Get to Know Your State Roads In North-Central Connecticut

The latest installment of this informative series on Patch sites in north-central Connecticut, providing facts and figures about some of the state roads which wind through the area, features the shortest route we have highlighted to date, and the first one which is contained entirely in one town. Route 286 begins at the junction of Route 74 at the Five Corners roundabout in southern Ellington, and ends at the intersection of Route 83.

• Designated: 1963
• Length: 3.60 miles
• Towns: Ellington
• Other names: Pinney St., Main St.
• Junctions: Ellington - Rt. 74, Rt. 83
• Landmarks: Indian Valley Family YMCA, Cornfield Apartments, Pinney St. Fields, Pitney Farm, Congregation Knesseth Israel, Hall Memorial Library, Ellington Congregational Church, Nellie McKnight Museum, Ellington Town Hall, Arbor Park, Holiday Pizza Plaza, Kloter Farms

Hall Memorial Library. (Jerry Dougherty)

Nellie McKnight Museum and Ellington Congregational Church. (Google Maps)

Ellington Town Hall. (Town of Ellington)

Junction of Routes 286 and 83, featuring the big pink chair at Kloter Farms. (Google Maps)

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Other columns in this series:

• Route 32
• Route 160
• Route 195
• Route 191
• Route 75
• Route 31
• Route 140
• Route 167
• Route 74
• Route 83
• Route 190