Connecticut Route 2A
Route 2A is a state highway in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is a 9.9-mile (15.9 km) mostly freeway alternate route of Route 2 that bypasses the downtown area of the city of Norwich and serves as the main access road to the Mohegan Sun casino.
Route 2A | ||||
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Map of New London County in southeastern Connecticut with Route 2A highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by CTDOT | ||||
| Length | 9.91 mi (15.95 km) | |||
| Existed | 1967–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | I-395 / Route 2 / Route 32 in Norwich | |||
| I-395 in Montville | ||||
| East end | Route 2 in Preston | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Connecticut | |||
| Counties | New London | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
Route 2A begins at the junction of I-395 and Route 2/Route 32 in Norwich. Route 2A travels south along I-395 for 3.7 miles (6.0 km) before separating as its own four-lane freeway at I-395 Exit 9 in Montville. It runs easterly for about 3.2 miles (5.1 km) with interchanges for Route 32 and Mohegan Sun Casino before becoming a two-lane freeway, after which it crosses the Thames River on the Mohegan-Pequot Bridge into Preston and ends at Route 12. After turning north onto Route 12 for a brief overlap, it resumes its easterly course, meeting with Route 117 in the village of Poquetanuck. From here, Routes 2A and 117 continue north as a concurrency to Route 2 where both routes end.
History
When the highway and bridge opened in December 1967, motorists were charged a 15-cent toll. The toll plaza located at the west end of the Mohegan-Pequot Bridge was removed in 1980.[1]
Junction list
The Connecticut Department of Transportation announced in May 2013 that exit numbers on I-395 and Route 2A would be renumbered from the then-existing sequential-based system to mileage-based numbering; the numbers on I-395 were changed from June to November 2015, the Route 2A numbers by March 2016. The old exit numbers were posted above the new exit tab for the mile-based numbers until 2017.
The entire route is in New London County.
| Location | mi | km | Old exit | New exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Norwich | 0.00 | 0.00 | – | – | I-395 north – Norwich, Boston | Western terminus; western end of I-395 concurrency | |
| 0.24 | 0.39 | 81 | 13 | Route 2 / Route 32 – Norwich, Hartford | Signed as exits 13B (west) and 13A (east) westbound; exits 36-37 on Route 2 | ||
| 2.44 | 3.93 | 80 | 11 | Route 82 – Downtown Norwich, Salem | |||
| Montville | 3.90 | 6.28 | 79A | 9 | I-395 south – New Haven, New York City | Eastern end of I-395 concurrency; exit number not signed westbound | |
| 5.30 | 8.53 | 1 | 5 | Route 32 – Norwich, Uncasville | |||
| 6.39 | 10.28 | 2 | 6 | Mohegan Sun Boulevard – Mohegan Reservation | To Mohegan Sun | ||
| Thames River | 6.64 | 10.69 | Mohegan–Pequot Bridge | ||||
| Preston | 7.05 | 11.35 | Eastern end of freeway section | ||||
Route 12 south – Gales Ferry, Groton, New London | Western end of Route 12 concurrency | ||||||
| 7.35 | 11.83 | Route 12 north – Norwich | Eastern end of Route 12 concurrency | ||||
| 9.11 | 14.66 | Route 117 south – Ledyard, Old Mystic | Western end of Route 117 concurrency | ||||
| 9.91 | 15.95 | Route 2 – Norwich, North Stonington, Westerly, RI Route 117 ends | Eastern terminus; northern terminus of Route 117 | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
External links
- Media related to Connecticut Route 2A at Wikimedia Commons