Route 287 is a
Connecticut
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state highway in the southern
Hartford
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...
suburbs, running from
Newington to
Wethersfield. It serves the community of Griswoldville in Wethersfield.
Route description
Route 287 begins as East Robbins Avenue at an intersection with
Route 176 in
Newington. It heads east for to the
Berlin Turnpike
The Berlin Turnpike is a 4-lane/6-lane divided arterial road mostly carrying U.S. Route 5 (US 5) and Route 15 in New Haven County and Hartford County in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The road begins one mile south of the Meriden-Berlin town l ...
(
US 5
U.S. Route 5 (US 5) is a north–south United States highway running through the New England states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont. Significant cities along the route include New Haven, Connecticut; Hartford, Connecticut; and Spring ...
and
Route 15), briefly overlapping it to reach Prospect Street. Route 287 soon crosses into
Wethersfield, passing by the Wethersfield Country Club in the Griswoldville neighborhood. Route 287 ends at an intersection with
Route 3 near
Old Wethersfield
Old Wethersfield, also known as Old Wethersfield Historic District, and historically known as Watertown or Pyquag, is a section of the town of Wethersfield, Connecticut, roughly bounded by the borders of the adjacent city of Hartford and town of R ...
.
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The section of Route 287 in Wethersfield is designated the Bohdan "Bo" Kolinsky Memorial Highway.][
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History
Route 287 was established from previously unsigned state roads, SR 544 (Prospect Street) and SR 760 (Robbins Avenue), in 1969. However, it was not included in the official state highway map until 1975 because part of the route had been in arbitration with the town of Newington. It has had no significant changes since.Connecticut Routes, Route 287
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Junction list
References
External links
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287
Year 287 (Roman numerals, CCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Diocletian and Maximian (or, less frequ ...
Transportation in Hartford County, Connecticut