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Route 8
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Length:	67.34 mi (108.37 km)
Formed:	1922
South end:	Image:I-95.svg I-95 in Bridgeport
Major Junctions:	Image:Connecticut Highway 15.png Route 15 in Trumbull Image:I-84.svg I-84 in Waterbury
North end:	Image:MA Route 8.svg MA Route 8 in Colebrook

Route 8 is the portion of the multistate New England Route 8 within the state of Connecticut. It is a 67.34 mile state highway running north-south from Bridgeport, through Waterbury, all the way to the Massachusetts state line where it continues as Route 8. Most of the highway is a 4-lane freeway but the northernmost 8.8 miles is a 2-lane surface road.

Contents 1 Route description 2 Special designations 3 Exit List 4 History 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Route description

The southern terminus of Route 8 is at an interchange with Interstate 95 in Bridgeport. The first 3.75 miles in Bridgeport is co-signed with the freeway portion of Route 25. Approaching the split between Routes 8 and 25, the road expands to 6, 8, and even 10 lanes. Route 8 continues into Trumbull where there is an interchange with the Merritt Parkway. From Trumbull, it passes through the towns/cities of Stratford and Shelton. It then crosses the Housatonic River and continues through Derby, Ansonia, Seymour, Beacon Falls, Naugatuck, and Waterbury, following along the Naugatuck River (a tributary of the Housatonic River). There is an interchange with Interstate 84 in Waterbury. Route 8 then continues north through Watertown, Thomaston, Litchfield, Harwington, Torrington, and Winchester. U.S. Route 6 runs briefly on Route 8 in Thomaston (0.99 miles). The freeway portion of Route 8 ends at U.S. Route 44 in Winchester. After a short (0.33 mile) overlap with US 44, Route 8 splits off and continues as a surface road into the rest of Winchester town and the mainly rural town of Colebrook. Route 8 continues as a rural minor arterial road into Massachusetts.

[edit] Special designations

The section from I-95 to the Route 25 split is also known as the Colonel Henry Mucci Highway (designation continues on Route 25). The section from Shelton to Beacon Falls is known as the General Samual Jaskilka Highway. The section in Naugatuck is known as the Ansonia-Derby Expressway. The section from Waterbury to the freeway end in Winchester is known as the James H. Darcey Memorial Highway.

[edit] Exit List

Town	Number	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Bridgeport	Begin concurrency with Route 25
		0.2	JCT Image:I-95.svg I-95	main line merges to NORTH I-95; ramp as main line
	1	0.4	Prospect Street Downtown Bridgeport	southbound exit, northbound entrace
	2	0.7/0.9	Fairfield Ave, Lafayette Sq
	3	1.4	Main St, Washington Ave	southbound exit, northbound entrance
	4	2.1	Lindley St	northbound exit, southbound entrance
	5	2.8	Chopsey Hill Rd TO Image:US 1.svg US 1
	(6)	3.8	Route 25 TO South Route 15 Trumbull, To New York City
	End concurrency with Route 25
Trumbull	7	4.2	Route 127 (White Plains Ave)	southbound exit, northbound entrance
	8	5.4	Route 108 (Nichols Ave) TO North Route 15 (Merritt Parkway) To Stratford
	9	5.8	North Route 15 (Merritt Parkway)	northbound exit only
	10	5.8	South Route 15 (Merritt Parkway)	southbound exit only
Stratford	11	7.1	Huntington Rd, Bridgeport Ave
Shelton	12	9.2	Old Stratford Rd
	13	11.4	Constitution Blvd, Bridgeport Ave
	14	12.3	Route 110 (Howe Ave) Shelton
	Commodore Hull Bridge (Housatonic River Crossing)
Derby	15	12.8	Route 34 (Main St) Derby, To New Haven
	16	13.4	Pershing Drive	northbound exit, southbound entrance
	17	13.7	Seymour Ave
	18	14.3	Division St	northbound exit, southbound entrance
Ansonia	19	15.8	Route 334 (Wakelee Ave), Derby Avenue, Great Hill Road
Seymour	20	16.6	Lower Derby Avenue	southbound exit, northbound entrance
	21	17.4	Derby Ave TO Route 67 To Oxford	northbound exit, southbound entrance
	22	18.5	Bank St TO Route 67 Seymour
Beacon Falls	23	21.0	Route 42 To Beacon Falls, Oxford
	24	22.1	TO Route 42 To Beacon Falls, Oxford
Naugatuck	25	24.1	Cross St Kensington
	26	25.3	Route 63 (South Main St) To Bethany
	27	25.8	North Main St, Maple St
	28	26.5	To Route 68 To Union City, Prospect
	29	27.3	South Main St, Platts Mill Rd Waterbury
Waterbury	30	29.2/29.5	Washington Ave, South Leonard St
	31	30.2	East Image:I-84.svg I-84
	32	30.2	Riverside St Downtown Waterbury
	33	30.2	West Image:I-84.svg I-84
	34	30.6	West Main St Downtown Waterbury	southbound exit, northbound entrance
	35	31.3	Route 73 To Oakville, Watertown	norhtbound exit, southbound entrance
	36	32.6	Huntingdon Ave, Colonial Ave
Watertown	37	34.3	Route 262 Watertown
Thomaston	38	38.3	West Image:US 6.svg US 6, Route 109, Route 254 Thomaston	US 6 joins northbound and leaves southbound
	39	39.7	East Image:US 6.svg US 6, TO Route 222 Thomaston, To Bristol	US 6 leaves northbound and joins southbound
	40	40.3	Route 222 (North Main St) Thomaston
Litchfield	41	44.1	Campville Rd Northfield, Campville
Harwinton	42	46.8	Route 118 To Litchfield, Harwinton
Torrington	43	49.2	Harwinton Ave
	44	49.9/50.0	Image:US 202.svg US 202, Route 4 Downtown Torrington
	45	51.8	Winsted Rd, Kennedy Dr
	46	55.5	Pinewoods Rd Burrville
Winchester		58.3	JCT Image:US 44.svg US 44	End of freeway

Junctions on non-freeway section

• Winchester (North Main St, Colebrook River Rd)
  • Mile 60.7: Route 20
• Colebrook (Colebrook River Rd)
  • Mile 67.3: MA Route 8 (northern terminus)

[edit] History

• 1922-1931: Part of New England Interstate Route 8 (NE-8).
• 1932: NE-8 was decommissioned and becomes a state highway called Route 8.
• 1951: As part of the freeway upgrading of Route 8, the southern terminus was shifted west from Stratford to Bridgeport, taking over old Route 65. The original southern end of Route 8 was assigned to an extended Route 110.
• 1982: Freeway from Bridgeport to Winchester is completed by this time (after about 35 years of construction), including the complex interchange with I-84 in Waterbury.

[edit] See also

• Route 8 in New England

[edit] References

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