New England Interstate Route 8
Route 8 is a multi-state north–south state highway in the New England region of the United States, running from Bridgeport, Connecticut, through Massachusetts to Searsburg, Vermont. Its number dates from 1922, when it was a New England Interstate Route, also known as the Stratford-Waterbury-North Adams Route (for the cities the original route connected). Most of the old route in Connecticut has been upgraded to a freeway and is a major transportation link between the cities of Bridgeport and Waterbury.
The highway has kept its number for most of its routing, and in these sections now exists as Connecticut Route 8, Massachusetts Route 8, and Vermont Route 8. North of Searsburg, VT, the old routing exists as part of Vermont Route 100 and all of Vermont Route 155 (which both used to be part of VT-8).
Read more about New England Interstate Route 8: History
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