then reduces to a surface street, merging with Main Street in South Glastonbury. The 95 (formerly O) route of Connecticut Transit (CT Transit) buses runs between downtown Hartford and Glastonbury, usually terminating at the corner of Main Street and Hebron Avenue. The 91 (formerly X) route travels between Wethersfield and the Buckland Hills area in Manchester via the Somerset Square Shopping Center. The 904-Glastonbury Express route conveniently operates into Putnam Bridge, St. Paul's, and St. Augustine's Park & Ride lots. The Rocky Hill–Glastonbury ferry operates between May 1 and October 31. It is the nation's oldest continually operating ferry, dating to 1655. Fees are $5 for a vehicle and $1 for pedestrians and bicyclists. The trip across the Connecticut River takes about four minutes. Notable people Amy Brenneman, actress Bob Backlund, professional wrestler Samuel J. Battle, first black police officer in the NYPD, lived and worked in East Glastonbury in 1899 upon coming north from North Carolina Candace Bushnell, author, journalist and television producer Laura Ingraham, conservative television host Helen Maria Roser, nurse, nursing educator Smiths of Glastonbury, family of five sisters active in 19th century women's suffrage and abolition movements Ocean Vuong, poet, essayist, and novelist. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy under Abraham Lincoln Thomas Welles, governor of Connecticut in 1658 and 1659 References External links Town of Glastonbury official website Glastonbury Chamber of Commerce 1693 establishments in Connecticut Towns in Hartford County, Connecticut Connecticut populated places on the Connecticut River Towns in Connecticut Greater Hartford