-484File:I-491.svg I-684

Route 3 is a 14.45-mile-long (23.26 km) route connecting Middletown to Glastonbury. It passes through the towns of Cromwell, Rocky Hill, and Wethersfield. The northernmost 3 miles (4.8 km) of Route 3 is a freeway that was originally intended for the cancelled Interstate 491.

Route description

File:CT 3-I-91, Wethersfield, CT.jpg
CT 3 at I-91 in Wethersfield.

Route 3 begins at Route 66 in Middletown, and is a surface road for its first 11 miles (18 km) up to Wethersfield. After crossing into Cromwell, it intersects Route 372, which offers access to Route 9 just east of the intersection. After overpassing Route 9, it continues north into Rocky Hill and overpasses Interstate 91 without an interchange. After a brief concurrency with Route 160, it crosses into Wethersfield, where it meets the eastern end of Route 287 and crosses over Route 99. After the Silas Deane Highway (Route 99) intersection, it becomes a four-lane undivided expressway. At an interchange with Interstate 91, it becomes a four-lane divided freeway crosses the Connecticut River on the William H. Putnam Memorial Bridge into Glastonbury. The freeway has one exit for Main Street (via Glastonbury Boulevard northbound and Putnam Boulevard southbound) before ending at a trumpet interchange with the Route 2 expressway at the East Hartford town line.

History

1941

Route 3 was established in 1941. It originally ran from West Street/Berlin Road in Cromwell, which was part of Route 72 at the time (now Route 372), to the Silas Deane Highway (Route 99) in Wethersfield.

1958-1973 (I-491)

Interstate 491
LocationHartford, Connecticut
Existed1958–1973

In late 1958, as part of the planned Interstate 491 (a southeastern bypass of Hartford), a freeway from I-91 to Main Street in Glastonbury, crossing the Connecticut River on the Putnam Memorial Bridge, was opened. The Route 3 designation was temporarily extended along this freeway pending completion of I-491. In 1973, I-491 was cancelled due to local opposition and the Route 3 designation along this freeway segment became permanent. In the late 1980s, the freeway was extended so that it terminated at Route 2, rather than at Main Street.

1991

In 1991, when the Route 9 freeway through Berlin and New Britain was completed, Route 72 was truncated to end at Route 9 in New Britain. The east–west portion of the old alignment of Route 72 was reassigned to an extended Route 372 (running along Berlin Road/West Street to end at Route 99 in Cromwell). The north–south portion of old Route 72 from Cromwell to Middletown (ending at Route 66) was reassigned to Route 3.

Junction list

As part of an upcoming sign replacement project on Route 3 between I-91 and Route 2, new mile-based exit numbers will be added along that stretch of expressway.

CountyLocationmikmExitDestinationsNotes
MiddlesexMiddletown0.000.00File:Connecticut Highway 66.svg Route 66 – Middletown, Portland, MeridenSouthern terminus
Cromwell3.375.42File:Connecticut Highway 372 wide.svgFile:To plate.svg
File:Connecticut Highway 9.svg
Route 372 to Route 9 – Middletown, Cromwell, Hartford, Berlin, New Britain
HartfordRocky Hill6.5910.61File:To plate blue.svg
File:I-91.svg
To I-91 – Hartford, New Haven, Dinosaur State Park
Access via SSR 411
7.2111.60File:East plate.svg
File:Connecticut Highway 160 wide.svg
Route 160 east – Rocky Hill
South end of Route 160 overlap
7.4011.91File:West plate.svg
File:Connecticut Highway 160 wide.svg
Route 160 west – Berlin
North end of Route 160 overlap
Wethersfield10.2116.43File:West plate.svg
File:Connecticut Highway 287 wide.svg
Route 287 west – Newington
Eastern terminus of Route 287
10.3716.69File:Connecticut Highway 99.svg Route 99 – Hartford, Rocky HillFormer Route 9
Southern end of limited-access section
11.3118.2011File:I-91.svg I-91 – Hartford, New HavenSigned as exits 11A (south) and 11B (north) southbound; exits 33A-B on I-91
Connecticut River11.63–
12.09
18.72–
19.46
Putnam Bridge
Glastonbury12.96–
13.27
20.86–
21.36
13AMain Street – GlastonburySigned as exit 13 southbound; access via Glastonbury/Putnam Blvds
13.51–
14.45
21.74–
23.26
13File:Connecticut Highway 2.svg Route 2 – East Hartford, NorwichEastern terminus; signed as exits 13B (west) and 13C (east); exit 4A on Route 2
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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