Route 19 is a minor
Connecticut
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state route running from
Stafford to the
Massachusetts
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state line. It is long and runs north–south, entirely within Stafford. The road interconnects the settlements in the eastern part of the town.
Route description
Route 19 begins as East Street at an intersection with
Route 190 in the village of
Stafford Springs. It heads northward, meeting
Route 319 after about in the village of
Stafford Hollow. Route 19 then heads northeast for another , passing through the village of
Hydeville, up to the village of
Staffordville. In Staffordville, Route 19 turns north along Wales Road, passing along the
Staffordville Reservoir towards the Massachusetts state line. Across the state line the road continues as
Massachusetts Route 19 (Stafford Road) heading into the town center of
Wales
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. Route 19 is a two-lane road with an average daily traffic of 3,800.
History
Route 19 was originally part of
New England Interstate Route 32, a multi-state route established in 1922 that ran from the mouth of the
Thames River
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at
Long Island Sound to
Lake Sunapee
Lake Sunapee is located within Sullivan County and Merrimack County in western New Hampshire, the United States. It is the fifth-largest lake located entirely in New Hampshire.
The lake is approximately long (north-south) and from wide (east- ...
in
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...
. In the
1932 state highway renumbering, modern
Route 32 was established from most of the Connecticut portion of the old New England route. One place where the alignment of modern Route 32 differed was in the town of Stafford. The newly established Route 32 used the alignment of old State Highway 334, which ran through the village of Orcuttsville towards
Monson, Massachusetts
Monson is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 8,150 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The census-designated place of Monson Center lies at the ...
. The section of old Route 32 through Staffordville was designated as Route 19. The number change was done in cooperation with Massachusetts, which also renumbered the continuation as Route 19.
Connecticut Roads, Route 19
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Junction list
References
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Nineteen or 19 may refer to:
* 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20
* one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019
Films
* ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film
* ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film
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Transportation in Tolland County, Connecticut