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In the 1940s, the I-691 routing was part of a planned US 6A expressway from Southington to Willimantic. A section of the expressway (from its Middlefield terminus west to exit 8) first opened in 1966. By 1968, the US 6A designation was dropped in favor of Route 66. The highway was
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was eventually completed in 1987, with the renumbering to I-691 done at the same time. The portion east of I-91 remained as Route 66. Environmental and community groups successfully blocked attempts to extend the freeway east of its present terminus due to potential impacts on the Mt. Higby
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interchange (at eastbound exit 10 about 0.5 miles west of the interchange with I-91). To go from I-91 northbound to I-691 westbound (or from I-691 eastbound to I-91 southbound), one must actually use Route 15. Exit 9 westbound provides access to Route 15 north.
549:(US 5), which provides access to Route 15 north for eastbound traffic. Exit 7 provides access to downtown Meriden. Westbound traffic exits onto State Street Extension, while eastbound traffic enters onto Columbia Street. Exits 6 and 5 provide access to 537:(exit 11). However, westbound signage indicates I-691 begins at the start of the freeway (just west of exit 13), while eastbound signage shows I-691 ending at the 1476: 1471: 365: 1466: 1249: 1217: 399: 1481: 1456: 557:. Exit 6 exits to Lewis Avenue, while exit 5 exits directly to Route 71. From here, I-691 passes along the north side of 384: 1257: 611: 499: 168: 614:
to convert Route 66 from a two-lane road to four lanes from the eastern end of the I-691 freeway to the business district in
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Reservoir, which provides drinking water for the local area. A compromise was reached in the late 1990s allowing
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at the Southington–Cheshire town line. The highway officially ends as it merges into I-84 west.
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No eastbound access to I-91 south/Route 15; signed as exits 1B (south) and 1A (north)
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Exit numbers were converted from sequential to mile-based in April of 2023.
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Westbound exit only; Wilbur Cross Pkwy. signed as Berlin Tpke.
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extended west to exit 4 by 1971. The connection to
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West of the I-91/Route 15 interchange, I-691 meets
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Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; exit 27 on I-84
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Archived from 1216:Starks, Edward (January 27, 2022). 1206: 581:, where it has an interchange with 569:. It then meets the eastern end of 13: 1482:1988 establishments in Connecticut 1457:Interstate Highways in Connecticut 1239: 645: 596: 14: 1493: 1284: 955:Access via Columbia/State Streets 525:. The freeway actually begins in 178:8.38 mi (13.49 km) 16:Interstate Highway in Connecticut 1423: 1153: 1147: 1108: 1102: 1096: 1063: 1057: 1022: 1016: 1009: 1003: 972: 916: 910: 881: 840: 785: 743: 737: 704: 698: 585:, then continues west to end at 441: 426: 378:Connecticut State Highway System 259: 254: 249: 230: 209: 128: 23: 34:needs additional citations for 1226:Federal Highway Administration 1222:FHWA Route Log and Finder List 496:Federal Highway Administration 1: 1452:Auxiliary Interstate Highways 1199: 854:Eastern terminus of Route 322 640: 621: 494:town line. According to the 468:auxiliary Interstate Highway 7: 1326:virtualhighways.com - I-691 509:I-691 is also known as the 10: 1498: 592: 511:Henry D. Altobello Highway 142:Henry D. 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