A connector is a
highway or
freeway
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road that connects to another highway or freeway. It can be part of an
interchange such as the
MacArthur Maze or a longer roadway such as the
Interstate 635.
A connector route is a type of
special route or supplemental route in the
United States
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that serves as a connector, connecting one route to a more prominent route. Connector routes are found among the
United States Numbered Highways and among some
state route systems like
Michigan
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and
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the so ...
.
Connector routes can also be designated as a routing between two numbered highways. Examples include:
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Connector M-44, which runs along Plainfield Avenue between
Interstate 96
Interstate 96 (I-96) is an east–west Interstate Highway that runs for approximately entirely within the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is at an interchange with US Highway 31 (US 31) and B ...
and
M-44 north of
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids is a city and county seat of Kent County, Michigan, Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,917 which ranks it as the List of municipalities in Mi ...
.
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Pearl Harbor Memorial Turnpike Extension (also known as the Pennsylvania Turnpike Connector), which connects the
New Jersey Turnpike with the
Delaware River extension of the
Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Types of roads
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