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1932 state highway renumbering (Connecticut)

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In 1932, 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
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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).
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SH 114 (New Haven-Durham), SH 112 (Durham-Middletown), SH 104 (Portland-Glastonbury), NE-17 (Glastonbury-East Hartford), SH 313 (East Hartford-Talcotville), SH 107 (Talcotville-Rockville), SH 166 (Rockville-Stafford Springs), SH 105 (Stafford Springs-MA)
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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.
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The table below lists the highways that were created in the 1932 renumbering, indicating which old state highways they were created from, and their current status:
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SH 122 (Bridgeport-Newtown), SH 156 (Newtown-Brookfield), SH 182 (Brookfield-Bridgewater), SH 125 (Bridgewater-New Milford), SH 128 (New Milford-Torrington)
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SH 135 (New Haven-North Branford), SH 140 (North Branford-North Guilford), (North Guilford-Killingworth), SH 175 (Killingworth-Deep River)
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SH 346 (Middletown-Cromwell), SH 319 (Cromwell-Berlin), SH 162 (Berlin-New Britain), SH 113 (New Britain-Plainville)
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NE-3 (Woodbury-Milldale), SH 111 (Milldale-Willimantic), SH 141 (Willimantic-Plainfield), SH 103 (Plainfield-RI)
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Hartford to Norwich upgraded to expressway. Portions of old surface alignment are now unsigned state roads.
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SH 120 (Woodbridge-Naugatuck), SH 341 (Naugatuck to NE-3), (NE-3 to Watertown), (Watertown-Morris)
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highways were combined, some were split, some were deleted, and some new ones were also created.
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SH 133 (Winsted-Granby), SH 343 (East Granby-Windsor Locks), SH 105 (Enfield-Stafford Springs)
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SH 120 (New Haven-Woodbridge), SH 147 (Woodbridge-Southbury), SH 125 (Southbury-Bridgewater)
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NE-12 (New London-Norwich), NE-32 (Norwich-Stafford Springs), SH 334 (Stafford Springs-MA)
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and some of the New England Interstate Routes. Between 1922 and 1932, Connecticut used a
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SH 176 (Westport-Wilton), SH 304 (Wilton-Ridgefield), SH 143 (Ridgefield-NY)
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Extended by 1938 along old Route 119/SH 172 (Waterbury-Bristol).
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SH 194 (New Fairfield-Sherman), SH 136 (Sherman-Gaylordsville)
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Upgraded to expressway with a different alignment north of
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Upgraded to expressway with a different alignment south of
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Original surface alignment is now an unsigned state road.
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Upgraded to expressway between Bridgeport and Trumbull.
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SH 323 (Waterbury-Cheshire), SH 325 (Cheshire-Meriden)
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SH 362 (Windsor-Suffield), SH 110 (Suffield-MA line)
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West of Willimantic was renumbered to US 6A in 1941.
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SH 123 (Cornwall-Canton), SH 138 (Canton-Farmington)
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In 1932, the Highway Department of the U.S. state of
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The only exceptions were the 1307:SH 113 (New Britain-Hartford) 1101:SH 154 (Woodbury-New Preston) 612:In 1926, at the behest of the 603:state highway numbering system 1: 1488:State highways in Connecticut 1345:SH 339 (Waterbury-Watertown) 798:SH 118 (New Haven-Milldale), 1264:SH 325 (Naugatuck-Cheshire) 1231:SH 316 (Bridgeport-Shelton) 1167:SH 124 (Bridgeport-Danbury) 1114:SH 312 (Torrington-Norfolk) 23:highway renumbering series. 1358:SH 107 (Rockville-Ashford) 1277:SH 348 (Bethany-Waterbury) 1188:SH 306 (Bridgeport-Monroe) 1140:(NY line to Gaylordsville) 1006:SH 117 (New Haven-Newtown) 19:This article is part of the 1524: 1423:SH 106 (Clinton-Higganum) 1384:SH 112 (Durham-Guilford) 1201:SH 130 (Woodbury-Goshen) 551: 18: 1450:Kumuri (June 16, 2013). 1397:SH 190 (Durham-Madison) 1503:History of Connecticut 893:Original alignment of 605:shared with the other 1317:, New Britain Avenue 1127:(Georgetown-Danbury) 688:Current designation 661:adding missing items 1498:1932 in Connecticut 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Index

Alabama
1928
1957
Arkansas
1926
California
1964
Colorado
1953
1968
Connecticut
1932
1963
Florida
1945
Indiana
1926
Iowa
1926
1969
Louisiana
1955
Maine
1933
Massachusetts
1933
Minnesota
1934
Missouri
1926

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