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 Route 74, which begins at Route 194 in South Windsor and ends at Route 44 in Ashford.

• Designated: 1932
• Length: 22.21 miles
• Towns: South Windsor, Ellington, Vernon, Tolland, Willington, Ashford
• Other names: Ellington Rd. (South Windsor); Wappingwood Rd. (Ellington); Windsorville Rd., Windsor Ave, Union St., East Main St., Tolland Ave. (Vernon); Tolland Stage Rd. (Tolland); Tolland Tpk. (Willington); Nott Hwy. (Ashford)
• Junctions: South Windsor - Rt. 194; Ellington - Rt. 286; Vernon - Rt. 83, Rt. 31; Tolland - Rt. 30, Rt. 195, I-84; Willington - Rt. 32, Rt. 320; Ashford - U.S. 44
• Landmarks: South Windsor Fire Department (South Windsor); Burke Ridge Farms, Five Corners rotary (Ellington); Stop & Shop, CVS, Walgreens, Rockville General Hospital, Loom City Lofts (Vernon); Monet's Table, U.S. Postal Service, Tolland Inn, Country Butcher, Connecticut State Police Troop C (Tolland); Dollar General, Willington Cemetery, Willington Historical Society Glazier Tavern (Willington), Camp Connri (Ashford)

Loom City Lofts in the Rockville section of Vernon. (Chris Dehnel/Patch Media Corp.)

Willington Historical Society Glazier Tavern in Willington. (Chris Dehnel/Patch Media Corp.)

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Other columns in this series:

• Route 83
• Route 190