Connecticut News

[Duke87]

http://wtnh.com/2014/10/28/truck-catches-fire-on-merritt-parkway/

And this is what cellphone guidance gives truckers! This happened on the Merritt Parkway (CT Route 15) in Greenwich...barely! The driver's trailer, which obviously should never have been on this road, struck the King Street overpass on the state line.

That is one of the lower bridges around and it has trimmed quite a few trucks down to size in its time. NYSDOT has an overheight detector leading up to it northbound and has recently painted "LOW BRIDGE NO TRUCKS" in that area and others on the Hutch. Of course it doesn't make a damn difference since truckers won't see signs they aren't looking for no matter how obvious you try and make them.

[JakeFromNewEngland]

Sorry if this isn't directly road related but,

http://wtnh.com/2014/10/30/new-havens-downtown-crossing-project-unveiled/

What is everyone thoughts on this? I like the idea a lot since it'll bring lots of new growth to New Haven. At the same time however, especially with the removal of CT 34, I have a feeling a significant amount of traffic will still be there. Hopefully when all this construction is done the traffic will be not as bad, but we'll see..

[kurumi]

OMG, the comments on that page

THEY NEED TO KNOCK DOWN THOSE CHURCH STREET SOUTH PROJECTS!!!! ARE THEY???? THOSE PROJECTS ARE TROUBLE!!!!! NOTHING BUT DRUGS AND CRIME AND MORE SCUM!!!

Hey, maybe they could build a freeway there

Well, if 34's never going to happen, then yes, reclaim the prime city land, make it more walkable and appealing. Traffic from Derby/Ansonia area could take CT 10 (possibly upgraded) to I-95 or mumble mumble something to I-91.

[Zeffy]

THEY NEED TO KNOCK DOWN THOSE CHURCH STREET SOUTH PROJECTS!!!! ARE THEY???? THOSE PROJECTS ARE TROUBLE!!!!! NOTHING BUT DRUGS AND CRIME AND MORE SCUM!!!

When exactly have housing projects not produced unsavory elements in cities? No one wants to live in 'the projects',

[Pete from Boston]

THEY NEED TO KNOCK DOWN THOSE CHURCH STREET SOUTH PROJECTS!!!! ARE THEY???? THOSE PROJECTS ARE TROUBLE!!!!! NOTHING BUT DRUGS AND CRIME AND MORE SCUM!!!

When exactly have housing projects not produced unsavory elements in cities? No one wants to live in 'the projects',

Poverty produces unsavory elements.  Housing projects concentrate poor people.  I think it's important to make the distinction that building or removing the building  doesn't create or eliminate the problem. 

[Zeffy]

Poverty produces unsavory elements.  Housing projects concentrate poor people.  I think it's important to make the distinction that building or removing the building  doesn't create or eliminate the problem.

True. However, I feel that newer residents will be less inclined to move in to an area that contains the often dilapidated appearance that housing projects tend to give (not saying that (usually) the immediate area around the projects would look any better...).

[KEVIN_224]

http://wtnh.com/2014/11/20/possible-flaw-in-i-95-moses-wheeler-bridge-puts-project-over-budget-sets-back-completion/.

This is about the I-95 bridge over the Housatonic River, between Stratford and Milford. Looks like the total replacement project has been delayed and may now cost millions more.

[JakeFromNewEngland]

http://wtnh.com/2014/11/20/possible-flaw-in-i-95-moses-wheeler-bridge-puts-project-over-budget-sets-back-completion/.

This is about the I-95 bridge over the Housatonic River, between Stratford and Milford. Looks like the total replacement project has been delayed and may now cost millions more.

I just read about that. It's unbelievable. Living in Milford, traffic can be crazy trying to get across that bridge due to all the construction. Hopefully they can find some kind of alternative to this..

[Alps]

http://wtnh.com/2014/11/20/possible-flaw-in-i-95-moses-wheeler-bridge-puts-project-over-budget-sets-back-completion/.

This is about the I-95 bridge over the Housatonic River, between Stratford and Milford. Looks like the total replacement project has been delayed and may now cost millions more.

I love reading article comments. People are so clueless. This has nothing to do with government or (likely) the contractor, and certainly not the union workers. Design flaws are on the engineers. Then again, I don't want to be blamed if anything I do goes wrong. (:

[MikeTheActuary]

I don't think CT wants to convert anything to mileage-based.  They might have been planning to replace the signs anyways and had the FHWA force their hand.  I recall some sign plans posted here for I-84 that had room to add extra digits in the number.

WTIC-DT news is teasing a feature story for Monday (24 November) morning about a "change coming to Connecticut highways" and "what will be done to avoid confusing drivers".

Considering that the teaser tape featured pictures of exit signs....

[vdeane]

If CT actually does a full conversion, it's gonna make all the remaining sequential states look pretty silly.

[Pete from Boston]

If CT actually does a full conversion, it's gonna make all the remaining sequential states look pretty silly.

Among the readers of AARoads, perhaps.  Among most people who use those roads, not so much.

I would prefer that they don't do this conversion, because I have decades of crisscrossing CT behind me that have burned a pretty good familiarity with those numbers into my head (86-to-84 conversion notwithstanding). 

[Mergingtraffic]

If CT actually does a full conversion, it's gonna make all the remaining sequential states look pretty silly.

Among the readers of AARoads, perhaps.  Among most people who use those roads, not so much.

I would prefer that they don't do this conversion, because I have decades of crisscrossing CT behind me that have burned a pretty good familiarity with those numbers into my head (86-to-84 conversion notwithstanding). 

It's probably the story of the exit signs for I-395. 

[vdeane]

It's probably the story of the exit signs for I-395. 

Hasn't that been talked about for months now?  It's not like it's been a secret outside of AA Roads.

[Alps]

If CT actually does a full conversion, it's gonna make all the remaining sequential states look pretty silly.

Among the readers of AARoads, perhaps.  Among most people who use those roads, not so much.

I would prefer that they don't do this conversion, because I have decades of crisscrossing CT behind me that have burned a pretty good familiarity with those numbers into my head (86-to-84 conversion notwithstanding). 

The whole "I'm familiar with the way it used to be, so don't change it" is what led to Jim Crow. Just sayin'.

[NE2]

It's also what led to using mileage instead of kilometerage for exit numbers. Kilometers are the hepcats of the highways.

[Alps]

It's also what led to using mileage instead of kilometerage for exit numbers. Kilometers are the hepcats of the highways.

The one thing Obamunism didn't fix is the metric system. What kind of liberal deity did we elect?

[NE2]

His recent Overreaching Executive Orderghazi has a hidden provision that allows kilometers to sneak across the border and murder our miles.

[Alps]

His recent Overreaching Executive Orderghazi has a hidden provision that allows kilometers to sneak across the border and murder our miles.

I've noticed dual-language mile and kilometer signs near our borders. Are they to be given amnesty?

[NE2]

Dual-unit signs already have amnesty from St. Raygun of the Eighties.

[Pete from Boston]

If CT actually does a full conversion, it's gonna make all the remaining sequential states look pretty silly.

Among the readers of AARoads, perhaps.  Among most people who use those roads, not so much.

I would prefer that they don't do this conversion, because I have decades of crisscrossing CT behind me that have burned a pretty good familiarity with those numbers into my head (86-to-84 conversion notwithstanding). 

The whole "I'm familiar with the way it used to be, so don't change it" is what led to Jim Crow. Just sayin'.

Sure, and you know who else valued highway efficiency? THE NAZIS!

[NE2]

But Mussolini knew where it was at, convincing his subjects that the trains were on time.

[Pete from Boston]

Mussolini just changed the numbers to make people happy.  Sound familiar?

[cpzilliacus]

I love reading article comments. People are so clueless. This has nothing to do with government or (likely) the contractor, and certainly not the union workers. Design flaws are on the engineers. Then again, I don't want to be blamed if anything I do goes wrong. (:

Agreed.  The level of cluelessness in most comments is, well, rather remarkable. 

I am not qualified to design anything that might possibly be used on a bridge or tunnel, but I know almost infinitely more than most of those commentators. 

[cpzilliacus]

His recent Overreaching Executive Orderghazi has a hidden provision that allows kilometers to sneak across the border and murder our miles.

I've noticed dual-language mile and kilometer signs near our borders. Are they to be given amnesty?

It's a conspiracy I tell you.