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Route 192 (Connecticut–Massachusetts)

Wikipedia article covering multiple highways in Connecticut and Massachusetts

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 10, 2025
Entity authorityQ2260046 ↗
Source-derived summary

Route 192 is a 5.71-mile-long (9.19 km) state route in the U.S. states of Connecticut and Massachusetts, serving the southeastern suburbs of Springfield. It connects the Hazardville section of the town of Enfield, Connecticut, to the town center of Longmeadow, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts portion of the route is maintained by the town, as opposed to MassDOT.

Route description

Route 192 begins as North Maple Street at an intersection with Route 190 in the Hazardville section of Enfield. It heads north to the village of North Thompsonville, where it intersects with Route 220. It continues north until Shaker Pines Lake, where the road then curves to the west. After about 0.3 miles (0.48 km), the road splits, with Route 192 following the right branch northwest towards the Massachusetts state line. The road continues north across the state line as Shaker Road towards the town center of Longmeadow. After 1.7 miles (2.7 km), Route 192 turns west onto Williams Street until it ends at an intersection with U.S. Route 5. Route 192 is a two-lane secondary road for its entire length. It is classified as a minor arterial road and carries traffic volumes of about 4,400 vehicles per day.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Route 192 (Connecticut–Massachusetts)” as wikipedia article covering multiple highways in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

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This entry incorporates text from “Route 192 (Connecticut–Massachusetts)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.