Get to Know Your State Roads In North-Central Connecticut

The latest installment of this informative series on Patch sites in north-central Connecticut, providing facts and figures about some of the state roads which wind through the area, features the main thoroughfare to access the main campus of the University of Connecticut - Route 195, which begins at Route 66 in Willimantic and ends at Route 74 in Tolland.

• Designated: 1932
• Length: 15.91 miles
• Towns: Willimantic, Mansfield, Coventry, Tolland
• Other names: Jackson St. (Willimantic), Storrs Rd. (Mansfield), Tolland Tpk. (Coventry), Merrow Rd. (Tolland)
• Junctions: Willimantic - Rt. 66; Mansfield - U.S. 6, Rt. 89, Rt. 275, U.S. 44, Rt. 320, Rt. 32; Tolland - I-84, Rt. 74
• Landmarks: Alex Caisse Park (Willimantic); East Brook Mall, Spring Hill Inn, Mansfield Fire Department, E.O. Smith High School, University of Connecticut, Mansfield Supply, The Adventure Park At Storrs (Mansfield); Fieldstone Commons, Hicks Memorial Municipal Center & Library, Tolland Town Green (Tolland)

East Brook Mall in Mansfield. (Tim Jensen/Patch Media Corp.)

The main entrance of the University of Connecticut campus in Storrs. (Tim Jensen/Patch Media Corp.)

The Hicks Memorial Municipal Center & Library in Tolland. (Tim Jensen/Patch Media Corp.)

The infamous spot by the Tolland Town Green, where Willimantic apparently lost an "I". (Tim Jensen/Patch Media Corp.)

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Other columns in this series:

• Route 191
• Route 75
• Route 31
• Route 140
• Route 167
• Route 74
• Route 83
• Route 190