Connecticut Route 127 Explained

State:CT
Type:CT
Route:127
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:Map of Fairfield County in southwestern Connecticut with Route 127 highlighted in red
Length Mi:6.80
Length Round:2
Length Ref:[1]
Established:1932
Direction A:South
Terminus A: in Bridgeport
Junction:
Direction B:North
Terminus B: in Trumbull
Counties:Fairfield
Previous Type:CT
Previous Route:126
Next Type:CT
Next Route:128

Route 127 is a state highway in southwestern Connecticut, running entirely from Bridgeport to Trumbull. It serves as a minor arterial, connecting all four major freeways in the Bridgeport area.

Route description

Route 127 begins at an intersection with Route 130 in southeastern Bridgeport and almost immediately intersects I-95. It then heads north, roughly parallel to the Pequonnock River and Route 8, into Trumbull. It intersects Route 8 just north of the Bridgeport-Trumbull town line and continues north, then turns northwest to intersect Route 15 and Route 25 in rapid succession. It then continues northwest to end at an intersection with Route 111 in Trumbull.[1]

History

White Plains Road was laid out to Pulpit Rock, in present-day Trumbull, in 1705.[2] Route 127 was commissioned in 1932 and originally ran from US 1 to its current northern terminus. At an undetermined time before 1978, the southern terminus was truncated to the Huntington Turnpike (SR 730). It was extended south to US 1 in 1992, then further south to Route 130 in 1995.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ct.gov/dot/LIB/dot/Documents/dpolicy/hwylog/hwylog.pdf Connecticut State Highway Log
  2. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Fairfield County Historical Society, Reverend Samuel Orcutt, 1886, Vol. 2 pg. 1007 https://books.google.com/books?id=uvMLAAAAYAAJ&q=pulpit+rock&pg=PA1008
  3. http://www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/ct127.html Connecticut Routes, Route 127