In 1932, the Highway Department of the U.S. state of Connecticut (now known as the Connecticut Department of Transportation ) decided to completely renumber all its state highways . The only exceptions were the U.S. Highways and some of the New England Interstate Routes. Between 1922 and 1932, Connecticut used a state highway numbering system shared with the other New England states. Major inter-state trunk routes used numbers in the 1-99 range, primary intrastate highways used numbers in the 100-299 range, and secondary state highways used numbers in the 300+ range.
9-451: Washington Turnpike may refer to: Washington Turnpike (Connecticut) Washington Turnpike (Maryland) Washington Turnpike (New Jersey) Washington Turnpike (Washington) , District of Columbia, now Wisconsin Avenue [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about roads and streets with
18-712: Is a Connecticut state highway from US 6 in Woodbury to US 202 in Washington , in the western south-central part of the state. It is 12.27 miles (19.75 km) long and runs roughly northwest-southeast, signed north–south. Route 47 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 6 in North Woodbury and heads northwestward as Washington Road. It crosses the Nonnewaug River 0.6 miles (0.97 km) later, then Route 132 (for Bethlehem ) splits off to
27-534: The Highway Department decided to abandon the New England numbering system as well by completely reorganizing the state highway system. The renumbering completely altered the previously existing state highway numbers. In addition, not only were the highways renumbered, some old state highways were combined, some were split, some were deleted, and some new ones were also created. The table below lists
36-596: The behest of the American Association of State Highway Officials , four of the nine New England Interstate Routes that passed through Connecticut became U.S. Routes . At this time, the adjacent states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island abandoned the New England highway numbering system but Connecticut still used it for several more years. This led to a situation where U.S. Routes were co-signed with New England Routes (in particular U.S. Route 5/New England Route 2 and U.S. Route 6/New England Route 3). In 1932,
45-491: The north after another 0.7 miles (1.1 km) . The road then travels for 3.5 miles (5.6 km) through rural northwestern Woodbury and enters the town of Roxbury . Route 47 travels briefly through the northeast corner of Roxbury where it is known as Washington-Woodbury Road. After 0.8 miles (1.3 km), Route 47 then enters the town of Washington , becoming Woodbury Road. After another 2.4 miles (3.9 km) through rural southern Washington, Route 47 meets with Route 199 in
54-486: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Washington_Turnpike&oldid=534243391 " Category : Road disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Washington Turnpike (Connecticut) Route 47
63-582: The state highway department. The Washington Turnpike alignment had been designated as State Highway 154 . The new state highway had a slightly different northern alignment, using Bee Brook Road instead of Baldwin Hill Road. In the 1932 state highway renumbering , old Highway 154 became Route 47. No major changes have occurred since then. The entire route is in Litchfield County . 1932 state highway renumbering (Connecticut) In 1926, at
72-544: The town center. Continuing north as Green Hill Road for another mile, Route 47 soon crosses the Shepaug River into Washington Depot, where it has a junction with Route 109 . Route 47 and Route 109 turn right together on Bee Brook Road as they leave the village. Route 109 splits off to the east (for Morris ) about 0.3 miles (0.48 km) later while Route 47 heads north. Route 47 re-crosses the Shepaug River in
81-866: The vicinity of the Bee Brook Rest Area, a picnic area along the highway. The road ends after another 1.9 miles (3.1 km) at an intersection with U.S. Route 202 in northern Washington, just east of New Preston . In October 1803, the Woodbury to Washington road was chartered as a toll road known as the Washington Turnpike . It ran from Woodbury center through Washington center up to the village of New Preston . The turnpike used modern Route 47 from Woodbury to Washington Depot , then used Baldwin Hill Road to reach New Preston. In 1922, most main highways in Connecticut were now managed by
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