Flatbush Avenue Connector
State Road 504, also known as the Flatbush Avenue Connector, is a two-lane divided freeway in Connecticut that runs within the city of Hartford. Its southern terminus is an intersection with Flatbush Avenue and the northern terminus is the interchange with I-84/US 6 at exit 45.
Route description
The Flatbush Avenue Connector starts at an intersection with Flatbush Avenue. The roadway runs northward alongside a creek as a two-lane divided freeway. After through wooded suburban surroundings, the single northbound lane merges into eastbound I-84/US 6.History
SR 504 was once planned to be a short freeway to connect with the Berlin Turnpike near the South Meadows Expressway connector. This was once planned as part of the old planned Route 9 freeway. Route 9 was moved westward and Route 189 never made it south from north side of Hartford. In 1963, however, the state proposed the corridor as the Cedar Ridge Connector with no number, leading from its current terminus at I-84 to U.S. 5/Route 15 in Wethersfield. The short freeway planned to include an interchange with a planned but cancelled Route 71 freeway leading to New Britain.Circa 2015, the viaduct carrying the northbound ramp to eastbound I-84 was removed, and a new alignment adjacent to the southbound off ramp from westbound I-84 was built.