Get To Know Your State Roads In North-Central Connecticut

SUFFIELD, CT — The latest installment of this periodic informative series on Patch sites in north-central Connecticut, providing facts and figures about some of the state roads which wind through the area, features a route which begins in Massachusetts and ends in Connecticut, yet only traverses one town in each state.

Route 168 begins at the junction of Routes 10/202 in Southwick, Mass., in the heart of the Southwick Jog or "The Notch." It ends at the junction of Route 75 in the center of Suffield.

• Designated: 1932 (as part of Route 190); 1975 (as Route 168)
• Length: 9.17 miles
• Towns: Southwick, Mass., Suffield
• Other names: Congamond Rd. (Southwick), Mountain Rd. (Suffield)
• Junctions: Southwick - Rts. 10/202; Suffield - Rt. 187, Rt. 75
• Landmarks: Millie's Country Store, Saunders Boat Livery, Fusion Bar and Grill (Southwick); Congamond Lakes (Southwick/Suffield); Guy's Auto Sales, Suffield Landfill and Transfer Station, Sunrise Park, Suffield Fire Station 2, West Suffield Academy Hall, West Suffield Congregational Church, West Suffield Shops, Heritage Funeral Home, Spaulding Elementary School, Bruce Park, Suffield Police Department, Sacred Heart Church, Suffield Middle School, McAlister Intermediate School, M&T Bank, U.S. Postal Service, CVS, Mountain Road Market Place, Suffield Town Hall, Suffield Fire Department, Suffield Hardware (Suffield)