Connecticut Route 25

Route 25 marker
Route 25
Map
Map of Fairfield County in southeastern Connecticut with Route 25 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by CTDOT
Length28.59 mi (46.01 km)
Existed1932[1]–present
Major junctions
South end I-95 in Bridgeport
Major intersections Route 8 in Bridgeport
Route 15 / Merritt Parkway / Route 127 in Trumbull
I-84 in Newtown
North end US 202 in Brookfield
Location
CountryUnited States
StateConnecticut
CountiesFairfield
Highway system
  • Connecticut State Highway System
Route 22 Route 27

Route 25 is a 28.59-mile (46.01 km), primary state highway connecting the city of Bridgeport and the town of Brookfield in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Route 25 is a six-lane freeway from Bridgeport to northern Trumbull and a two-lane surface road the rest of the way to Brookfield.

Route 25 was originally laid out as a toll road known as the Bridgeport and Newtown Turnpike in 1801. The Route 25 designation was assigned in 1932 to the turnpike alignment and additionally extended through New Milford all the way to Torrington. The route was cut back to its modern northern terminus in Brookfield in 1974, with U.S. Route 202 taking over the old alignment. The Bridgeport-Newtown corridor had been planned as an freeway since the 1950s. The modern Route 25 freeway was fully open by 1982.

  1. ^ "Road Conditions in Connecticut". The Hartford Daily Courant. May 27, 1932. p. 14. Retrieved December 24, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon