(abbreviated '''I-91''') is an ; its northern end is at
Derby Line, Vermont , a village in the town of
Derby , at the
Canadian border, where it continues as
Autoroute 55 . The major cities along its route are New Haven and
Hartford, Connecticut , and
Springfield, Massachusetts .
between
Hartford and
Windsor ]]
Interstate 91 is 290
Mile s (467 km) long and runs nearly straight north and south through the
U.S. State s of
Connecticut (for 58 miles, 93 km),
Massachusetts (for 55 miles, 89 km) and
Vermont (for 177 miles, 285 km). (The
Net Distance as the crow flies is 259 miles (417 km), and the net direction is 9.0 degrees clockwise from north or south, i.e.
Northeast By North or
Southwest By South .)
Bolded cities are officially-designated
Control Cities for signs.
The points along the route appearing in the list below are those where I-91 encounters an intersecting interstate, a city or major town, and/or a state or national border. Major cities are shown in bold-face type, as is the largest population center every 50 miles (80 km) or so, in stretches without major cities.
In the
1970s there were plans to extend I-91 across the
Long Island Sound from
New Haven ,
Connecticut to
Long Island in
New York . The extension would continue south to the southern shore of the island perhaps along the route of the current William Floyd Parkway in central
Suffolk County . It would also provide easier access to
New York City via
Long Island Expressway , as well as the Hamptons via Sunrise Highway (NY-27).
The
They Might Be Giants song "The End of the Tour," the last track off their ''
John Henry '' album, references I-91 in the following lines:
Never to part since the day we met out on Interstate 91
I was bent metal you were a flaming wreck when we kissed at the overpass
- http://www.ihoz.com/I91.html
- http://www.shadyjay.com/NET/listings/interstate/i-91.htm - Exit list and signage
