Connecticut Route 124

Route 124 is a state highway in southwestern Connecticut running from downtown Darien through the center of New Canaan to the state line in Scotts Corners, New York.

Route 124
Map of Fairfield County in southwestern Connecticut with Route 124 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ConnDOT
Length	9.41 mi[1] (15.14 km)
Existed	1966–present
Major junctions
South end	US 1 in Darien
	Route 15 / Merritt Parkway in New Canaan
North end	Westchester Avenue in Scotts Corners, NY
Location
Counties	Fairfield
Highway system
Routes in Connecticut Interstate U.S. State SSR SR ← Route 123 → Route 125

Route description

Route 124 begins as Mansfield Avenue at an intersection with US 1 in downtown Darien near the Darien train station. It proceeds north for about 2.7 miles (4.3 km) towards New Canaan. In New Canaan, the road becomes South Avenue and soon meets with the Merritt Parkway at Exit 37. After passing by Saxe Middle School, Route 124 enters the town center of New Canaan, where it has a 0.6-mile (0.97 km) overlap with Route 106. After running briefly on Main Street, Route 124 heads out of the town center as Oenoke Ridge. Route 124 runs for another 4.2 miles (6.8 km) in the rural part of New Canaan until the New York state line. Across the state line, the road becomes Westchester Avenue in Pound Ridge, a local road.[1][2] Route 124 is classified as a principal arterial road between US 1 and Route 15 and as a minor arterial road north of Route 15. It carries an average traffic volume of about 7,600 vehicles per day.

History

In the 1920s, the road connecting the town centers of Darien and New Canaan was known as State Highway 302. Another road from Norwalk through New Canaan center and continuing to Pound Ridge in New York was State Highway 184. In the 1932 state highway renumbering, Route 29 was created as a renumbering of old Highway 184.[3] At the same time, Route 123 was created as a renumbering of old Highway 302. Two years later, however, Route 29 south of New Canaan center and Route 123 were swapped and Route 29 now corresponded to the modern Route 124 alignment. At that time, Route 29 continued across the state line as New York Route 137A, which was renumbered to Route 394 by 1947. In 1966, New York State Route 124 was extended southward along old New York Route 394 via an overlap with New York State Route 137. Connecticut renumbered Route 29 to Route 124 to match the number in New York. By 1990, New York shortened its Route 124 to its current southern terminus and the portion corresponding to old New York Route 394 is now a local road.[4]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Fairfield County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Community of Darien	0.00	0.00	US 1 (Post Road) – Norwalk, Stamford
New Canaan	3.09	4.97	Route 15 / Merritt Parkway – New Haven, New York City	Exit 37 on Route 15 / Merritt Parkway
	4.57	7.35	Route 106 south – Stamford	Southern terminus of Route 106 concurrency
	5.19	8.35	Route 106 north (East Avenue)	Northern terminus of Route 106 concurrency
	9.41	15.14	Westchester Avenue	Continuation into New York; to NY 137
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. "Connecticut State Highway Log" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
2. Pound Ridge Digital Raster Quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. New York State Department of Transportation. 1990. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
3. "Road Conditions in Connecticut". The Hartford Daily Courant. July 23, 1932. p. 9. Retrieved December 24, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Connecticut Routes, Route 124