History
Route 63 was designated in 1932 and originally connected Morris to Woodbridge using the alignment of the Straits Turnpike, an early 19th-century toll road connecting New Haven to Litchfield. Route 63 is still locally called the Straits Tunrpike in Middlebury and Watertown. In the mid-1940s, Route 61 between Morris and Cornwall was reassigned to an extended Route 63. Another extension happened in the 1952 when Route 63 took over part of Route 43 from Cornwall to Canaan where it ends today. Between 1954 and 1976, Route 63 extended south to US 1 via an overlap with Route 10.
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