Route 222 is a state highway in west central
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...
, running in a meandering pattern from
Thomaston to
Harwinton.
Route description
Route 222 begins as East Main Street in the town center of
Thomaston at the Exit 39 interchange of the
Route 8 expressway, where eastbound
US 6
U.S. Route 6 (US 6), also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, honoring the American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system. While it currently runs east-northeast from Bishop, California, to ...
leaves. It first heads west across the
Naugatuck River
The Naugatuck River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Its waters carve out the Naugatuck River Valley in the w ...
, then turns north along North Main Street. Turning south on Main Street (unsigned State Road 807) leads to
Route 254. Route 222 follows the west bank of the Naugatuck River northward, intersecting Route 8 at Exit 40 after . After another , it turns east to cross the Naugatuck River again along Hill Road. Hill Road continues northeast until it reaches the
Plymouth town line. In Plymouth, it curves northward just east of the town line before reentering Thomaston. It then crosses the northeast corner of Thomaston into
Harwinton and loops westward briefly back and forth across the town line back into Thomaston and again into Harwinton. In Harwinton, it continues north-northwest for another until it ends at an intersection with
Route 118 west of the town center.
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History
Route 222 was commissioned in 1963, partially from parts of the pre-expressway alignment of Route 8 in Thomaston (North Main Street) and former SR 722 (Hill Road) in Harwinton. It has had no major changes since.Connecticut Routes, Route 222
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Junction list
References
External links
{{Portal, Connecticut
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Transportation in Litchfield County, Connecticut