U.S. Route 6 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by ConnDOT | ||||
Length: | 116.33 mi (187.21 km) | |||
Existed: | 1926 – present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end: | US 6 / US 202 in Southeast, NY | |||
US 7 in Danbury Route 9 in Farmington I-91 in Hartford Route 2 in East Hartford I-395 in Killingly |
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East end: | US 6 in Foster, RI | |||
Location | ||||
Counties: | Fairfield, New Haven, Litchfield, Hartford, Tolland, Windham | |||
Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Route 6 in Connecticut is the portion of the cross-country U.S. Route 6 within the state of Connecticut. West of Hartford, the route either closely parallels or runs along Interstate 84. I-84 has largely supplanted Route 6 as a through route in western Connecticut. East of Hartford, Route 6 serves as a primary route for travel between Hartford and Providence. The Connecticut Route 6 segments is 116.33 miles (187.21 km) long.
US 6 enters Connecticut paired with US 202 from the town of Southeast, New York just east of the village of Brewster. The concurrency runs for 3.8 miles (6.1 km) through the city of Danbury as a minor arterial road before it forms a 3.3 miles (5.3 km) 4-way concurrency with Interstate 84 and US 7 from I-84 Exit 4 to Exit 7. At Exit 7, US 7 and US 202 split to the north, while US 6 stays duplexed with I-84 for another 0.8 miles (1.3 km) before returning to surface roads at Exit 8. The route then goes through the towns of Bethel and Newtown. In Newtown, it has a 2.8 miles (4.5 km) concurrency with Route 25 before turning east toward the village of Sandy Hook, where it enters I-84 once again for 6.4 miles (10.3 km) between Newtown and Southbury (from Exits 10 to 15).