Middletown Avenue, New Haven Road, Main Street, South Main Street, Hartford Avenue, Marlborough Street, Portland Cobalt Road, Gospel Lane, Glastonbury Turnpike, Glastonbury Expressway
Northbound Views
Middletown Avenue begins at the junction of I-91 and Foxon Boulevard (CT 80) in New Haven and runs north. There is an entrance to I-91 northbound at the first traffic light.
Photos taken September 2007.
Skipping to the north, Madison Road (CT 79) begins on the right at a traffic light.
Photos taken November 2008.
Wallingford Road (CT 68) begins on the left at a traffic light.
Photos taken November 2008.
Middlefield Road (CT 147) begins on the left at a traffic light.
Photos taken November 2024.
Welcome to Middletown! At the town line, CT 17 changes names to become South Main Street.
Photos taken November 2024.
Here, there is a very short expressway section of CT 17 with no name that runs for a few blocks. Exit 21A is for Main Street Extension.
Photos taken November 2024.
The expressway ends at CT 9. Bear right for exit 21B to go south or bear left to go north. CT 17 is multiplexed with CT 9 for a couple of exits here.
Photos taken November 2024.
CT 17 narrows down to a single northbound lane and merges into CT 9 at a stop sign.
Photos taken November 2024.
CT 17 is routed along the CT 9 expressway until exit 16.
CT 17 splits off from CT 9. After one block, there is a traffic light at Main Street (CT 66). Turn left to go west. Turn right to go east and to stay on CT 17.
Photos taken July 2016.
CT 17 is multiplexed with CT 66 across the Arrigoni Bridge to Portland, where it follows Main Street and Marlborough Street.
Skipping a few miles, Glastonbury Turnpike runs north through Portland as a two-lane undivided road.
Photos taken July 2016.
Water Street (CT 160) begins on the left at a traffic light.
Photos taken July 2016.