Get to Know Your State Roads In North-Central Connecticut

The next installment of our new periodic series on Patch sites in north-central Connecticut, providing facts and figures about some of the state roads which wind through the area, features one of the busiest roadways in the entire region - Route 83, which extends from Glastonbury into Massachusetts.

• Designated: 1932
• Length: 27.56 miles in Connecticut, plus 8.09 miles in Massachusetts
• Towns: Glastonbury, Manchester, Vernon, Ellington, Somers, plus East Longmeadow and Springfield in Massachusetts
• Other names: Manchester Rd. (Glastonbury); South Main St., Main St., Old North Main St., Oakland St. (Manchester); Talcottville Rd., Windsor Ave. (Vernon); West Rd., Somers Rd. (Ellington); South Rd., Springfield Rd. (Somers)
• Junctions: Glastonbury - Rt. 2, Rt. 94; Manchester - I-384, US-6/US-44, I-84, Rt. 30; Vernon - I-84, Rt. 30, Rt. 74; Ellington - Rt. 286, Rt. 140; Somers - Rt. 190; East Longmeadow - Rt. 186/Rt. 220; Springfield - I-91
• Landmarks: Minnechaug Golf Course (Glastonbury); Manchester Country Club, Lutz Children's Museum, Bennet Academy, Mary Cheney Library, Cornerstone Christian School, Farr's Sporting Goods (Manchester); Juliano's Pools, Spare Time, Scranton Motors (Vernon); Ellington Agway, Big Y Plaza, Johnny Appleseed's, Kloter Farms, Ellington Airport (Ellington); Pleasant View Farms and Golf Center, Geissler's Plaza, Southfield Corners (Somers)

A busy commercial stretch of Route 83 in Vernon. (Chris Dehnel/Patch Media Corp.)

In Manchester, part of Route 83 is known as Main Street, home to the start and finish of the prestigious Manchester Road Race each Thanksgiving morning. (Tim Jensen/Patch Media Corp.)

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Other columns in this series:

• Route 190