Bradley Airport Connector
highway in Connecticut
The Bradley Airport Connector (also the Bradley Field Connector) is a 4.6-mile (7.4 km) freeway built to connect Bradley International Airport to Interstate 91 (I-91) in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. It begins at Exit 48 of I-91 and heads west following Route 20 for about 4 miles along the town line between Windsor and Windsor Locks. The expressway then turns north, leaving Route 20 and briefly becoming an unsigned state road (with designation Special Service Road 401) ending at the airport terminals.
On October 10, 1999, the Connector was named the "82nd Airborne Memorial Highway", in honor of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division. According to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, the freeway carries as many as 54,900 vehicles per day (as of 2007).
Route description
The highway begins at Exit 40 of I-91 in the town of Windsor Locks. After traveling about a quarter of a mile along the exit ramp, the main roadway starts as a four-lane freeway with unnumbered exits. The highway's first exit is with Old County Road a mile later. The second exit is signed for Route 75, which provides access to the long-term parking lots of the airport and leads to the town of Suffield. After about 0.6 miles (0.97 km), the highway has another exit for Hamilton Road.
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