Former routes U.S. Route 1A

1 former routes

1.1 port chester, new york
1.2 darien, connecticut
1.3 norwalk, connecticut
1.4 bridgeport, connecticut
1.5 milford, connecticut
1.6 east haven, connecticut
1.7 branford, connecticut
1.8 old saybrook, connecticut
1.9 waterford, connecticut
1.10 groton, connecticut

former routes

port chester, new york

routed along king street, willet avenue (westchester county road 43), putnam avenue (ny reference route 982c), , hillside avenue.

darien, connecticut

current 1 alignment. in 1950s, 4-lane divided highway constructed relieve congestion in area. 1 assigned new highway section old road becoming 1a. highway section later incorporated connecticut turnpike , became i-95. 1 re-designated on old alignment.

norwalk, connecticut

routed along belden avenue, cross street, , north avenue. 1 assigned west street, wall street, , east avenue. since opening of 7 expressway, 1 moved current alignment along part of 1a along riverside avenue, cross street, , north avenue. original 1 alignment town-maintained.

bridgeport, connecticut

current 1 alignment along kings highway cutoff, north avenue, boston avenue, , barnum avenue. 1a existed until 1963. 1 went along modern route 130 on fairfield avenue, state street, stratford avenue, , ferry boulevard connecting towns of fairfield , stratford via downtown bridgeport.

milford, connecticut

us 1 went along broad street, river street, , cherry street. current 1 (boston post road) designated 1a. in 1940, 2 alignments swapped. 1a remained on broad street/river street/cherry street until 1942. broad street part of route 162 while river , cherry streets town-maintained roads.

east haven, connecticut

routed along main street. original alignment of 1 until opening of saltonstall parkway in 1941, designated 1. 1a existed until 1950s. eastern end of main street part of route 100.

branford, connecticut

us 1 went along main street , east main street. 1937 1940, current 1 on north main street designated 1a. routes swapped around 1940 , 1a remained on alignment until 1963. main street part of route 146 while east main street town-maintained road.

old saybrook, connecticut

us 1 went town center using old boston post road main street (now part of route 154). 1a designated on current 1 alignment on boston post road. 2 routes swapped around 1940. 1a on old boston post road remained until 1970s.

waterford, connecticut

in late 1948, expressway section between raymond e. baldwin bridge in old lyme , gold star bridge in new london opened. 1 assigned on new expressway alignment. original route of 1 became 1a. 1 expressway later became part of connecticut turnpike , i-95. 1 designation removed expressway in 1975 , reverted old surface alignment.

groton, connecticut

long hill road i-95 exit 85 offramp poquonnock road. newly constructed road in 1938 later became 1 1941. original 1 alignment used thames street , poquonnock road going through old borough of groton (now city of groton).