Connecticut Route 39

Route 39

Map of Fairfield County in southwestern Connecticut with Route 39 highlighted in red

Route information

Maintained by CTDOT

Length

22.76 mi^[1] (36.63 km)

Existed

1932–present

Major junctions

South end

I-84 / US 6 / US 7 / US 202 / Route 37 / Route 53 in Danbury

North end

Route 55 in Sherman

Location

Country

United States

State

Connecticut

Counties

Fairfield

Highway system

Connecticut State Highway System

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Route 37

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Route 40

Route 39 is a north–south state highway in Connecticut. It is one of the main roads in downtown Danbury. Route 39 begins at the junction of Route 37 and Route 53, near I-84, and runs for 22.76 miles (36.63 km) north through New Fairfield and Sherman, ending at Route 55 in Sherman.

Route description

Route 39 begins at an intersection with Routes 37 and 53 in Danbury and heads north, crossing I-84. It continues through New Fairfield and Sherman, intersecting Route 37 twice, including a brief concurrency in Sherman, before ending at an intersection with Route 55.^[1] It also has a spur to the New York state line (see below) which continues into New York as Putnam County Route 66.

History

Route 39 was established as part of the 1932 state highway renumbering and originally connected Route 37 in New Fairfield and Route 55 in Sherman. The Danbury to New Fairfield portion (Clapboard Ridge Road to Warwick Road) was then known as Route 100. In 1934, Route 39 was extended west from New Fairfield center to the New York state line on the Danbury-New Fairfield town line. At the same time, Route 100 was renumbered to Route 37A. In 1963, Route 37A was deleted and was assigned as a southward extension of Route 39. The former section to the New York line was redesignated as State Road 839.^[2]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Fairfield County.

Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Danbury	0.00	0.00	Route 37 north / Route 53 south – Danbury, Sherman	Southern terminus of Route 37; northern terminus of Route 53
Danbury	0.15	0.24	I-84 / US 7 (US 6 / US 202) – Waterbury, New Milford, Norwalk, Newburgh	Exit 5 on I-84 / US 7
New Fairfield	9.14	14.71	Route 37 – Danbury, Sherman, Pawling
Sherman	17.92	28.84	Route 37 south – New Fairfield, Brewster, NY	Southern terminus of Route 37 concurrency
	18.37	29.56	Route 37 north – New Milford	Northern terminus of Route 37 concurrency
	22.76	36.63	Route 55 – Gaylordsville, Kent, Wingdale, NY
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Connecticut State Highway Log" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
^ "Roads to Get New Numbers". The Bridgeport Post. February 28, 1963. pp. 1, 4. Retrieved April 18, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.