Connecticut Route 102
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Route102 is a state highway in southwestern Connecticut running from the center of Ridgefield to the Branchville section of the same town.
Route description
Route102 begins at an intersection with Route35 in Ridgefield center and heads east towards Branchville. It ends at a channelized intersection with U.S.7 in Branchville, near the Branchville railroad station of the Danbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad. The eastern terminus is located just west of the Ridgefield–Redding town line. The entire route is known as Branchville Road.
The entire length of Route102 has been designated as the Robert Mugford Memorial Highway, named after a Connecticut Department of Transportation crew leader who was killed in August 2005 when a limousine struck him while placing orange safety cones along Route7 in Norwalk. The limousine driver was found guilty and served 6 months in prison as well as permanent loss of his commercial drivers license. The portion of Route7 where the accident occurred already had a commemorative name and the designation of nearby Route102 was the compromise reached with the family.
History
In the 1920s, Branchville Road was a secondary state highway known as Highway329. In the 1932 state highway renumbering, Route102 was created as a new route number for old Highway329. At that time, Route102 extended west of Route35 along Catoonah Street, Barry Avenue, and West Mountain Road to the New York state line, where it continued as a local road. In 1963, as part of the Route Reclassification Act of 1961, the section west of Route35 was supposed to be transferred to the town of Ridgefield. However, the town did not want to maintain that section of the road and the transfer remained in arbitration until 1979 when the state lost its case. In March 1979, the Route102 designation west of Route35, including the short overlap with Route35, was officially removed and re-designated as StateRoad822, an unsigned state-maintained road.
Junction list
The entire route is in Fairfield County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community of Ridgefield | 0.00 | 0.00 | Route35– Danbury, Wilton | Western terminus |
| Town of Ridgefield | 3.45 | 5.55 | US7– Danbury, Wilton | Eastern terminus; to Branchville station |
| 1.000mi = 1.609km; 1.000km = 0.621mi |
External links
- showing CT 102 and SR 822