Route 138 is the portion of the multi-state Route 138 within the state of Connecticut. It is one of several
New England
New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York (state), New York to the west and by the Can ...
state highways that travel through three states while keeping their number designation. The route begins in
Sprague
Sprague may refer to:
Places
;Canada
* Sprague, Manitoba, a small town near the Minnesota/Manitoba border
;United States
* Sprague, Alabama, Montgomery County, Alabama
* Sprague, Connecticut
* Sprague, Missouri
* Sprague, Nebraska
* Sprague ...
at
Route 97. From its western terminus up to the junction with
Interstate 395 in Griswold, the road functions as a
collector road. From the Interstate 395 junction, it then enters
Voluntown, and continues into the state of Rhode Island as
Route 138.
Route description
Route 138 starts at
Route 97, in the town of Sprague, where it is known as Bushnell Hollow Road.
It heads east into the town of
Lisbon becoming Kinsman Road and Town House Road. It intersects with
Route 169 in Lisbon center and then becomes Newent Road, as it proceeds eastward.
Route 138 overlaps with
Route 12 as it crosses the
Griswold town line. Route 138 splits off from Route 12 as Slater Avenue and later as Pachaug Road.
It has an interchange with
I-395 in the borough of
Jewett City and intersects with
Route 201 just west of the town line. The road continues into the town of
Voluntown, where it becomes Jewett City Road. It has a three-way overlap with
Route 165 and
Route 49, along Beach Pond Road. Route 138 continues east as Rockville Road into the state of
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but it ...
, becoming
Rhode Island Route 138.
History
In the 1920s, a loop route of
New England Route 12 from south of
Taftville to
Jewett City via the village of
Newent
Newent (; originally called "Noent") is a market town and civil parish about 10½ miles (17 km) north-west of Gloucester, England. Its population was 5,073 at the 2001 census, rising to 5,207 in 2011, The population was 6,777 at the 2021 Census. ...
was a secondary state highway known as Highway 356. At the same time, the road connecting Jewett City and the town center of
Voluntown was known as Highway 321. In the
1932 state highway renumbering, Route 138 was established from the piece of old Highway 356 from Newent to Jewett City and from the entire length of old Highway 321. Route 138 was extended to the
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but it ...
state line in 1938 along former SR 420, where it connected with the westward extension of
Rhode Island Route 138, which had originally ended in
Newport. This resulted in a three-state
Route 138 all the way to the
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
area. Route 138 in Connecticut was extended west to its current western terminus located at
Route 97 in 1962 as part of the Route Reclassification Act.
Junction list
References
External links
{{Portal, Connecticut
138
Transportation in New London County, Connecticut