Connecticut Roads - Fairfield West, I-95
Fairfield West service area, I-95
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The old sign hints at the age of things to be found within.
To the right is the US 7 corridor, with the freeway fully laid out from Norwalk to Danbury. The problem with this picture is that only a small piece of it was built, and the rest discarded, almost 20 years ago. Read up on that on my US 7 page, linked at bottom. Clearly though, the wall map in Fairfield West won't help modern-day travelers.
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The proposed CT 72 freeway extension, which would have taken traffic off of Bristol's surface roads.
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CT 9 before it was completed. There are two unbuilt segments, at the top left and bottom. CT 72 followed what is now CT 9 southward to US 5/CT 15, at which point it went southeast on a surface road (bottom center). CT 9 only began at I-91, at the bottom right corner.
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The CT 34 freeway would have continued westward from the current New Haven freeway stub that now just serves as a city access ramp from I-95.
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Before I-291 was complete to I-91, it was only CT 291 across the Connecticut River. The Interstate shield is on a roadway not yet open to traffic (as of the time of the map, of course), and there is no plan for the I-91 connection, which obviously happened eventually. Also note that I-384, which was to have been I-84 to Hartford, does not yet connect with its parent highway either (bottom right).
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The last interesting piece of the map is the proposed CT 11 freeway completion. This early plan took the freeway straight into I-395 north of I-95, but later plans take it right to the junction of those two routes. Visit Steve Anderson's nycroads.com for more information.
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But wait, that's not all! The service area expanded greatly, adding new vendors and giving them a larger, more open space. This left an original tiny McDonalds counter in a corner of the building. Rather than convert it for use as part of the small gift shop, it remains behind large windows as almost a tourist attraction.
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Onto I-95
To Rte 287
To Merritt Pkwy
To US 7
To CT 72
To CT 9
To CT 34
To I-291
To I-384
To CT 11
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