Route 302 (Connecticut)

Route 302
Map of Fairfield County in southwestern Connecticut with Route 302 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ConnDOT
Length	7.96 mi (12.81 km)
Existed	1974 – present
Major junctions
West end	Route 53 in Bethel
East end	Route 25 in Newtown
Location
Counties	Fairfield
Highway system
Routes in Connecticut Interstate U.S. State SSR SR ← I-291 Route 305 →

Route 302 is a state highway in western Connecticut running from Bethel to Newtown.

Route 302 begins at an intersection with Route 53 in Bethel center and heads generally east across the town to Newtown, intersecting the northern end of Route 58 during its path. In Newtown, it heads southeast and northeast to end at an intersection with Route 25 in the borough of Newtown.

The section of Route 302 in Newtown is designated the Second Company Governor’s Horse Guard Memorial Highway.

In the 1920s, the road connecting Bethel center and Newtown borough was designated as State Highway 161 between Bethel and the Newtown Turnpike (modern Key Rock Road), and as part of State Highway 158 (the designation for the Newtown Turnpike) the rest of the way to Newtown borough. In the 1932 state highway renumbering, Route 34, a continuous New Haven to Danbury route, was established. The original Route 34 continued west beyond the current western end of modern Route 34 by overlapping with US 6 into Newtown borough, then using modern Route 302 to Bethel and modern Route 53 to downtown Danbury.