Hartford, Connecticut

Transportation

Airports

Bradley International Airport, in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, is twenty minutes north of Hartford and serves Hartford and Springfield.

Related Topics:
Bradley International Airport - Windsor Locks, Connecticut - Springfield

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Other airports serving the Hartford area include:

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• Brainard Airport, in Hartford off of I-91 and close to Wethersfield, serves charter flights and local flights.
• Tweed New Haven Regional Airport, an airport located in New Haven, Connecticut, has two carriers and is looking at attracting a third.
• LaGuardia Airport and JFK Airport, in New York City

Highways

During the 1960s and 1970s, Hartford was something of a poster child for freeway construction, and has several freeways surrounding the downtown area. Still more projects were cancelled, both within the city and the suburbs, due to community opposition.

Related Topics:
1960s - 1970s - Poster child - Freeway

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I-84 runs from Danbury, on the New York border, to Union on the Massachusetts border. I-91 starts in New Haven off of I-95 and continues all the way up into Canada along the Connecticut River. The two highways intersect in downtown Hartford.

Related Topics:
I-84 - Danbury - Union - I-91 - New Haven - I-95 - Connecticut River

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Hartford suffers from notoriously heavy traffic as a result of its suburban population, which is proportionally much larger than that of any other nearby city. As a result, thousands of people clog area highways at the start of the workday. I-84 experiences traffic from Farmington through Hartford and into East Hartford and Manchester during the rush hour. Outside of Hartford, there are delays going westbound east of the Connecticut River and delays going eastbound west of the city, while in Hartford there is traffic in both directions. I-91 has significant delays, usually south of the city in Wethersfield and Rocky Hill and north of the city in Windsor and Bloomfield.

Related Topics:
Farmington - Manchester - Rush hour - Wethersfield - Rocky Hill - Windsor - Bloomfield

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Besides the two major interstates, Route 2 runs from Norwich in the southeastern part of the state up to East Hartford where it then intersects with I-84. There are delays through Glastonbury and East Hartford in the morning hours.

Related Topics:
Norwich - East Hartford - Glastonbury

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Known as the Berlin Turnpike, Route 5 and 15 runs south of the city. Before I-91, the roadway carried people from Hartford to New Haven. Along the Berlin Turnpike is an array of department stores, restaurants, and offices in Berlin, Newington, and Wethersfield. In Wethersfield, it becomes a highway-grade roadway that intersects with I-91 and I-84. Past Berlin, Route 15 becomes the Wilbur Cross Parkway in Meriden, and later, the Merrit Parkway which runs parallel to I-95 to the New York border.

Related Topics:
I-91 - New Haven - Berlin - Newington - Wethersfield - I-84 - Meriden - I-95 - New York

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West of Hartford, Route 44 runs from West Hartford up into the hills of Litchfield County and eventually into New York.

Related Topics:
West Hartford - Litchfield County - New York

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Railroad

Hartford's dependence on the railroad has decreased since the automobile. However, the Hartford train station at One Union Place still operates. Amtrak provides service from Hartford to New Haven, New York, Boston, Providence, and Washington DC. The station is also a major bus station serving numerous bus companies throughout the country as Hartford is a mid way point between the popular New York to Boston route.

Related Topics:
Amtrak - New Haven - New York - Boston - Providence - Washington DC

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Currently there are preliminary plans to create a New Haven-Hartford-Springfield Commuter Rail Line with stations in communities close to I-91.

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Public Transportation

Connecticut Transit is owned by the Connecticut Department of Transportation. CTTRANSIT operates local and commuter bus service within the city and the surrounding area. Taxi service is available from the train station at 1 Union Place or by calling one to any location in the area.

Related Topics:
Connecticut Transit - Connecticut Department of Transportation

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