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US 5
Route information
Existed	1926–present
Location
Major cities	New Haven, Hartford, Springfield, MA
U.S. Highway system

United States Highway 5 is a north-south United States highway. Although the "5" in its route number would suggest a border-to-border route, US 5 only traverses three New England states between Canada and the Atlantic Ocean. The "grand American route" honors went instead to the fabled US 1.

Termini

As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is in Derby Line, Vermont at the Canadian border, where it continues as Provincial Highway 143. Its southern terminus is in New Haven, Connecticut at an intersection with Interstate 91. In fact, the entire route of US 5 closely parallels Interstate 91, whose northern terminus is also Derby Line (where it continues as Quebec Autoroute 55).

States traversed

The highway passes through the following states:

Connecticut

US 5 begins in the town of New Haven (southern terminus). According to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, the US 5 designation officially begins at Exit 5 of Interstate 91 on State Street at the end of the exit ramp. State Street continues south parallel to Interstate 91 ending at Water Street (US 1). This portion is not officially US 5 and is designated as a local road.

US 5 follows State Street north from Interstate 91 Exit 5 and goes through the listed towns as the road indicated in the list below. Access to Interstate 91 is also indicated with exit numbers listed below each town. Junctions with major roads are also listed. US 5 is a 4-lane road (with occasional 2-lane portions) and is classified as a minor arterial road from New Haven to Meriden and as a principal arterial road from Meriden to Enfield. US 5 has a 15.0 mile overlap with CT 15 from Meriden to the Hartford-East Hartford border, with the last 4.0 miles (Wilbur Cross Highway segment) as a freeway. US 5 is 4-lane or 6-lane while multiplexed with CT 15.

• New Haven (0.98 miles): State Street
  • Exit 5, 6
  • Connection to U.S. Highway 1
• Hamden (2.53 miles): State Street
• North Haven (5.75 miles): State Street, Clintonville Road (multiplexed with CT 22), Washington Avenue
  • Exit 10 (via CT 40), 11, 12
• Wallingford (5.81 miles): South Colony Road, North Colony Road, South Broad Street
  • Exit 13
  • Junction with CT 15
• Meriden (5.30 miles): South Broad Street, Broad Street, North Broad Street, North Broad Street (multiplexed with CT 15)
  • Junction with Interstate 691
• Berlin (5.38 miles): Berlin Turnpike (multiplexed with CT 15)
  • Junction with CT 9
• Newington (3.50 miles): Berlin Turnpike (multiplexed with CT 15)
• Wethersfield (3.24 miles): Berlin Turnpike (multiplexed with CT 15), Wilbur Cross Highway (multiplexed with CT 15)
• Hartford (1.82 miles): Wilbur Cross Highway (multiplexed with CT 15)
  • Exit 27, 28, 29
• East Hartford (3.96 miles): Wilbur Cross Highway (multiplexed with CT 15), Main Street, King Street, Ellington Road
  • Junction with Interstate 84/U.S. Highway 6 and U.S. Highway 44
• South Windsor (4.95 miles): John Fitch Boulevard
  • Junction with Interstate 291
• East Windsor (4.92 miles): South Main Street, Prospect Hill Road
  • Exit 44, 45
• Enfield (6.45 miles): King Street, Enfield Street
  • Exit 46, 47, 48, 49

US 5 continues into Massachusetts.

Massachusetts

US 5 stays very close to Interstate 91 in the state following along the Connecticut River. It enters the state at the town of Longmeadow on the east bank of the river going up to Springfield. In Springfield, US 5 then overlaps with Interstate 91 for about 0.5 miles, then separates as its own freeway crossing the Connecticut River on the South End Bridge into Agawam. The freeway portion runs for about 3.3 miles up to West Springfield. From the town of Northampton up to Bernardston, US 5 is multiplexed with MA 10 (for 26 miles). US 5 goes through the following towns listed below. Access to Interstate 91 is indicated below each town where present. Junctions with major roadways are also indicated.

• Longmeadow
• Springfield
  • Interstate 91 (multiplexed for 0.5 miles) (Exit 1, 3)
  • begin freeway section
• Agawam
• West Springfield
  • US 20
  • end freeway section (3.3 miles)
  • Interstate 91 (Exit 13)
  • Interstate 90 (Massachusetts Turnpike)
• Holyoke
  • US 202
• Easthampton
• Northampton
  • Interstate 91 (Exit 18, 20)
• Hatfield
• Whately
  • Interstate 91 (Exit 21, 22, 23, 24)
• Deerfield
• Greenfield
• Bernardston

Related US Routes

• US 5 has no "child" routes. A Packard car newspaper ad appeared in Autumn 1938 showing a Vermont US-105 roadsign, but there is no evidence indicating that Vermont Hwy 105 was previously US-105.
• List of U.S. Highways

Sources and external links

• Endpoints of US highways (used with permission)

v t e United States Numbered Highway System
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 87 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 101 163 400 412 425
Mainline highways Divided routes Special routes
Routes in italics are no longer a part of the system. Highlighted routes are considered main routes of the system.

• United States Highway system
• U.S. Highways in Connecticut
• U.S. Highways in Massachusetts
• U.S. Highways in Vermont