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The South Main and Washington Streets Historic District — 68-139 Washington St. and 2-24 South Main St. is a historic district in South Norwalk, Connecticut. The 110-acre (45 ha) district encompasses 35 buildings and two other structures (including the South Norwalk Railroad Bridge).
According to the West Norwalk Association West Norwalk is defined by New Canaan Avenue to the North, West Cedar Street to the South and the town lines of Darien and New Canaan to the West. The eastern boundary is an irregular line generally defined by North Taylor Avenue, Steppingstone Road and Maher Drive.
The Norwalk River Valley Trail (NRVT) is a multi-use trail that is under construction. The plan for the trail is to run from Norwalk, Connecticut, to Danbury, Connecticut, stretching about 38 miles (61 km) passing through Redding, Ridgefield and Wilton. The trail currently consists of a 0.7 miles (1.1 km) section in Norwalk with the trailheads ...
Norwalk, Main and Wall Street, October 16, 1955. Over the weekend of October 14–17, 1955, 12 to 14 inches (300 to 360 mm) of tropical storm rain caused the Norwalk River, along with many other Connecticut rivers, to severely flood. (The statewide destruction prompted President Eisenhower to declare a disaster area in Connecticut.)
The channel of the inner harbor is 10 feet (3.0 m) deep and between 100–200 feet (30–61 m) wide until it terminates at the head of the harbor at the Wall Street bridge in central Norwalk. There is an anchorage area 10 feet (3.0 m) deep and 17 acres (6.9 ha) in area on the east side of the channel in the vicinity of Fitch Point in East Norwalk.
Maintenance of the coastal portion of old Route 136 in Westport and Fairfield was returned to the towns. Additionally, a 1.1-mile (1.8 km) section in the South Norwalk section of Norwalk is still maintained by the city and is one of only two such maintenance gaps in a state highway in Connecticut (the other gap is at Route 83). [4]
South Norwalk, Connecticut; Spring Hill (Norwalk) V. Village Creek (Norwalk, Connecticut) W. Wall Street Historic District (Norwalk, Connecticut) West Norwalk
The Five Mile River Landing area is located in the heart of Norwalk's Rowayton area, in the far southwest of the city, on the eastern bank of the Five Mile River, which separates Norwalk from Darien. The historic district is roughly linear, extending from Witch Lane in the north to a triangular traffic island at Wilson Avenue in the south, and ...