Editing Brookfield, Connecticut (section)

===Highways===
[[File:Int84eRoad-Exit7-US7nUS202e (33020993066).jpg|thumb|Exit 7 on [[Interstate 84 in Connecticut|Interstate 84]] (eastbound)]]
[[File:Southville Bridge 057.JPG|thumb|The Southville Bridge, part of [[Connecticut Route 133]]]]
[[Interstate 84 in Connecticut|Interstate 84]] and [[U.S. Route 7 in Connecticut|U.S. Route 7]] are the main highways in Brookfield. From the South, [[U.S. Route 7 in Connecticut|US 7]] and [[U.S. Route 202 in Connecticut|US 202]] jointly exit [[Interstate 84 in Connecticut|Interstate 84]] at Exit 7 near [[Danbury, Connecticut|Danbury]]. To the South, US 7 connects to the [[Merritt Parkway]] and [[Interstate 95 in Connecticut|Interstate 95]] in [[Norwalk, Connecticut|Norwalk]]. US 202 then splits from US 7 at Exit 11, and runs parallel north through town before reconnecting with US 7 near the [[New Milford, CT|New Milford]] border. For many years, US 7 and US 202 ran concurrently through Brookfield but, after decades of discussion and planning, the US 7 Bypass officially opened in November 2009.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Brookfield-Route-7-bypass-is-open-to-traffic-257628.php | title=Brookfield Route 7 bypass is open to traffic | date=November 20, 2009 }}</ref> The [[Governor of Connecticut]] at the time was [[Jodi Rell]] (R), a Brookfield resident.

[[Connecticut Route 133]] connects Brookfield to its eastern neighbor [[Bridgewater, Connecticut|Bridgewater]] over the iconic Southville Bridge, which spans the [[Housatonic River]]. [[Connecticut Route 25]] also connects Brookfield with [[Newtown, Connecticut|Newtown]] and its [[Hawleyville, Connecticut|Hawleyville]] neighborhood to the southeast, passing by [[Interstate 84 in Connecticut|Interstate 84]] and terminating at [[U.S. Route 6 in Connecticut|US 6]].<ref>http://www.ct.gov/ecd/LIB/ecd/20/14/Fairfield%20county%20road%20map.pdf Fairfield County road map</ref> Interstate 84 passes through the southern tip of Brookfield, but is most directly accessible through Exit 9 in Hawleyville.

Brookfield is located along [[U.S. Bicycle Route 7]], which runs from [[Norwalk, Connecticut]], to the border between [[Vermont]] and [[Quebec]].