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 Route 220, which begins at the intersection of U.S. Route 5, or Enfield Street, in Enfield and runs into Massachusetts, ending at the infamous, much-dreaded East Longmeadow Rotary.

• Designated: 1936
• Length: 7.95 miles (5.78 in CT, 2.17 in MA)
• Towns: Enfield (CT), East Longmeadow (MA)
• Other names: Elm St., John Maciolek Post #154 Memorial Highway, Shaker Rd., Taylor Rd. (Enfield); Shaker Rd. (East Longmeadow)
• Junctions: Enfield - U.S. 5, I-91, Rt. 192; East Longmeadow - Rts. 83/186
• Landmarks: Friendly's, Kohl's Plaza, Denny's, TGI Friday's, Lia Volkswagen, Five Guys, Asnuntuck Community College, Henry Barnard School, Browne Memorial Funeral Chapels, Enfield Tennis Club, Shaker Recreation Facility, Carl Robinson Correctional Institution (Enfield); Bay Path University, Cartamundi, Arnold's Meats, Shell, La Fiorentina Pastry Shop, Shaker Bowl, Leahy Field, East Longmeadow Rotary (seven streets converge with no traffic light) (East Longmeadow)

East Longmeadow, MA Rotary from Your Everyday Dad on Vimeo.

Asnuntuck Community College at 170 Elm Street in Enfield. (Courtesy of Asnuntuck)

The Shaker Recreation Facility at 300 Shaker Road in Enfield hosts the annual Kevin Barmak/Scott Bryson Memorial Soccer Tournament each Labor Day weekend. (Tim Jensen/Patch Media Corp.)

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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