 After overlapping Route 63 for a tenth of a mile, Route 42 continues east on Cheshire Road, intersecting with Route 69 about a mile later.The road then clips the town of Prospect for about 0.4 miles (as Mountain Road) before entering the town of Cheshire.In Cheshire, the road name becomes Bethany Mountain Road as it traverses the ridge separating Prospect/Bethany and Cheshire (part of the Metacomet Ridge).