NB heading out of Danbury to the end of the third US 7 freeway, which this time has pavement stubs for the extension north of US 202 that never came. This discontinuous piece of freeway was numbered as if the freeway would be completed south to Norwalk, even though the piece south of I-84 (scroll up) was unnumbered or denumbered. First of all, Exit 11 (Federal Road) actually IS for US 202 but that goes unmentioned. Second of all, Exit 11 actually leads to Candlewood Lake Road. Third of all, Exit 12 says TO US 202 (too bad you can't see that), when in fact it again goes directly to US 202. Was 202 on a different set of roads back in the 1970's? Fourth and finally, what no sign mentions is that all US 7 traffic is forced off Exit 12 (graciously widened to two lanes so you can't tell what's going on), and then returns to a US 7/202 duplex (the two routes were together on I-84/US 6).


The southbound beginning of the northern Danbury freeway. I don't understand why the two lanes on the exit ramp (now mainline US 7 SB) have to merge into one just to merge with the two ghost lanes of the southbound unbuilt freeway. Why not restripe the two lanes straight into the freeway mainline?


Southbound signs on the freeway. First of all, why are only the 1 and 3 button copy in that last photo? Second of all, why is the I-84 interchange numbered Exit 13, when Federal Road and US 202 are numbered Exits 11 and 12? I'd have to think I-84 was meant to once be Exit 10, but why number it at all if the rest of the freeway isn't complete to Norwalk?

South to the southern Danbury freeway
North on surface US 7
Back to US 7 main page
US 7/US 202 photos on the US 202 page

Into Massachusetts on US 7
Onto I-84 (and the US 7/I-84 multiplex)
US 7 freeway on Steve Anderson's nycroads.com
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