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shadyjay:
This link works better:
http://www.newstimes.com/default/article/Route-7-bypass-216243.php
Gonna have to try to head over there and check it out before I go back to Vermont for the winter.
Mergingtraffic:
--- Quote from: shadyjay on November 15, 2009, 05:51:28 PM ---This link works better:
http://www.newstimes.com/default/article/Route-7-bypass-216243.php
Gonna have to try to head over there and check it out before I go back to Vermont for the winter.
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It sure does....too bad the rich folk down in Wilton, Redding & Ridgefield can't open their eyes the way Brookfield did.
Duke87:
--- Quote from: doofy103 on November 15, 2009, 10:24:37 PM ---too bad the rich folk down in Wilton, Redding & Ridgefield can't open their eyes the way Brookfield did.
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In their defense, though, the "Super 7" freeway would not be a bypass of those towns - it would be a freeway through them. And with the surface 7 now mostly widened to four lanes between Danbury and Norwalk, it's less of an issue, anyway.
Although, the "make a right then make a left" business at Grist Mill Road is still a problem. A good freeway ends with a transition into a surface alignment - not a T intersection, especially not one that's up against a solid rock wall.
Scott5114:
--- Quote from: doofy103 on November 05, 2009, 10:31:12 AM ---
--- Quote from: dougtone on November 05, 2009, 04:53:35 AM ---They stopped work due to "loss of character"? That's a new one!
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Yes Doug, a group called the Merritt Conservancy complained that the US-7/CT-15 interchange project was ruining the character of the parkway. The construction actually started in 2005 and they sued to halt the prject. It would've been complete by now.
Currently, the DOT is adding shoulders and clearing away brush via stimulus dollars and the conservancy is complaining about that.
A state trooper I know told me that the state police requested the DOT add new signage for safety such as reflectors, curve signs etc and the conservancy complained about that too!
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Just close the damn thing! Best way to preserve the "character"!
You guys better get out and photograph every last button copy sign on US-7 while you still can!
Mergingtraffic:
US-7 Expressway Extension set to open Thursday! Here is a detailed article from the News Times of Danbury.
http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Route-7-bypass-in-Brookfield-set-to-open-Thursday-253429.php
Here is a photo:
http://www.newstimes.com/news/articleGallery/Route-7-bypass-in-Brookfield-set-to-open-Thursday-253429.php#2
PS, the extension will compliment the new widening that converted US-7 to a 45 mph boulevard where the new expressway terminates on US-7.
Also, the original 1978 signage on US-7 north of Danbury is set to be replaced soon according to the DOT TIP.
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