Connecticut Turnpike
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The Connecticut Turnpike (officially the Governor John Davis Lodge Turnpike) is a freeway and former toll road in the U.S. state of Connecticut; it is maintained by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT). Spanning approximately 128 miles (206 km) along a generally west–east axis, its roadbed is shared with Interstate 95 (I-95) for 88 miles (142 km) from the New York state border in Greenwich to East Lyme; I-395 for 36 miles (58 km) from East Lyme to Plainfield; and SR 695 for four miles (6.4 km) from Plainfield to the Rhode Island state line at U.S. Route 6 (US 6) in Killingly. The turnpike briefly runs concurrently with US 1 from Old Saybrook to Old Lyme and Route 2A from Montville to Norwich.
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Gov. John Davis Lodge Turnpike | |
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Connecticut Turnpike | |
Route information | |
Maintained by ConnDOT | |
Length | 128.47 mi[1] (206.75 km) |
Existed | January 2, 1958 (January 2, 1958)[2][3]–present |
Component highways | |
Major junctions | |
South end | I-95 at the New York state line in Greenwich |
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North end | US 6 in Killingly |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Connecticut |
Counties | Fairfield, New Haven, Middlesex, New London, Windham |
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Construction on the Connecticut Turnpike began in 1954 and the highway was opened in 1958. It originally followed a sequential exit numbering system that disregarded route transition, where the exit numbers on I-395 were a continuation of the exit numbers on I-95. In 2015, the I-395 exit numbers were changed to a mileage-based system reflecting their distance from the split from I-95, effectively removing the defining element of the turnpike. In some sections southwest of New Haven, it carries an annual average daily traffic of over 150,000 vehicles.[4]