Route 34 (Connecticut)

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Route 34 (CT-34) is 24.37 miles long, and it extends westward from its start at the interchange with I-95 and I-91 in New Haven to Washington Street near Interstate 84 in Newtown, Connecticut. It is a primary east-west state route connecting the New Haven and Danbury areas.

It begins as a 2-lane principal arterial road in Newtown, expanding to a 4-lane divided highway in Derby. In New Haven, it briefly becomes a 6-lane freeway before terminating at the interchange with Interstate 95 and Interstate 91 (CT 34 is actually 8-lanes at the approach of this interchange).

Route

Eastbound, CT 34 follows the route indicated below:

• Newtown (5.8 miles)
  • 0.0 (Berkshire Road)
  • 0.8 Access to Interstate 84/US 6

• Monroe (1.3 miles)
  • 5.8 (Roosevelt Drive)

• Oxford (2.0 miles)

• Seymour (2.1 miles)

• Derby (5.1 miles)
  • 13.8 (Main Street)
  • 14.1 JCT: CT 8
  • 14.2 (Derby Avenue)
  • 14.5 (New Haven Avenue)

• Orange (3.9 miles)
  • 16.2 (Derby Turnpike)
  • 17.4 JCT: CT 15

• West Haven (1.6 miles)
  • 20.1 (Derby Avenue)

• New Haven (2.6 miles)
  • 21.9 JCT: CT 10 northbound
  • 21.9 (Ella T. Grasso Boulevard)
  • 22.2 JCT: CT 10 southbound
  • 22.2 (Legion Ave) [local road]
  • 23.0 (South Frontage Road) [local road]
  • 23.3 (Richard C. Lee Highway) (freeway begins)
  • 23.3 Exit 3 (westbound only)
  • 23.5 Exit 2 (westbound only)
  • 23.7 Exit 1 (westbound only) [access to U.S. Route 1 (southbound)]
  • 24.1 ramp to Interstate 95 southbound (eastbound only)
  • 24.2 ramp to Interstate 91 northbound (eastbound only)
  • 24.4 merge to Interstate 95 northbound (eastbound only)

See also

• Oak Street Connector/Route 34

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