Connecticut Turnpike
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Route[edit | edit source]
- Route from Providence, Rhode Island to New York City passing through Connecticut. Today known as US Route 1.
- US 1 generally follows the old Boston Post Road and turnpike roads built to replace it. Specifically, the Greenwich Road, chartered in 1792, was the part in Greenwich, and became part of the longer Connecticut Turnpike (New York to Fairfield) in 1806. The New Haven and Milford Turnpike (1802) continued from Milford to New Haven, and the New London and Lyme Turnpike (1807) connected Old Lyme with New London.[1]
Historical Background[edit | edit source]
Chartered in May 1806. Running through the towns of: Fairfield - Southport - Westport - Norwalk - Darien - Stamford - Greenwich - New York (Westchester Turnpike).[2]
Links[edit | edit source]
- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Turnpike_(1806) Connecticut Turnpik
- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Turnpike_(1806) List of Connecticut Turnpike
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Turnpike_(1806)#History Connecticut turnpike histor
- ↑ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_turnpikes_in_Connecticut Turnpikes of Connecticu
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