Connecticut Route 2A

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Route 2A

Map of New London County in southeastern Connecticut with Route 2A highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by CTDOT
Length9.91 mi (15.95 km)
Existed1967–present
Major junctions
West end I-395 / Route 2 / Route 32 in Norwich
Major intersections I-395 in Montville
East end Route 2 in Preston
Location
CountryUnited States
StateConnecticut
CountiesNew London
Highway system
  • Connecticut State Highway System
Route 2 Route 3

Route 2A is a state highway in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is a 9.9-mile (15.9 km) mostly freeway alternate route of Route 2 that bypasses the downtown area of the city of Norwich and serves as the main access road to the Mohegan Sun casino.

Route description

Route 2A begins at the junction of I-395 and Route 2/Route 32 in Norwich. Route 2A travels south along I-395 for 3.7 miles (6.0 km) before separating as its own two-lane freeway at I-395 Exit 9 in Montville. This independent freeway portion of Route 2A runs easterly for about 3.2 miles (5.1 km) with interchanges for Route 32 and Mohegan Sun Casino before crossing the Thames River on the Mohegan-Pequot Bridge into Preston and ending at Route 12. After turning north onto Route 12 for a brief overlap, it resumes its easterly course, meeting with Route 117 in the village of Poquetanuck. From here, Routes 2A and 117 continue north as a concurrency to Route 2 where both routes end.

History

When the highway and bridge opened in December 1967, motorists were charged a 15-cent toll. The toll plaza located at the west end of the Mohegan-Pequot Bridge was removed in 1980.[1]

Major intersections

The Connecticut Department of Transportation announced in May 2013 that exit numbers on I-395 and Route 2A would be renumbered from the then-existing sequential-based system to mileage-based numbering; the numbers on I-395 were changed from June to November 2015, the Route 2A numbers by March 2016. The old exit numbers were posted above the new exit tab for the mile-based numbers until 2017.

The entire route is in New London County.

LocationmikmOld exitNew exitDestinationsNotes
Norwich0.000.00
I-395 north – Worcester, MA
Western terminus of I-395 concurrency
0.240.398113 Route 2 / Route 32 – Norwich, HartfordSigned as exits 13B (west/north) and 13A (east/south) northbound; exits 36-37 on Route 2/Route 32
2.443.938011 Route 82 – Downtown Norwich, Salem
Montville3.906.2879A9
I-395 south – New Haven, New York City
Eastern terminus of I-395 concurrency; exit number not signed westbound
5.308.5315 Route 32 – Norwich, Uncasville
6.3910.2826Mohegan Sun Boulevard – Mohegan ReservationTo Mohegan Sun
Thames River6.6410.69Mohegan–Pequot Bridge (eastern end of freeway section)
Preston7.0511.35
Route 12 south – Gales Ferry, Groton, New London
Western terminus of Route 12 concurrency
7.3511.83
Route 12 north – Norwich
Northern terminus of Route 12 concurrency
9.1114.66
Route 117 south – Ledyard, Old Mystic
Western terminus of Route 117 concurrency
9.9115.95 Route 2 – Norwich, North Stonington, Westerly, RINorthern terminus of Route 117
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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