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 routes which wind through the area, takes us to a road which originates in Hartford County, but makes its way through four towns in Tolland County before ending in a small Windham County community.

Route 74 begins at an intersection with Route 194 in South Windsor and proceeds northeastward into the southwestern part of Ellington, where it continues northeastward and then loops southeastward into Vernon. It continues to a concurrency with Route 83 through the west end of Rockville, but when 83 turns north, 74 continues east toward Tolland.

After sharing a brief concurrency with Route 30 until the Tolland Green, 74 continues east through Tolland and Willington, with a brief concurrency with Route 320. It crosses into Ashford, and ends at the junction of U.S. 44.

• Designated: 1932
• Length: 22.21 miles
• Towns: South Windsor, Ellington, Vernon, Tolland, Willington, Ashford
• Other names: Ellington Rd. (South Windsor); Wapping Wood Rd. (Ellington); Windsorville Rd. (Ellington/Vernon); Windsor Ave., Union St., East Main St., Tolland Ave. (Vernon); Tolland Stage Rd. (Tolland); Tolland Turnpike (Willington); Nott Highway (Ashford)
• Major junctions: South Windsor - Rt. 194; Vernon - Rt. 83, Rt. 30; Tolland - I-84; Willington - Rt. 32, Rt. 320; Ashford - U.S. 44
• Landmarks: South Windsor Fire Department Company 2, Burke Ridge Farms (South Windsor); Five Corners roundabout, Gerry's Donuts (Ellington); Stop & Shop, Ray Seraphin Ford, Rocky's Ace Hardware, Swiss Cleaners, Dominos, CVS, Walgreens, Peking House, Rockville General Hospital, Union Church, Loom City Lofts (Vernon); Monet's Table, Rockville Equipment, U.S. Post Office, Preschool of the Arts, Old Tolland County Court House, Tolland Red & White, Tolland Jail Museum, Country Butcher, Connecticut State Police Troop C (Tolland); Flat Pennies Kitchen, Dollar General, Connecticut DOT garage, Willington Common Historic District, Glazier Tavern (Willington); Mobil (Ashford)