1932 state highway renumbering (Connecticut)
Highways in 1932
Highways in 1932
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The table below lists the highways that were created in the 1932 renumbering, indicating which old state highways they were created from, and their current status:

| 1932 Route | Pre\-1932 State Highway number(s) | Current designation | Notes |

| 2 | [NE\-17](/wiki/New_England_Route_17 "New England Route 17") east of [Hartford](/wiki/Hartford "Hartford") | [Route 2](/wiki/Route_2_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 2 (Connecticut)") | Hartford to Norwich upgraded to expressway. Portions of old surface alignment are now unsigned state roads. |
| 4 | SH 123 (Cornwall\-Canton), SH 138 (Canton\-Farmington) | [Route 4](/wiki/Route_4_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 4 (Connecticut)") |
| 8 | [NE\-8](/wiki/New_England_Route_8 "New England Route 8") | [Route 110](/wiki/Route_110_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 110 (Connecticut)"), [Route 8](/wiki/Route_8_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 8 (Connecticut)") | Upgraded to expressway with a different alignment south of [Shelton](/wiki/Shelton%2C_Connecticut "Shelton, Connecticut"). Portions of old surface alignment are now unsigned state roads. |
| 9 | [NE\-10](/wiki/New_England_Route_10 "New England Route 10") south of [Granby](/wiki/Granby%2C_Connecticut "Granby, Connecticut") | [Route 154](/wiki/Route_154_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 154 (Connecticut)"), [Route 99](/wiki/Route_99_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 99 (Connecticut)"), [Route 189](/wiki/Route_189_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 189 (Connecticut)") | Upgraded to expressway with a different alignment north of [Middletown](/wiki/Middletown%2C_Connecticut "Middletown, Connecticut") (see [Route 9](/wiki/Route_9_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 9 (Connecticut)")). |
| 10 | SH 118 (New Haven\-Milldale), [NE\-3](/wiki/New_England_Route_3 "New England Route 3") (Milldale\-Farmington), SH 116 (Farmington\-Granby), [NE\-10](/wiki/New_England_Route_10 "New England Route 10") north of Granby | [Route 10](/wiki/Route_10_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 10 (Connecticut)") |  |
| 12 | [NE\-32](/wiki/New_England_Route_32 "New England Route 32") (Groton\-Norwich), [NE\-12](/wiki/New_England_Route_12 "New England Route 12") north of Norwich | [Route 12](/wiki/Route_12_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 12 (Connecticut)") |
| 14 | NE\-3 (Woodbury\-Milldale), SH 111 (Milldale\-Willimantic), SH 141 (Willimantic\-Plainfield), SH 103 (Plainfield\-RI) | [Route 64](/wiki/Route_64_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 64 (Connecticut)"), [Route 322](/wiki/Route_322_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 322 (Connecticut)"), [Route 66](/wiki/Route_66_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 66 (Connecticut)"), [Route 14](/wiki/Route_14_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 14 (Connecticut)") | West of Willimantic was renumbered to US 6A in 1941\. |
| 15 | SH 114 (New Haven\-Durham), SH 112 (Durham\-Middletown), SH 104 (Portland\-Glastonbury), NE\-17 (Glastonbury\-East Hartford), SH 313 (East Hartford\-Talcotville), SH 107 (Talcotville\-Rockville), SH 166 (Rockville\-Stafford Springs), SH 105 (Stafford Springs\-MA) | [Route 17](/wiki/Route_17_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 17 (Connecticut)"), [Route 30](/wiki/Route_30_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 30 (Connecticut)"), [Route 190](/wiki/Route_190_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 190 (Connecticut)") |  |
| 19 | Original alignment of [NE\-32](/wiki/New_England_Route_32 "New England Route 32") in [Stafford](/wiki/Stafford%2C_Connecticut "Stafford, Connecticut") | [Route 19](/wiki/Route_19_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 19 (Connecticut)") |  |
| 20 | SH 133 (Winsted\-Granby), SH 343 (East Granby\-Windsor Locks), SH 105 (Enfield\-Stafford Springs) | [Route 20](/wiki/Route_20_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 20 (Connecticut)"), [Route 190](/wiki/Route_190_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 190 (Connecticut)") |  |
| 25 | SH 122 (Bridgeport\-Newtown), SH 156 (Newtown\-Brookfield), SH 182 (Brookfield\-Bridgewater), SH 125 (Bridgewater\-New Milford), SH 128 (New Milford\-Torrington) | Main Street, [Route 25](/wiki/Route_25_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 25 (Connecticut)"), [Route 133](/wiki/Route_133_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 133 (Connecticut)"), [Route 67](/wiki/Route_67_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 67 (Connecticut)"), [U.S. Route 202](/wiki/U.S._Route_202 "U.S. Route 202") | Upgraded to expressway between Bridgeport and Trumbull. |
| 29 | SH 302 (Darien\-NY) | [Route 124](/wiki/Route_124_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 124 (Connecticut)") |
| 32 | NE\-12 (New London\-Norwich), NE\-32 (Norwich\-Stafford Springs), SH 334 (Stafford Springs\-MA) | [Route 32](/wiki/Route_32_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 32 (Connecticut)") |
| 33 | SH 176 (Westport\-Wilton), SH 304 (Wilton\-Ridgefield), SH 143 (Ridgefield\-NY) | [Route 33](/wiki/Route_33_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 33 (Connecticut)"), [Route 116](/wiki/Route_116_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 116 (Connecticut)") |
| 34 | SH 117 (New Haven\-Newtown) | [Route 34](/wiki/Route_34_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 34 (Connecticut)") |
| 35 | NE\-3 (NY line to US 7 near Ridgefield) | [Route 35](/wiki/Route_35_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 35 (Connecticut)") |
| 37 | SH 136 (Danbury\-Sherman), SH 131 (Sherman to US 7\) | [Route 37](/wiki/Route_37_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 37 (Connecticut)") |
| 39 | SH 194 (New Fairfield\-Sherman), SH 136 (Sherman\-Gaylordsville) | [Route 39](/wiki/Route_39_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 39 (Connecticut)") |
| 41 | NE\-4 (Sharon\-MA) | [Route 41](/wiki/Route_41_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 41 (Connecticut)") |
| 43 | SH 132 (Cornwall\-South Canaan) | [Route 43](/wiki/Route_43_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 43 (Connecticut)"), [Route 63](/wiki/Route_63_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 63 (Connecticut)") |
| 45 | SH 152 (New Preston\-Cornwall Bridge) | [Route 45](/wiki/Route_45_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 45 (Connecticut)") |
| 47 | SH 154 (Woodbury\-New Preston) | [Route 47](/wiki/Route_47_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 47 (Connecticut)") |
| 49 | SH 312 (Torrington\-Norfolk) | [Route 272](/wiki/Route_272_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 272 (Connecticut)") |
| 53 | (Georgetown\-Danbury) | [Route 53](/wiki/Route_53_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 53 (Connecticut)") |
| 55 | (NY line to Gaylordsville) | [Route 55](/wiki/Route_55_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 55 (Connecticut)") |
| 57 | (Westport\-Weston), SH 158 (Weston\-Newtown) | [Route 57](/wiki/Route_57_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 57 (Connecticut)"), Newtown Turnpike |
| 58 | SH 124 (Bridgeport\-Danbury) | [Route 58](/wiki/Route_58_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 58 (Connecticut)"), [Route 302](/wiki/Route_302_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 302 (Connecticut)"), [Route 53](/wiki/Route_53_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 53 (Connecticut)") |
| 59 | SH 306 (Bridgeport\-Monroe) | [Route 59](/wiki/Route_59_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 59 (Connecticut)") |
| 61 | SH 130 (Woodbury\-Goshen) | [Route 61](/wiki/Route_61_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 61 (Connecticut)"), [Route 63](/wiki/Route_63_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 63 (Connecticut)") |
| 63 | SH 120 (Woodbridge\-Naugatuck), SH 341 (Naugatuck to NE\-3\), (NE\-3 to Watertown), (Watertown\-Morris) | [Route 63](/wiki/Route_63_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 63 (Connecticut)") |
| 65 | SH 316 (Bridgeport\-Shelton) | [Route 8](/wiki/Route_8_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 8 (Connecticut)") | Original surface alignment is now an unsigned state road. |
| 67 | SH 120 (New Haven\-Woodbridge), SH 147 (Woodbridge\-Southbury), SH 125 (Southbury\-Bridgewater) | [Route 63](/wiki/Route_63_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 63 (Connecticut)"), [Route 67](/wiki/Route_67_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 67 (Connecticut)") |
| 68 | SH 325 (Naugatuck\-Cheshire) | [Route 68](/wiki/Route_68_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 68 (Connecticut)") |
| 69 | SH 348 (Bethany\-Waterbury) | [Route 69](/wiki/Route_69_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 69 (Connecticut)") | Extended by 1938 along old Route 119/SH 172 (Waterbury\-Bristol). |
| 70 | SH 323 (Waterbury\-Cheshire), SH 325 (Cheshire\-Meriden) | East Main Street, [Route 70](/wiki/Route_70_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 70 (Connecticut)") |
| 71 | SH 113 (New Britain\-Hartford) | [Route 71](/wiki/Route_71_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 71 (Connecticut)"), [Route 173](/wiki/Route_173_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 173 (Connecticut)"), New Britain Avenue | West Hartford\-Hartford became US 6A in 1934\. |
| 72 | SH 346 (Middletown\-Cromwell), SH 319 (Cromwell\-Berlin), SH 162 (Berlin\-New Britain), SH 113 (New Britain\-Plainville) | [Route 3](/wiki/Route_3_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 3 (Connecticut)"), [Route 372](/wiki/Route_372_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 372 (Connecticut)") |
| 73 | SH 339 (Waterbury\-Watertown) | [Route 73](/wiki/Route_73_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 73 (Connecticut)") |
| 74 | SH 107 (Rockville\-Ashford) | [Route 74](/wiki/Route_74_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 74 (Connecticut)") |
| 75 | SH 362 (Windsor\-Suffield), SH 110 (Suffield\-MA line) | [Route 75](/wiki/Route_75_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 75 (Connecticut)") |
| 77 | SH 112 (Durham\-Guilford) | [Route 77](/wiki/Route_77_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 77 (Connecticut)") |
| 79 | SH 190 (Durham\-Madison) | [Route 79](/wiki/Route_79_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 79 (Connecticut)") |
| 80 | SH 135 (New Haven\-North Branford), SH 140 (North Branford\-North Guilford), (North Guilford\-Killingworth), SH 175 (Killingworth\-Deep River) | [Route 80](/wiki/Route_80_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 80 (Connecticut)") |
| 81 | SH 106 (Clinton\-Higganum) | [Route 81](/wiki/Route_81_%28Connecticut%29 "Route 81 (Connecticut)") |


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