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Maintained by CTDOT | ||||
Length | 11.05 mi [1] (17.78 km) | |||
Existed | 1932–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | US 1 in Stratford | |||
Route 8 / Route 15 / Merritt Parkway in Trumbull | ||||
North end | Route 110 in Shelton | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Connecticut | |||
Counties | Fairfield | |||
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Route 108 in the U.S. state of Connecticut, locally called Nichols Avenue and Huntington Turnpike, is a two-lane state highway that runs northerly from US 1, Boston Post Road in Stratford, through Trumbull, to Route 110 in downtown Shelton. Originally called the Farm Highway, it was laid out to the south side of Mischa Hill in Trumbull on December 7, 1696 and is considered to be the third oldest documented highway in Connecticut after the Mohegan Road ( Route 32) in Norwich (1670) and the Boston Post Road or US 1 (1673). [2]
The section of Nichols Avenue from the Stratford-Trumbull town line to Huntington Turnpike in Trumbull is known as the Trooper Ernest Morse Memorial Highway, named in honor of a state trooper who was killed by gunfire on February 13, 1953, while trying to apprehend a suspect in a car theft. [3]
Route 108 begins at Barnum Avenue or US Route 1 in Stratford and proceeds north out of Stratford center intersecting with North Avenue and Second Hill Lane. It continues northward over Third Hill and intersects with Silver Lane, Hawley Lane and Route 8 in Trumbull. It then goes up and over Mischa Hill and into the center of the village of Nichols. It crosses over the Merritt Parkway and then defines the western boundary of the historic Nichols green and intersects with old cross highway Unity Road. Past Nichols center, it continues northward and intersects with Isinglass Road as it makes its way into the village of Huntington in Shelton. It bisects the historic Huntington green separating the common from the old St. Paul's Episcopal Church and old burial ground [2]. Route 108 makes a turn eastward past the Huntington green on its way to its terminus at Route 110 in downtown Shelton at the western side of the Housatonic River. [1]
Route 108 is a two lane road that widens to four lanes with turning lanes and traffic lights at the intersections with Route 8 and Route 15 ( Merritt Parkway) in Trumbull.
The entire route is in Fairfield County.
Location | mi [1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Stratford | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 1 (Barnum Avenue) | Former Boston Post Road | |
Trumbull | 2.67 | 4.30 | Route 8 / Route 15 north – Waterbury, New Haven, Bridgeport | Exit 5 on Route 8; Exit 52 on Route 15 south / Merritt Parkway south | |
3.15 | 5.07 | Route 15 south / Merritt Parkway south – New York City | Exit 51 on Route 15 north / Merritt Parkway north | ||
Shelton | 11.05 | 17.78 | Route 110 (Howe Avenue) | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by CTDOT | ||||
Length | 11.05 mi [1] (17.78 km) | |||
Existed | 1932–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | US 1 in Stratford | |||
Route 8 / Route 15 / Merritt Parkway in Trumbull | ||||
North end | Route 110 in Shelton | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Connecticut | |||
Counties | Fairfield | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Route 108 in the U.S. state of Connecticut, locally called Nichols Avenue and Huntington Turnpike, is a two-lane state highway that runs northerly from US 1, Boston Post Road in Stratford, through Trumbull, to Route 110 in downtown Shelton. Originally called the Farm Highway, it was laid out to the south side of Mischa Hill in Trumbull on December 7, 1696 and is considered to be the third oldest documented highway in Connecticut after the Mohegan Road ( Route 32) in Norwich (1670) and the Boston Post Road or US 1 (1673). [2]
The section of Nichols Avenue from the Stratford-Trumbull town line to Huntington Turnpike in Trumbull is known as the Trooper Ernest Morse Memorial Highway, named in honor of a state trooper who was killed by gunfire on February 13, 1953, while trying to apprehend a suspect in a car theft. [3]
Route 108 begins at Barnum Avenue or US Route 1 in Stratford and proceeds north out of Stratford center intersecting with North Avenue and Second Hill Lane. It continues northward over Third Hill and intersects with Silver Lane, Hawley Lane and Route 8 in Trumbull. It then goes up and over Mischa Hill and into the center of the village of Nichols. It crosses over the Merritt Parkway and then defines the western boundary of the historic Nichols green and intersects with old cross highway Unity Road. Past Nichols center, it continues northward and intersects with Isinglass Road as it makes its way into the village of Huntington in Shelton. It bisects the historic Huntington green separating the common from the old St. Paul's Episcopal Church and old burial ground [2]. Route 108 makes a turn eastward past the Huntington green on its way to its terminus at Route 110 in downtown Shelton at the western side of the Housatonic River. [1]
Route 108 is a two lane road that widens to four lanes with turning lanes and traffic lights at the intersections with Route 8 and Route 15 ( Merritt Parkway) in Trumbull.
The entire route is in Fairfield County.
Location | mi [1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Stratford | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 1 (Barnum Avenue) | Former Boston Post Road | |
Trumbull | 2.67 | 4.30 | Route 8 / Route 15 north – Waterbury, New Haven, Bridgeport | Exit 5 on Route 8; Exit 52 on Route 15 south / Merritt Parkway south | |
3.15 | 5.07 | Route 15 south / Merritt Parkway south – New York City | Exit 51 on Route 15 north / Merritt Parkway north | ||
Shelton | 11.05 | 17.78 | Route 110 (Howe Avenue) | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |