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shadyjay:
People were apparently up in arms when the CT 8 and CT 25 expressway interchanges were constructed. It built sweeping modern interchanges over the parkway in the 1980s and some of it probably could have been done with loop ramps. Several original bridges in the area were lost, but for some reason they kept the narrow barely-used Housatonic RR overpass vic. Route 25.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2361319,-73.1872471,3a,47.7y,79.97h,84.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxQQFsWKtVDGkqzFM5SJaLw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
That rail line was abandoned not too long after the Merritt opened.
Beeper1:
--- Quote from: The Ghostbuster on March 23, 2023, 12:19:33 PM ---Has the Merritt Parkway changed much since its construction? It seems like the preservationists want to keep it in the 1930s. I know Exit 30 was for an intersection with Butternut Hollow Road, which according to Wikipedia, was closed in 1955. Also, the service areas just had gas stations until recently, and the parkway had tolls until 1988 (originally to finance the construction of the Wilbur Cross Parkway, which wasn't tolled). Also, does anyone know why the Merritt Parkway is missing Exit 32 and Exit 43?
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The Wilbur Cross had tolls once it opened. There was a toll booth in Wallingford, a mile or so north of the East Haven Service Areas. The tolls were removed at the same time as the Merritt tolls.
Alps:
--- Quote from: The Ghostbuster on March 23, 2023, 12:19:33 PM ---Has the Merritt Parkway changed much since its construction? It seems like the preservationists want to keep it in the 1930s. I know Exit 30 was for an intersection with Butternut Hollow Road, which according to Wikipedia, was closed in 1955. Also, the service areas just had gas stations until recently, and the parkway had tolls until 1988 (originally to finance the construction of the Wilbur Cross Parkway, which wasn't tolled). Also, does anyone know why the Merritt Parkway is missing Exit 32 and Exit 43?
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I had to go back to 1949 in Historic Aerials to see Exit 30 open. It was gone by 1960!
jp the roadgeek:
Drove 9 and 72 from Cromwell to Plainville tonight. Looks like US 6 was rerouted through Berlin and demoted, as there was an enhanced CT 6 marker at MP 33 northbound. And they’re starting mileposts on CT 72, as the first mile westbound had them. Also, the final old gantry WB (1/4 mile Exit 3/72 + 84 pull thru) was being removed and a new gantry already up.
abqtraveler:
--- Quote from: Beeper1 on March 23, 2023, 06:49:44 PM ---
--- Quote from: The Ghostbuster on March 23, 2023, 12:19:33 PM ---Has the Merritt Parkway changed much since its construction? It seems like the preservationists want to keep it in the 1930s. I know Exit 30 was for an intersection with Butternut Hollow Road, which according to Wikipedia, was closed in 1955. Also, the service areas just had gas stations until recently, and the parkway had tolls until 1988 (originally to finance the construction of the Wilbur Cross Parkway, which wasn't tolled). Also, does anyone know why the Merritt Parkway is missing Exit 32 and Exit 43?
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The Wilbur Cross had tolls once it opened. There was a toll booth in Wallingford, a mile or so north of the East Haven Service Areas. The tolls were removed at the same time as the Merritt tolls.
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IIRC, there was a toll plaza at the West Rock Tunnel. I don't remember if it was at the east or west end of the tunnel.
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