Hello from Connecticut!

[ipeters61]

Hello everybody!

My name is Ian.  I'm finishing my bachelor's degree in Economics right now (just 3 more months!) and hope to get a degree in Urban Planning after that.  Since I was about eight years old, I've had an interest in highways and public transportation, and have been reading the histories and stories of highways since I was about twelve.

I am going to school in Willimantic, Connecticut, but am originally from Northeastern Pennsylvania, later moving to Greater Hartford.  In Willimantic, we don't have much for highways, except for the stub that is the Willimantic Bypass (originally planned for I-84 to Providence).  I try to make little road trips for myself, but I have to go at least 30 minutes to get to some highways I would consider interesting.

I ended up here when I was reading a thread about signage on the New Jersey Turnpike (and how it was affected by the MUTCD), when I should have been studying for one of my finals last year.  I thought that discussion was more interesting than the exam!

[freebrickproductions]

Welcome from Huntsville, AL! You came to the right place to learn about signage in various areas.

[hotdogPi]

Welcome from northeastern Massachusetts!

[Pete from Boston]

Passing continually through Connecticut as a youth sparked my interest in all this nonsense. Your state is a wonderland of a laboratory for the study of the history of highway development.

[kkt]

Welcome from Seattle, Ian!

[SignGeek101]

Welcome from frostbitten Winnipeg!

You're not the only one spending too much time on here when they have studying to do. 

[noelbotevera]

Welcome from frostbitten Winnipeg!

You're not the only one spending too much time on here when they have studying to do. 

Same here. 

Oh yeah, welcome from southcentral Pennsylvania!

[Alex]

You are definitely at the right place for sign and MUTCD discussion, welcome to the board!

[kurumi]

Welcome from California (formerly from Connecticut).

The closest batch of interesting highways (assuming freeways) is prob. the southeast (2, 395, 2A, 95, 32, 349, 184, 78)

[jbnati27]

Welcome from cold and snowy greater Cincinnati!

[KEVIN_224]

This Connecticut resident says hello! In this case, it's southern Hartford County, home to CT routes 9, 71, 71A, 72, 173, 174, 175, 372 and I-84. In other words...New Britain. I have been by way of Willimantic for quite some time now. I used to listen to WILI-FM 98.3 here all the time. My older radio was able to pull them in better. Ah well!

[wolfiefrick]

I've been interested in highways for a while too, but I was more of the design guy than the engineering guy. Anyway, a warm welcome to the AARoads forum from snowy St. Louis, Missouri!

[ModernDayWarrior]

Welcome from southeast Missouri!