Connecticut Route 42

Route 42
Route 42
	Map of New Haven County in southern Connecticut with Route 42 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by CTDOT
Length	13.66 mi (21.98 km)
Existed	1963–present
Major junctions
West end	Route 67 in Oxford
	Route 8 in Beacon Falls
East end	Route 10 in Cheshire
Location
Country	United States
State	Connecticut
Counties	New Haven
Highway system
	Connecticut State Highway System; Interstate; US; State SSR; SR; ; Scenic;

Route 42 is an east–west

Route 10 in Cheshire

.

Route description

Route 42 begins at an intersection with

Route 8

, where only access to southbound and from northbound Route 8 is possible. Past Route 8, the road becomes known as South Main Street , a divided four-lane road. 0.7 miles (1.1 km) beyond the Route 8 junction, Route 42 turns east onto Bethany Road while South Main Street continues north into Beacon Falls center.

Route 42 again makes several 90-degree turns as it proceeds eastward, shifting from Bethany Road to Munson Road then to Lasky Road. After 2.4 miles (3.9 km), Route 42 enters the town of

Route 10 (South Main Street) south of Cheshire center.^[2]

History

Route 42 was established in 1963 as a result of the Route Reclassification Act from unsigned state roads that were taken over by the state the previous year. When first designated, Route 42 extended from Route 8 in the town center of Beacon Falls to Route 10 in the Brooksvale section of Cheshire. In Beacon Falls, the original route used Burton Road instead of the modern alignment on Bethany Road and Munson Road. In 1967, Route 42 was extended west of Route 8 from Pines Bridge to Route 67 in the town center of Oxford. In 1968, Route 42 was relocated southward to bypass Beacon Falls center to its modern alignment along Bethany Road.[3]

Junction list

The entire route is in New Haven County.

Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Oxford	0.00	0.00	Route 67 – Oxford, Southbury
Beacon Falls	3.17	5.10	Route 8 – Bridgeport, Waterbury	Exit 21 on Route 8
Bethany	8.35– 8.45	13.44– 13.60	Route 63 – Naugatuck, New Haven
Bethany	9.71	15.63	Route 69 – Prospect, New Haven
Cheshire	13.66	21.98	Route 10 – Southington, Hamden, New Haven	Eastern terminus of CT 42
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi