Connecticut Route 22

Location	New Haven County, Connecticut
Existed	1972–present

Route 22
Route 22
	Map of New Haven County in southern Connecticut with Route 22 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by CTDOT
Length	14.07 mi (22.64 km)
Existed	1951–present
Major junctions
West/North end	Route 10 in Hamden
	Route 15 in North Haven; I-91 in North Haven;
East/South end	US 1 at the North Branford-Guilford town line
Location
Country	United States
State	Connecticut
Counties	New Haven
Highway system
	Connecticut State Highway System; Interstate; US; State SSR; SR; ; Scenic;

Route 22 is a 14.07-mile-long (22.64 km) secondary state route within the U.S. state of Connecticut. Route 22 is an L-shaped road that is signed east–west from

Route 80

.

Route description

Route 22 is mostly a two-lane minor arterial road, except in sections where it overlaps other state highways. It starts at

I-91

(with a partial interchange at Exit 11) along the Route 5/22 Connector. At the next intersection, Route 5 heads north, Route 103 begins south, and Route 22 continues east towards the Clintonville section of North Haven as Clintonville Road.

Route 22 then enters the town of

U.S. Route 1

.

The Route 5/22 Connector in North Haven is also known as Officer Timothy W. Laffin Memorial Highway. Officer Laffin is the only North Haven police officer to have died in the line of duty, having succumbed to his injuries following a patrol car pursuit accident in May 1980.^[2]

History

Route 22 was established in 1951 as a bypass of

Route 1 was the former Route 141.^[3]

In 1973, a section in

I-91

(at Exit 11).

Junction list

The entire route is in New Haven County.

Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Hamden Center, Cheshire, Southington
North Haven	1.83	2.95	Route 15 – New Haven, Hartford	Exit 63 on (Route 15 / Wilbur Cross Parkway) Access to southbound (Route 15 / Wilbur Cross Parkway) is via Hartford Turnpike (SR 725)
	2.02	3.25	US 5 south – New Haven	Southern terminus of US 5 overlap
	2.41	3.88	I-91 south – New Haven	Access from Exit 7 on northbound I-91 only; access to southbound I-91 is by Valley Service Road
	2.68	4.31	Montowese	Northern terminus of US 5 overlap
North Branford	6.15	9.90	Route 150 north – Wallingford
	6.46– 6.52	10.40– 10.49	Route 17 – Durham, New Haven
	10.88	17.51	Route 80 west – New Haven	Western terminus of CT 80 overlap. CT 22 signage changes from East/West to North/South
	12.25	19.71	Route 139 south – Branford
	12.38	19.92	Route 80 east – Killingworth	Eastern terminus of CT 80 overlap
Guilford	14.07	22.64	US 1 – Madison, Branford	Eastern/Southern terminus of CT 22
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

Truck route

Truck Route 22 is the only bannered route in the entire state. In 1972, trucks were prohibited from traveling the portion of Route 22 between

Route 5

) in North Haven. Trucks following Route 22 westbound are currently directed to follow State Street south (US 5) until Dixwell Avenue (SR 717) then west until Whitney Avenue (Route 10) and north up to the Route 22 junction.

References

^ ^a ^b "Connecticut State Highway Log" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
^ "Officer Down Memorial Page".
^ Connecticut Roads, Route 22

External links

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Media related to Connecticut Route 22 at Wikimedia Commons

[ctlog-1] "Connecticut State Highway Log" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2007-04-19.

[2] "Officer Down Memorial Page".

[3] Connecticut Roads, Route 22

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