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Route 11, also known as the ConnDOT Employees Memorial Highway, is a freeway in east-central Connecticut, serving traffic between the Hartford and New London areas (which also use Route 2). Route 11 originally was planned run from Colchester to Waterford. However, only about half of the highway was constructed; one end is in Salem. As a result ...
An unused highway is a highway or highway ramp that was partially or fully constructed, but went unused or was later closed or part of a future expansion. An unused roadway or ramp may often be referred to as an abandoned road , ghost road , highway to nowhere , stub ramp , ghost ramp , ski jump , stub street , stub-out , or simply stub .
Warren Turnpike, Lime Rock Station Road, Lower River Road, abandoned road on the east side of the Housatonic River, U.S. Route 7, Route 45: New London and Lyme Turnpike: May 1807: New London - Waterford - East Lyme - Old Lyme: U.S. Route 1: Woodstock and Thompson Turnpike: May 1808: Woodstock - Thompson
Originally, the road had the unsigned designation of Connecticut Route 1A. Also around this time, exit numbers were posted on the road. In December 1949, a connection to the Wilber Cross Parkway was opened to traffic. [23] In 1955, exit 30, an at-grade intersection with Butternut hollow road that crossed traffic in both directions, was ...
The 14 trunk line routes of the original state highway system of Connecticut. In 1900, the State Highway Department proposed a statewide system of trunk line routes. By 1913, the system consisted of 10 north-south highways and 4 east-west highways, including the lower Boston Post Road. The system covered roughly 1,400 miles (2,300 km).
Route 15 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Connecticut that runs 83.53 miles (134.43 km) from a connection with New York's Hutchinson River Parkway in Greenwich, Connecticut, to its northern terminus intersecting with Interstate 84 (I-84) in East Hartford, Connecticut.
The road connecting Deep River (then known as Saybrook) and Wethersfield along the west bank of the Connecticut River was a toll road known as the Middlesex Turnpike, which operated from 1802 to 1876. Another toll road running from Hartford to the northwest corner of Granby was known as the Granby Turnpike and operated from 1800 to 1854.
Interstate Highways in the U.S. state of Connecticut run a total of 446.33 miles (718.30 km). Connecticut has three primary highways and five auxiliary highways.Most of the highways are maintained by the Connecticut Department of Transportation, with the exception of Interstate 684, which is maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation.