Route 181 begins as River Road at an intersection with US 44 in southern Barkhamsted. The road heads north into the village of Pleasant Valley, where it briefly overlaps Route 318 across the West Branch Farmington River. Immediately after the river crossing, it intersects with East River Road, an unsigned state highway designated as Special Service Road 482, providing access to Peoples State Forest and leading to the village of Riverton. After 0.6 miles (0.97 km), Route 181 turns northeast to follow Center Hill Road towards the Barkhamsted Reservoir. It continues north parallel to, but not quite along, the west side of the reservoir towards the town of Hartland, passing by Barkhamsted Center along the way. In Hartland, it continues for another 1.9 miles (3.1 km) before ending at an intersection with Route 20 in Hartland center.[1]
A section of Route 181 in Barkhamsted from the southern terminus to the northern end of the overlap with Route 318 is designated as a scenic road.[1]
History
Route 181 was commissioned in 1932, running from Barkhamsted to Granby. It originally went east across a road that has been submerged by the Barkhamsted Reservoir, and continued east of Route 179 along modern Route 219 to Route 20 in Granby. The reservoir was created in 1940, splitting the route into two. As a result, Route 181 was relocated to its current route along the west side of the reservoir, ending at its current terminus at Route 20. The eastern part of the route became SR 721, which was later reassigned in 1960 as an extension Route 219.[2]
connecticut, route, route, rural, state, highway, northern, connecticut, running, from, barkhamsted, hartland, route, 181map, northern, connecticut, with, route, highlighted, redroute, informationmaintained, ctdotlength7, existed1932, presentmajor, junctionsso. Route 181 is a rural state highway in northern Connecticut running from Barkhamsted to Hartland Route 181Map of northern Connecticut with Route 181 highlighted in redRoute informationMaintained by CTDOTLength7 86 mi 1 12 65 km Existed1932 presentMajor junctionsSouth endUS 44 in BarkhamstedNorth endRoute 20 in HartlandLocationCountryUnited StatesStateConnecticutCountiesLitchfield HartfordHighway systemConnecticut State Highway SystemInterstate US State SSR SR Route 179 Route 182 Contents 1 Route description 2 History 3 Junction list 4 References 5 External linksRoute description EditRoute 181 begins as River Road at an intersection with US 44 in southern Barkhamsted The road heads north into the village of Pleasant Valley where it briefly overlaps Route 318 across the West Branch Farmington River Immediately after the river crossing it intersects with East River Road an unsigned state highway designated as Special Service Road 482 providing access to Peoples State Forest and leading to the village of Riverton After 0 6 miles 0 97 km Route 181 turns northeast to follow Center Hill Road towards the Barkhamsted Reservoir It continues north parallel to but not quite along the west side of the reservoir towards the town of Hartland passing by Barkhamsted Center along the way In Hartland it continues for another 1 9 miles 3 1 km before ending at an intersection with Route 20 in Hartland center 1 A section of Route 181 in Barkhamsted from the southern terminus to the northern end of the overlap with Route 318 is designated as a scenic road 1 History EditRoute 181 was commissioned in 1932 running from Barkhamsted to Granby It originally went east across a road that has been submerged by the Barkhamsted Reservoir and continued east of Route 179 along modern Route 219 to Route 20 in Granby The reservoir was created in 1940 splitting the route into two As a result Route 181 was relocated to its current route along the west side of the reservoir ending at its current terminus at Route 20 The eastern part of the route became SR 721 which was later reassigned in 1960 as an extension Route 219 2 Junction list EditCountyLocationmi 1 kmDestinationsNotesLitchfieldBarkhamsted0 000 00 US 44 Winsted Canton1 041 67 Route 318 west WinstedWestern terminus of CT 318 overlap1 161 87East River Road SSR 482 1 782 86 Route 318 east Barkhamsted CenterEastern terminus of CT 318 overlapHartfordHartland7 8412 62 Route 20 Riverton HartlandNorthern terminus of CT 1811 000 mi 1 609 km 1 000 km 0 621 mi Concurrency terminusReferences Edit a b c d Connecticut State Highway Log Archived 2015 09 05 at the Wayback Machine Connecticut Routes Route 181External links EditRoute map KML file edit help Template Attached KML Connecticut Route 181KML is from Wikidata Connecticut portal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Connecticut Route 181 amp oldid 1121169475, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
