Get to Know Your State Roads In North-Central Connecticut - Route 190

NORTH-CENTRAL CT — In this periodic series on Patch sites in north-central Connecticut, we provide facts and figures about some of the state roads that wind through the region. Today we look at perhaps the busiest, most heavily-traveled road in the area, which traverses five towns and runs parallel to the Massachusetts border - Route 190.

Route 190 actually begins at the junction of Route 75 in Suffield, and is the main roadway heading east through Enfield, Somers and Stafford before ending just over 28 miles later in Union.

• Designated: 1932
• Length: 28.27 miles
• Towns: Suffield, Enfield, Somers, Stafford, Union
• Other names: Mapleton Avenue, Thompsonville Road, East Street, Corporal Stephen R. Bixler Memorial Highway (Suffield); Enfield-Suffield Veterans Bridge (Suffield/Enfield); Hazard Avenue (Enfield); Main Street (Somers); Chestnut Hill Road, West Stafford Road, East Main Street, Main Street, West Main Street (Stafford); Buckley Highway (Stafford/Union)
• Junctions: Suffield - Rt. 75, Rt. 159; Enfield - U.S. 5, I-91, Rt. 192, Rt. 191; Somers - Rt. 186, Rt. 83; Stafford - Rt. 30, Rt. 319, Rt. 32, Rt. 140, Rt. 19; Union - Rt. 89, I-84, Rt. 171
• Landmarks: Suffield Fire Department Company 4 (Suffield); Veterans Bridge (Suffield/Enfield); Brookside Plaza, Enfield Commons, Hazardville Institute, Hazardville Fire Department, Scitico Plaza (Enfield); Sonny's Place, Somers Fire Department, Somers Police Department, Somers Congregational Church, Somers Town Hall (Somers); Johnson Memorial Medical Center, Holt Memorial Fountain, Stafford Town Hall, Roaring Brook Campground (Stafford)