Get to Know Your State Roads In North-Central Connecticut

NORTH-CENTRAL CT — Today's edition of this informative periodic series on Patch sites in north-central Connecticut, providing facts and figures about some of the state roads which wind through the area, takes us to a mainly rural road which originates in the northwestern part of the state and winds up as a brief stretch of highway before ending at the junction with an interstate.

Route 20 begins at Route 8 in the small Litchfield County town of Winchester, heads northeast into Hartford County in Hartland, then continues through Granby, East Granby and Windsor Locks. It turns into a highway near Bradley International Airport, and ends at the junction of I-91 at the Windsor Locks/Windsor line.

• Designated: 1932
• Length: 31.56 miles
• Towns: Winchester, Hartland, Granby, East Granby, Windsor Locks, Windsor
• Other names: Riverton Rd. (Winchester); Center St., North Hollow Rd. (Hartland); Hartland Rd., West Granby Rd., East Granby Rd. (Granby); Turkey Hills Rd., Rainbow Rd. (East Granby); Bradley International Airport Connector (Windsor Locks)
• Junctions: Winchester - Rt. 8; Hartland - Rt. 181, Rt. 179; Granby - Rt. 219, Rt. 189, Rts. 10/202; East Granby - Rt. 187; Windsor Locks - Rt. 75; Windsor Locks/Windsor - Interstate 91
• Landmarks: Barkhamsted Reservoir (Hartland); West Granby Post Office, Granby Municipal Complex (Granby); Center Shops, East Granby Congregational Church (East Granby); Connecticut Air National Guard (Windsor Locks)