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U.S. Highway 7
Original-style Vermont US 7 shield with embossed features
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United States Highway 7 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 309 miles (497 km) from northern Vermont to Norwalk, Connecticut. Image File history File links US7. ... Download high resolution version (729x775, 99 KB)This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free content hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. ... Download high resolution version (729x775, 99 KB)This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free content hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. ... State nickname: The Green Mountain State Other U.S. States Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Governor Jim Douglas (R) Senators Patrick Leahy (D) Jim Jeffords (I) Official language(s) None Area 24,923 km² (43th)  - Land 23,974 km²  - Water 949 km² (3. ... Embossing is the process of creating a three-dimensional image or design in paper. ... Current U.S. Highway shield The United States Highway System is an integrated system of roads in the United States numbered within a nationwide grid. ... State nickname: The Green Mountain State Other U.S. States Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Governor Jim Douglas (R) Senators Patrick Leahy (D) Jim Jeffords (I) Official language(s) None Area 24,923 km² (43th)  - Land 23,974 km²  - Water 949 km² (3. ... City Motto: The Right Place - The Right Time County Fairfield County, Connecticut Area  - Total  - Water 59. ...

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Termini

As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is just north of Highgate Springs, Vermont at the Canadian border, where it continues as Quebec Provincial Highway 133. Its southern terminus is in Norwalk, Connecticut. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The first European explorer of what is now Quebec was Jacques Cartier, who planted a cross either in the Gaspé in 1534 or at Old Fort Bay on the Lower North Shore and sailed into the St. ... City Motto: The Right Place - The Right Time County Fairfield County, Connecticut Area  - Total  - Water 59. ...


Highway

For most of its distance, US 7 is an undivided 2 lane road. In Norwalk, CT, it begins as an expressway to nearly the Wilton, CT border. There are 3 exits on this short expressway section. Exit 1, just past Interstate 95 (the southern terminus)leads to the Central Norwalk Buisness District and US 1. Exit 2 leads to Connecticut Route 123 which extends from U.S. 1 in Norwalk to the New York State line. It passes through the town of New Canaan. After Exit 2, the expressway reduces to 4 lanes from 6. Exit 3 leads to Connecticut Route 15 South. (known as the Merritt Parkway). This interchange was only half built and only allows to Southbound Route 15 access from the Expressway. To connect to northbound access, one must take local roads from Exit 2. A half mile later, the southern Expressway section ends at Grist Mill Road in Wilton. This section of expressway is only about 4 miles long. City nickname: County Fairfield County, Connecticut Area  - Total  - Water 59. ... Wilton is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut. ... Interstate 95 or (I-95) is an interstate highway that runs 1907 miles (3070 kilometers) north-south along the east coast of the United States. ... United States Highway 1 is a United States highway which parallels the east coast of the United States. ... New Canaan is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Stamford, on the Five Mile River. ... Merritt Parkway in Fairfield County, Connecticut. ...


Near Danbury, another expressway section was built beginning 1 mile south of Interstate 84 near the Danbury Airport. Through Danbury proper, Route 7 is multiplexed with I-84 for about 4 miles. Through this section of Expressway Routes I-84, U.S. 7, U.S 6 and U.S. 202 are co-signed. Route 7 and 202 than leave I-84 and travel on their own expressway for another 5 miles or so to just south of the New Milford, Connecticut Line. On this section there is just one exit, Exit 11 -- Federal Road. The expressway's terminus Exit 12 is for U.S. 202. Route 7 is than cosigned with U.S. 202 until New Milford proper. Recent contruction has made large parts of Route 7 between the terminus of the expressway and New Milford a 4-lane undivided road. The widening project ends at the Intersection and split of CT 67 and U.S. 202. North of this point, Route 7 remains a 2 lane road through the rest of Connecticut and Massachusetts until Lenox, MA. There, a four-lane bypass of Lenox was built in two pieces, and the old US 7 is now MA 7A. US 7 continues on as a four lane road to Pittsfield, where it is then a three lane road, narrowing to two lanes for a short time, then widening to four lanes in downtown Pittsfield. US 7 leaves downtown Pittsfield as a two-lane surface arterial, and continues as a rural highway with occasional three lane stretches for climbing the grades along the Berkshires. MAJOR JUNCTIONS JUNCTION MILEPOST I-81 PA 0 I-380 PA 4 I-86 NY 19 (4) I-87 NY 36 (7) I-684 NY 68 (20) I-691 CT 41 (27) I-91 CT 62 (51&52) I-384 CT 66 (59) I-291 CT 68 (61) I-90... MAJOR JUNCTIONS JUNCTION MILEPOST I-81 PA 0 I-380 PA 4 I-86 NY 19 (4) I-87 NY 36 (7) I-684 NY 68 (20) I-691 CT 41 (27) I-91 CT 62 (51&52) I-384 CT 66 (59) I-291 CT 68 (61) I-90... MAJOR JUNCTIONS JUNCTION MILEPOST California US-395 INY 0. ... United States Highway 202 is a highway stretching from Delaware to Maine, also passing through the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. ... New Milford is a town located in Litchfield County, Connecticut. ...


Like Connecticut, Massachusetts planned a US 7 expressway from the existing bypass in Lenox all the way to Lanesborough. This plan was never initiated, although land takings occured. The highway was ultimately cancelled due to environmental and community opposition, much like in Connecticut.


The road remains a rural 2-lane highway all the way to Bennington, Vermont. North of town, the highway than again returns to expressway status. For 3 miles it is a true expressway with divided carrigeways and multiple lanes. Route 7 than narrows down to what is called a Super 2, a controlled access highway with interchanges, but only 1 travel lane in each direction and it is undivided. There are, however, many strateches with passing lanes. Just north of Manchester, Vermont the expressway ends and the road is either two lane or 4 land undivided uncontrolled road all the way to the Canadian Border. Bennington (town), Vermont Old Bennington, Vermont Bennington County, Vermont North Bennington, Vermont Bennington (CDP), Vermont This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A super-2 is a two-lane freeway-standard road, usually without a median barrier. ... Manchester, Vermont Manchester is a town located in Bennington County, Vermont. ...


States traversed

The highway passes through the following states:

State nickname: The Green Mountain State Other U.S. States Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Governor Jim Douglas (R) Senators Patrick Leahy (D) Jim Jeffords (I) Official language(s) None Area 24,923 km² (43th)  - Land 23,974 km²  - Water 949 km² (3. ... State nickname: Bay State Other U.S. States Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney (R) Senators Edward Kennedy (D) John Kerry (D) Official language(s) English Area 27,360 km² (44th)  - Land 20,317 km²  - Water 7,043 km² (25. ... State nickname: The Constitution State Other U.S. States Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Governor M. Jodi Rell (R) Senators Chris Dodd (D) Joe Lieberman (D) Official language(s) English Area 14,371 km² (48th)  - Land 12,559 km²  - Water 1,809 km² (12. ...

Major towns on the route

Burlington, Vermont Burlington is a city in, and the shire town of, Chittenden County, Vermont. ... Rutland, Vermont Rutland is a town located in Rutland County, Vermont. ... Bennington, Vermont The Bennington Battle Monument. ... Pittsfield is a city located in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. ... City nickname: The Hat City Location in the state of Connecticut County Fairfield County, Connecticut Area  - Total  - Water 114. ... City Motto: The Right Place - The Right Time County Fairfield County, Connecticut Area  - Total  - Water 59. ...

See also

This list of United States Highways is grouped by the 1- or 2-digit parent highway, although in some cases, a 3 digit highway is totally unrelated to its apparent parent. ...

Sources and external links

Primary U.S. Highways
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List of U.S. Highways - Bannered U.S. Highways
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