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The Merritt Parkway (also known locally as " The Merritt ") is a controlled-access parkway in Fairfield County, Connecticut, with a small section at the northern end in New Haven County. Designed for Connecticut's Gold Coast, the parkway is known for its scenic layout, its uniquely styled signage, and the architecturally elaborate overpasses ...
Route 8. Route 8 is a 67.36-mile (108.41 km) state highway in Connecticut that runs north–south from Bridgeport, through Waterbury, all the way to the Massachusetts state line where it continues as Massachusetts Route 8. Most of the highway is a four-lane freeway but the northernmost 8.8 miles (14.2 km) is a two-lane surface road.
The Connecticut Turnpike (officially the Governor John Davis Lodge Turnpike) is a freeway and former toll road in the U.S. state of Connecticut; it is maintained by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT). Spanning approximately 128 miles (206 km) along a generally west–east axis, its roadbed is shared with Interstate 95 (I-95 ...
Route 289 Map of eastern Connecticut with Route 289 highlighted in red Route information Maintained by CTDOT Length 5.13 mi (8.26 km) Existed 1964–present Major junctions South end Route 87 in Lebanon North end Route 32 to Route 66 in Windham Location Country United States State Connecticut Counties New London, Windham Highway system Connecticut State Highway System Interstate US State SSR ...
The Gold Star Memorial Bridge is a pair of steel truss bridges that carry both Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1 across the Thames River between New London, Connecticut and Groton, Connecticut. The bridge is the largest structure in the state, with more than 1,000,000 sq ft (93,000 m 2) of deck area, and the longest bridge in the state at 6,000 ...
The bridge was constructed in 1951 for Route 8. [3] [4] This deck-truss bridge, originally built in 1951 and named in honor of Commodore Isaac Hull who was born in Shelton. [5] The bridge was widened during the 1980s to accommodate increased traffic with the completion of the Route 8 Expressway. This work was completed in 1990.
A 100-foot (30.5 m) section of the bridge's deck on its northbound span collapsed at 1:30 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 28, 1983. Three people were killed and three more were seriously injured when two cars and two tractor-trailers fell with the bridge into the Mianus River 70 feet (21.3 m) below.
Route 322 in Southington: Route 10 in Southington: Clark Street — — SR 510: 2.55: 4.10 US 5 in East Windsor: US 5 in Enfield: Main Street, Depot Hill Road — — SR 511: 0.38: 0.61 Route 10 in Plainville: Route 72 in Plainville: Hooker Street — — SR 513: 0.67: 1.08 Route 75 in Suffield: End state maintenance Bridge Street — — SR ...