In late 1931, the state planned to call this highway Route 17, while the new Route 9 would instead run through New Haven, Middletown, East Hartford, and Union, to the Massachusetts state line. Instead, in 1932, the first route became Route 9, and the second route become Route 15. Ther...
There, the freeway ends, and Route 8 continues as a two-lane road into Massachusetts. In the Colebrook River Reservoir recreational site, there's a 7-mile segment of old Route 8, accessible only when water levels are low. CT 8 Future The state is studying the Route 8 corridor between...