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Byway: Connecticut - Connecticut State Route 169
Byway Description: Traverse one of the last unspoiled areas in the northeastern United States, with forests, open spaces, rustic farmsteads, and historic structures and features. This 25-town route winds its way through history past Colonial homesteads, churches, stone walls, meeting houses, and private schools as it connects several classic New England towns. You'll see 189 structures built before 1855. Views include maple and pine stands and glacially deposited rocks and boulders that lie strewn throughout fields.
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Junction
Altitude: 184 feet
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Junction of State Route #169 with Interstate Highway #395 near Lisbon, Connecticut. This is where Byway State Route #169 starts its journey and winds through history, passing colonial homesteads, churches, stone walls, meeting houses and private schools, as it connects classic New England towns. This Byway offers views of maple and pine stands and glacially deposited rocks and boulders that lie strewn throughout fields.
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1.0
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Junction
Altitude: 236 feet
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Junction State Route #138, Lisbon, Connecticut, is a town in New London County, Connecticut. Aspinoon Pond, located at Jewett City, is a borough in New London County, Connecticut in the town of Grisworld, Connecticut.
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Kinsman Hill Road
Altitude: 341 feet
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Kinsman Hill Road, Paper Mill Pond,
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3.9
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Pleasant View Cove Road
Altitude: 217 feet
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Pleasant View Cove Road, Aspinook Pond, Connecticut
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13.8
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8.6
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Westminster Road
Altitude: 256 feet
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Westminster Road / Lovell Lane, Canterbury, Connecticut, a town in Windham County, Connecticut. Prudence Crandall House, also known as Elisha Payne House, is a historic house, a National Historic Landmark, in Canterbury, Connecticut. It is now home to the Prudence Crandall Museum.
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18.9
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11.7
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Wauregan Road
Altitude: 203 feet
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Wauregan Road, Wauregan, Connecticut, is a village in Connecticut. Community of West Wauregan, Connecticut.
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14.4
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Uniterain Meetinghouse
Altitude: 184 feet
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Unitarian Meetinghouse is a historic church located in Brooklyn, Connecticut.
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24.3
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Intersection
Altitude: 276 feet
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Intersection United States Highway #6/Hartford Road, Brooklyn, Connecticut, is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, Settled in the 1600s, is the final resting place of Revolutionary War General Israel Putnam. Stetson Corner, Connecticut, East Brooklyn, Connecticut, Quebec, Connecticut,
Broad Street-Davis Park Historic District is an historic district in Killingly, Connecticut. The distric features various architectural styles.
Danielson Main Street Historic District is an historic district in Killingly, Connecticut. Five Mile Pond Reservoir, Danielson Airport, Danielson, Connecticut, South Killingly, Connecticut.
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32.2
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20.0
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State Route #101
Altitude: 318 feet
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State Route #101, Killingly Road, Community of Pomfret Landing, Connecticut, Rogers, Connecticut, Dayville Historic District, is an historic district in Killingly, Connecticut. Killingly Center, Connecticut, Elliottville Lower Mill or "Peep Toad Mill" is an historic mill in East Killingly, Connecticut. Chase Reservoir, Middle Reservoir, Bog Meadow Reservoir, Alvia Chase Reservoir, located close to the Connecticut/Rhode Island stateline.
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20.7
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Junction
Altitude: 351 feet
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Junction United States Highway #44/Averill Road, Pomfret Town House is an historic house on Town House Road in Pomfret, Connecticut. Pomfret, Connecticut, is a town in Windham County, Connecticut. Community of Abingdon, Connecticut, Gwyn Careg, is an historic site in Abington, Connecticut.
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35.5
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22.1
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Pomfret Center
Altitude: 630 feet
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Pomfret Center, Connecticut, a community in Windham County, Connecticut. Pomfret Street Historic District is an historic district, from Bradley Road to Woodstock Road in Pomfret, Connecticut.
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36.8
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Pomfret, Connecticut
Altitude: 597 feet
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Putnam Road, Deerfield Road, Pomfret, Connecticut. Vineyard Valley Golf Club, Putnam, Connecticut, Israel Putnam School is an historic school in Putnam, Connecticut. Flood Urban Renewal Project Dam. Community of Putnam District, Connecticut, in Windham County, Connecticut. Putnam High School is an historic school, in Putnam, Connecticut. The school was built in 1874 and listed in the National Historic Register.
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41.0
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25.5
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State Route #171
Altitude: 407 feet
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State Route #171, Harrisville, Connecticut, Putnam District, Connecticut. Putnam, Connecticut. Israel Putnam School, a historic school located here in Putnam, Connecticut
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41.6
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25.9
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South Woodstock
Altitude: 420 feet
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South Woodstock, Connecticut, a community in Windham County, Connecticut.
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43.2
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26.8
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Woodstock, Connecticut
Altitude: 597 feet
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Woodstock, Connecticut, a community located in Windham County, Connecticut,
Brayton Grist Mill, is an historic grist mill located on United States Highway #44 in Pomfret, Connecticut. The mill was built in 1890 and listed in the National Historic Register. Roseland Land, Woodstock Golf Course and Driving Range,
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30.1
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East Woodstock, Connecticut
Altitude: 400 feet
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Community of East Woodstock, Connecticut.
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48.7
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30.3
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State Route #197
Altitude: 397 feet
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State Route #197, North Woodstock, Connecticut. Capt. Seth Chandler House, is an historic house in East Woodstock, Connecticut. The house was built in 1760 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Quinebaug, Connecticut, is a community in Thompson, a town in Windham County, Connecticut. Blank Pond, Chamberlain Pond lie on the west of State Route #169.
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Stateline
Altitude: 512 feet
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Connecticut/Massachusetts Stateline, This is where Byway Connecticut State Route #169 ends.
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