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The Merritt Parkway is the first leg of what later became modern Route 15. Built between 1934 and 1940, the Merritt Parkway runs for 37 miles (60 km) from the New York state line in Greenwich to the Housatonic River in Stratford. It was conceived as a way to alleviate congestion on the Boston Post Road (U.S. Route 1) in Fairfield County. [15]
Tolls were removed from both the Merritt and Wilbur Cross Parkways in 1988. Reflecting its history as a toll road, two pairs of service plazas lie opposite one-another along the parkway where the tolls once stood, in Orange and North Haven. Both have been renovated since 2011, along with six further south on the Merritt Parkway.
The planned called for the creation of interchanges at the Merritt Parkway, Connecticut Route 104, U.S. Route 1, and I-95. [4] The road also might have continued south to a proposed bridge to Long Island (see Long Island Crossing).This plan was never implemented. In 1976, the southern portion of Route 137, south of Bull's Head, was changed.
To Route 15 north (Merritt Parkway) – New Haven: Access via SR 719: 0.83: 1.34: US 7 to I-95 / Route 15 south (Merritt Parkway) – Danbury, New York City: Exit 2 on US 7: 1.00: 1.61: Riverside Avenue (SR 809 south) 2.51: 4.04: Route 15 / Merritt Parkway – New Haven, New York City: Exit 38 on Merritt Parkway: New Canaan: 4.30: 6.92: Route ...
This is a list of bridges of the Merritt Parkway, which is located in Fairfield County, Connecticut.. The 72 original bridges were designed by George L. Dunkelberger. Each bridge has a unique design that represents various 1930s architectural styles, such as Art Deco, Art Moderne, French Renaissance, Gothic, Neoclassicism, and Rustic. 23 of the bridges have been reconstructed in recent years ...
Route 15 north / Merritt Parkway north / Route 108 – Stratford, New Haven: No northbound exit; exit 34 on Merritt Parkway: 5.51– 6.25: 8.87– 10.06: 9 (NB) 10 (SB) 6: Route 15 / Merritt Parkway – New Haven, New York City: Same-directional access only; exit 34 on Merritt Parkway: Shelton: 7.16: 11.52: 11: 7: Huntington Road: No southbound ...
Connecticut's Merritt Parkway received sequential numbers in 1948, continuing the numbers of the Hutchinson River Parkway. The Merritt Parkway's lowest-numbered exit remains exit 27, although the Hutchinson exits were renumbered; traveling towards Connecticut, exit 30 is encountered at the border (also the beginning of Route 15), where the ...
Route 15 / Merritt Parkway – New Haven, New York City: Exit 53 on Merritt Parkway: Shelton: 8.80: 14.16: Route 8 north – Waterbury: Exit 12A on Route 8: 9.17: 14.76: Route 108 south to Route 8 south – Huntington: Northern terminus of Route 108; access to Route 8 via SR 714: 9.23: 14.85: Derby–Shelton Bridge (SR 712 east) to Route 34 ...