Interstate 395 (Connecticut)

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Interstate 395
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

66.63 mi (107.23 km)

Formed:

1968 (as Route 52)
1983 (as I-395)

South end:

I-95 in East Lyme, CT

Major
junctions:

Route 2 in Norwich, CT

US 6 in Killingly, CT

US 44 in Putnam, CT

North end:

I-90 in Auburn, MA
(continues as

I-290)

Interstate 395 (abbreviated I-395) is a 67-mile-long north-south interstate highway that begins at Interstate 95 in East Lyme, Connecticut and ends at Interstate 90 in Auburn, Massachusetts, where it becomes Interstate 290. The original designation for the freeway was Route 52. Route 52 was slated to become an extension of Interstate 290 before it received the I-395 designation in 1983.^[1]

From its southern terminus to its intersection at Exit 90 in Plainfield, Connecticut with State Road 695, I-395 is also part of the Connecticut Turnpike.

1 Major cities
2 Exit list
3 Service plazas
4 Highway names
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Major cities

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.

New Haven, Connecticut (via Interstate 95)
Norwich, Connecticut
Worcester, Massachusetts (via Interstate 290)

[edit] Exit list

Exit numbers begin at 77 continuing those of the Connecticut Turnpike.

Town	Exit #	Mile	Destinations	Notes
I-395 begins at Exit 76 of I-95
Waterford	77	2.1	Route 85 - Waterford, Colchester, Chesterfield	To Route 11
Montville	78	5.5	Route 32 - New London	Partial interchange: SB exit/NB entrance only. SR 693
	79	6.3	Route 163 - Montville, Bozrah
	79A	9.5	Route 2A east - Preston, Ledyard	Begin I-395/Route 2A overlap.
Norwich	80	11.1	Route 82 - Downtown Norwich, Salem	Split northbound into 80E and 80W.
	81	13.7	Route 2, Route 32 - Norwich, Hartford	End I-395/Route 2A overlap. Split northbound into 81E and 81W. No access to westbound Route 2 from southbound I-395.
	82	14.2	Yantic, Norwichtown	SR 642 To Route 2
	83	18.2	Route 97 - Occum, Taftville
Lisbon	83A	19.5	Route 169 - Lisbon	Partial interchange: NB exit/SB entrance only.
Lisbon	84	21.2	Route 12 - Lisbon, Jewett City	Split southbound into 84N and 84S.
Griswold	85	22.0 (NB) 22.3 (SB)	Route 164, Route 138 - Pachaug, Preston City, Jewett City
Griswold	86	24.3	Route 201 - Hopeville	Hopeville Pond State Park
Plainfield	87	28.2	Lathrop Road	SR 647
	88	29.6	Route 14A - Plainfield, Oneco
	89	32.0	Route 14 - Central Village, Sterling
	90	35.5	To US 6 East - Providence	Partial interchange: NB exit/SB entrance only. I-395 leaves the Connecticut Turnpike.
Killingly	91	37.6 (NB) 37.9 (SB)	US 6 - Providence, Danielson	Partial interchange: No access from 395 NB to 6 EB or from 6 WB to 395 SB. Split southbound into 91E and 91W.
	92	38.4 (NB) 38.8 (SB)	South Killingly, Danielson	SR 607
	93	41.2	Route 101 - Dayville, East Killingly
	94	43.0	Attawaugen, Ballouville
Putnam	95	45.3	Kennedy Drive
	96	46.1	To Route 12 - Putnam, Putnam Heights
	97	47.2	US 44 - Woodstock, Putnam, East Putnam, Providence
Thompson	98	49.0	Route 12 - Grosvenor Dale	Partial interchange: NB exit/SB entrance only
	99	50.2	Route 200 - Thompson, North Grosvenor Dale
	100	53.6	East Thompson, Wilsonville
Connecticut - Massachusetts State Line (MP 54.7/0.0)
Webster	1	1.3	Route 193 - Webster
	2	3.7	Route 16 - Webster, Douglas
	3	4.0	Cudworth Road - North Webster, South Oxford
Oxford	4	6.7	Sutton Avenue - Oxford, Sutton
Oxford	5	9.0	Depot Road - North Oxford
Auburn	6	11.5	US 20 - Shrewsbury, Auburn, Sturbridge	To Route 146
Auburn	7	11.9	Route 12 North, I-90/Mass Pike	Southbound exit only
ends at the I-90/I-290 interchange (MP 11.9) Route and exit numbering continues on I-290

[edit] Service plazas

In Connecticut, there are three Service Plazas that provide 24 hour gas stations and convenience stores. They do not have restaurants, but do have phones and rest rooms.

Montville - MP 8 - Southbound only between exits 79A and 79.
Plainfield - MP 35 - Northbound and Southbound between exits 89 and 90.

A State Police station is located on the northbound side of the highway in Montville in what used to be another Service Plaza.

[edit] Highway names

East Lyme, CT to Plainfield, CT: Connecticut Turnpike (Gov. John Davis Lodge Turnpike)
Plainfield, CT to Thompson, CT: The American Ex-Prisoner of War Memorial Highway

[edit] References

^ "State Ordered To Lift Ban on Tandem Trucks." Hartford Courant, June 14, 1983. The article lists "I-290 (formerly Route 52)" as one of the highways the lifting of the ban applies to.

[edit] External links

Kurumi - I-395 Connecticut; Massachusetts

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	Delaware/New Jersey - District of Columbia/Maryland - Florida - Massachusetts/Rhode Island - Maine - New York - North Carolina - Virginia
	Connecticut/Massachusetts - District of Columbia/Virginia - Florida - Maryland - Maine
	Delaware - District of Columbia/Maryland/Virginia - Maine - Massachusetts - New York	New Jersey - Pennsylvania
	Florida - Maryland	Virginia
	District of Columbia - Maryland - New York	Massachusetts - New Jersey - Pennsylvania
	Florida (F) - Maryland	Virginia
	Maryland - New York	Delaware - New Jersey/Pennsylvania - Rhode Island/Massachusetts - Virginia