Business Loop I-84 - Newtown

Business Loop I-84 used to run south from Exits 9 and 10 to the Fairfield County town of Newtown. The route followed Connecticut Route 25 south to its overlap with U.S. 6 on Mt. Pleasant Road and Main Street (old U.S. 202) east to the Newtown business district. Turning left at the famous Newtown flagpole, the business route remained alongside U.S. 6 on Church Hill Road east back to I-84. This information comes from Bob Bailin, who recollected that the business loop was eliminated in the late 1970s after the former U.S. 6 expressway was upgraded to Interstate 84.

Michael Summa however observed an auxiliary sign in each direction of I-84 for Exit 10 displaying Business Spur I-84 with small button copy shields in the 1970s. These were accompanied by wooden reassurance markers posted along U.S. 6 west to Route 25 at Main Street in Newtown. It is possible that the relocation of U.S. 202 away from Newtown may have coincided with the decommissioning of the I-84 business route.