Connecticut Route 40

Route 40 begins at an interchange with I-91 in North Haven as a continuation of Bailey Road. The I-91 interchange includes an overpass over the Quinnipiac River and railroad tracks. About {{convert|0.3|mi|km}} past the I-91 interchange, the road crosses over another set of railroad tracks, then has an interchange with US 5 and Dixwell Avenue (SR 717). The road then continues through a rock cut where it crosses over the Wilbur Cross Parkway without an interchange about {{convert|0.6|mi|km}} from the US 5 junction. The road soon enters the town of Hamden, where it crosses over the Mill River and closely parallels Route 22 for the rest of its alignment. Route 40 ends at a traffic light with Whitney Avenue (Route 10).

Route 40 in Hamden is also known as the Edward Armeno Memorial Highway, named after a Hamden police officer.

Plans for the Mount Carmel Connector first appeared in Tri-State Transportation Commission's recommendations of 1962. This was not acted upon for several years until the Connecticut Highway Department put up the proposal again in 1967.{{cite web|url=http://www.nycroads.com/roads/CT-40/|title=CT 40 Expressway|work=nycroads.com}} Originally the Mount Carmel Connector was to be part of the freeway relocation of Route 10 to exit 29 of I-84 in Southington. These plans were never implemented, however.{{cite web|url=http://www.nycroads.com/roads/CT-10/|title=CT 10 Expressway (unbuilt)|work=nycroads.com}}

The Mount Carmel Connector was opened in 1972 from I-91 to Dixwell Avenue and State Street (US 5) in North Haven. It was first given an unsigned designation of State Road 724. The freeway was extended north to Whitney Avenue (Route 10) in Hamden in 1976, at which time it was given the designation Route 40. Originally, Route 40 was planned to extend further southeast beyond I-91 to connect with I-95 in Branford.{{cite web|url=http://www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/ct40.html|title=Connecticut Route 40|author=Scott Oglesby|work=kurumi.com}}

{{jcttop|state=CT|old|county=New Haven|length_ref=}}Exit numbers on Route 40 were switched from sequential to mile-based as part of a sign and structural supports replacement project that started in August 2021.{{CTint|old

|location=North Haven

|lspan=3

|old=–

|exit=1B

|mile=0.00

|mspan=2

|road=Bailey Road

|notes=Continuation east}}

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|type=incomplete

|old=–

|exit=1

|mile=none

|road={{Jct|state=CT|I|91|city1=New Haven|city2=Hartford}}

|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance; signed as exits 1A (north) and 1C (south)}}

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|old=1

|exit=1D

|mile=1.15

|road={{Jct|state=CT|US|5|name1=State Street|road|{{jctname|state=CT|SR|717|dir1=west|name1=Dixwell Avenue}}|city1=North Haven|city2=Hamden}}

|notes=Signed as exit 1 westbound}}

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|location=Hamden

|mile=3.08

|old=–

|exit=–

|road={{Jct|state=CT|Route|10|Route|22|dir2=east|city1=Mount Carmel|location2=Cheshire|city3=Hamden}}

|notes=Northern terminus; at-grade intersection; western terminus of Route 22}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110927215816/http://www.ct.gov/dot/LIB/dot/Documents/dpolicy/hwylog/hwylog.pdf Connecticut State Highway Log]
• [http://www.nycroads.com/roads/CT-10/ New York Roads, Connecticut Route 10]
• [http://www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/ct40.html Connecticut Roads, Route 40]
• [http://www.greaternyroads.info/roads/ctstate/ct40 CT 40 (Greater New York Roads)]

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Category:Transportation in New Haven County, Connecticut

Category:Freeways in the United States

Category:North Haven, Connecticut

Category:Hamden, Connecticut