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	The Merritt Parkway
		The Merritt Parkway, a 37-mile stretch of Route 15 in Fairfield County, is known as the Queen of Parkways with good reason: it's the most scenic highway in Connecticut, and recognized as one of the most scenic of its kind in the nation.
		In November 1938, the Parkway was extended to Route 57; and in November 1939, to Huntington Turnpike (near Route 108).
		The Parkway was built in the northern half of a 300-foot right of way, whose primary purpose was to control access to the road; not until 1939 did the state have the legal right to restrict access to a highway, so it created a buffer zone of purchased land.
	www.kurumi.com /roads/ct/merrittpkwy.html (3039 words)

	Merritt Parkway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Merritt Parkway is a limited-access highway in Fairfield County, Connecticut, designated as a National Scenic Byway.
		The Merritt Parkway is one of the oldest parkways in the United States and is acknowledged for the beauty of the forest that it passes through, as well as the architectural design of its overpasses.
		When the parkway was first opened, families flocked to it to picnic in the grassy area in between the eastbound and westbound lanes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Merritt_Parkway (587 words)

	Merritt Parkway Conservancy - About Us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Parkway is named for Congressman Schuyler Merritt, who long represented the southwestern part of Connecticut in the U.S. Congress and who championed the construction of a parkway to parallel U.S. Route 1.
		Significantly, given the Merritt's subsequent development, Norwalk's truck highway was separated from residential development with a 100' buffer strip intended to increase property values along the existing railroad right-of-way.
		Fairfield County's inclusion within the New York metropolitan region was spurred on by the construction of Long Island and Westchester County parkways in the 1 920s: Northern and Southern State and Wantagh in the former, and Bronx River, Sawmill River, Hutchinson River, and Cross-County in the latter.
	merrittparkway.org /history.htm (1918 words)

	RoadNotes - Merritt Parkway
		Merritt Parkway is in southwest Connecticut and travels from the New York state line east to the Housatonic River.
		Merritt Parkway is also known as CT 15, which is a four-lane divided highway suitable for most types of vehicles.
		Connecticut regulations restrict the use of Merritt Parkway to "non-commercial motor vehicles that do not exceed 7,500 pounds, 24 feet in length, eight feet in height, and seven feet six inches in width." The byway runs for 38 miles and is usually open all year.
	www.roadnotes.com /scenicdrives/ct02.htm (329 words)

	The Stamford Historian - Biography of Schyuler Merritt
		Merritt's personality lives through the years because of “little things” as well as important ones, is graphically shown in the words of a Stamford woman now in her seventies.
		Merritt said that during post-war planning it might be that free trade possibly would be established in a gradual way, although he still believed in protecting American interests in every possible way.
		Merritt's activities, perhaps the one closest to his heart and appreciated by many persons, was his long cherished years of service as warden and vestryman at St. John's Episcopal church to which his parents belonged and where they took him in his formative years.
	www.cslib.org /stamford/sh_merritt.htm (1846 words)

	Merritt Parkway Conservancy - About Us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Parkway is named for Congressman Schuyler Merritt, who long represented the southwestern part of Connecticut in the U.S. Congress and who championed the construction of a parkway to parallel U.S. Route 1.
		Significantly, given the Merritt's subsequent development, Norwalk's truck highway was separated from residential development with a 100' buffer strip intended to increase property values along the existing railroad right-of-way.
		Fairfield County's inclusion within the New York metropolitan region was spurred on by the construction of Long Island and Westchester County parkways in the 1 920s: Northern and Southern State and Wantagh in the former, and Bronx River, Sawmill River, Hutchinson River, and Cross-County in the latter.
	www.merrittparkway.org /history.htm (1918 words)

	Merritt Parkway Bridges mainpage
		Technologically, the bridges of the Merritt Parkway are mostly of rigid-frame reinforced-concrete construction.
		Recognizing that the Merritt Parkway might not always be devoted to medium-speed passenger vehicles (the Parkway was designed for 45 miles per hour), Sumner made the bridges strong enough to carry heavily loaded trucks.
		After the completion of the Parkway, work began on extensions to New Haven and Hartford, and the first bridges on what became the Wilbur Cross Parkway were heavily influenced by those of the Merritt.
	www.past-inc.org /historic-bridges/merritt-right.html (637 words)

	Merritt Parkway (CT 15)
		A beautiful parkway is not wholly or primarily a means for quick transit, but it should be constructed so as to add beauty to the landscape, and therefore, help to attract desirable residents and add a desirable element to the population.
		Merritt, however, suggested that the road be called the "Merritt Parkway" to convey a sense of the natural beauty of the proposed route.
		The Merritt Parkway Trail, which is planned to connect with north-south trails along the US 7 and Housatonic Valley corridors, is intended to become part of the East Coast Greenway from Maine to Florida.
	www.nycroads.com /roads/merritt (4553 words)

	Parkway group wants more say on projects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Merritt Parkway preservationists want a law passed this year giving them more clout with the state Department of Transportation.
		The $98 million project would have connected the parkway to Route 7 to and from the east in Norwalk, but it was stopped by a federal judge who ruled last year that the state and Federal Highway Administration did not fully explore alternatives before agreeing on the contested design.
		The Merritt Parkway Advisory Committee meets quarterly and consists of representatives from each of the towns the Merritt passes -- Greenwich, Stamford, New Canaan, Norwalk, Westport, Fairfield, Trumbull and Stratford.
	www.topix.net /content/trb/0567647735227283385736632684443643668111 (793 words)

	Merritt Parkway Conservancy - Guide To the Merritt Parkway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Early Merritt Parkway maps promoted the 1938 road as the "Gateway to New England" and advised travelers of the rules of the road.
		This new guide is designed to enhance the way neighbors, commuters and passing motorists experience the Merritt Parkway, which connects and unifies the people and special places of Southwest Connecticut.
		This map helps drivers and passengers to see things along the Merritt that were previously not noticed and encourages people to venture off the Parkway to explore new places and to see the Merritt in a new way...
	merrittparkway.org /guide.htm (208 words)

	Connecticut: Merritt Parkway (Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots - Library of Congress)
		The Merritt Parkway is of national significance as an outstanding and largely intact example of the early twentieth-century parkways created as an outgrowth of the City Beautiful Movement.
		The Merritt is significant in the history of transportation because it culminated a generation of experiments in combining the talents of engineers, landscape architects, and architects to create parkways that served recreational purposes and gave aesthetic pleasure while providing safe transportation.
		Ironically, just after the defeat of Germany in World War II, American parkway ideals that gave priority to recreational motoring (and had been brought to a widely acknowledged degree of perfection in the recently completed Merritt) succumbed to a demand for high-speed travel over highways in which utilitarian priorities were derived from the German autobahn.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /cocoon/legacies/CT/200002790.html (446 words)

	Merritt Parkway: Greenwich, Connecticut \| Context Sensitive Solutions.org - A CSS support center for the transportation ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The history of the Merritt Parkway is long and very significant to the conduct of this restoration project.
		The 38 mile Merritt Parkway (US Route 15) which runs from the New York State line to just west of New Haven, Connecticut was completely opened in 1940.
		When the redesign process for the parkway began in 1992, the ADT was nearly 40,000 vehicles (no trucks or buses are allowed on the parkway) and the 85% percentile speed was approaching 70 mph.
	www.contextsensitivesolutions.org /content/case_studies/kentucky-merritt (771 words)

	Trumbull Historical Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The first 17.5 miles of the Merritt Parkway were opened to the delight of many in June of 1938.
		The last twenty miles of the parkway were opened incrementally as the sections in Westport, Fairfield, Trumbull, and Stratford were completed and ready to be opened to traffic.
		In the Oronoque section of Stratford on the banks of the Housatonic River, a bridge was needed to connect the Merritt with the future Wilbur Cross and Milford Parkways in New Haven County in the town of Milford.
	www.trumbullhistory.org /merrittpkwy (1404 words)

	Merritt Parkway: Greenwich, Connecticut \| Context Sensitive Solutions.org - A CSS support center for the transportation ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The history of the Merritt Parkway is long and very significant to the conduct of this restoration project.
		It was one of the first parkways in the country and the first limited access highway in Connecticut.
		When the redesign process for the parkway began in 1992, the ADT was nearly 40,000 vehicles (no trucks or buses are allowed on the parkway) and the 85% percentile speed was approaching 70 mph.
	contextsensitivesolutions.org /content/case_studies/kentucky-merritt (780 words)

	Stratford Bard - Merritt Parkway now has museum in Stratford
		At some point, if you use the Merritt Parkway often enough, strange things start happening in your brain - the little hints and architectural details you see built into the bridges you glimpse going past you at 50 to 60 mph start to work their way in there until one day it dawns on you.
		That is, until Merritt Parkway Conservancy boardmembers Robert and Catherine Sbriglio decided to start one inside the lobby of Robert's healthcare company, located in the lobby of an office building at 6580 Main St., which is located on the right side of the Ryder's Landing Shopping Center as you enter the shopping center parking lot.
		There's the state police, who recently exhibited at the museum their photos of the department's early use of radar, there are also the architectural drawings and sketches from a museum in Greenwich that are currently on display, and who knows what could be coming next.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=17451711&BRD=1637&PAG=461&dept_id=9180&rfi=6 (841 words)

	Tour de West Point
		Merritt Parkway North - Exit the Merritt Parkway (Route 15) at Exit 44 (Fairfield - Redding).
		The commuter parking lot is immediately on the left after going under the Merritt Parkway Bridge.
		Wilber Cross Parkway becomes the Merritt Parkway farther south when one crosses the Housatonic River Bridge.
	www.ctvalley.org /westpoint.htm (1176 words)

	Judge rules against parkway construction project - Boston.com
		Parkway preservationists had sued last year, claiming construction would violate federal law by irreversibly damaging the historical character of the parkway, including four historic bridges and landscaping.
		The Merritt Parkway is on the National Register of Historic Places, an official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation.
		The plaintiffs, which included the Merritt Parkway Conservancy, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and other preservation groups, sought an alternate construction plan.
	www.boston.com /news/local/connecticut/articles/2006/04/11/judge_rules_against_parkway_construction_project (227 words)

	Merritt Parkway Snaps
		I came to the Merritt from the US 7 freeway, which only has connections to the "southbound"(actually westbound) Parkway, so I had too get off at JN 38 and turn around.
		The central reservation is rather close on the Merritt, as opposed to the Taconic, where the width is variable.
		The Merritt uses these to indicate services, there is no logo signing(YAY!) On ordinary freeways that I saw, text-based services signs were used.
	mryamamoto.50megs.com /ct-trip-1/merritt-parkway.htm (264 words)

	AN ACT CONCERNING THE MERRITT PARKWAY ADVISORY COMMISSION. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		That the general statutes be amended to require the Department of Transportation to restructure the Merritt Parkway Advisory Commission to be more representative of the individuals and communities residing along the Merritt Parkway route.
		It is proposed that the majority of the members of the Merritt Parkway Advisory Commission shall be designated by members of the General Assembly, municipal officers, or a combination thereof, and one member shall be a member of the Merritt Parkway Conservancy.
		To restructure the Merritt Parkway Advisory Commission to be more representative of the individuals and communities residing along the Merritt Parkway route, and ensure that one member is a member of the Merritt Parkway Conservancy.
	www.cga.ct.gov /2007/TOB/S/2007SB-00272-R00-SB.htm (141 words)

	Merritt Parkway Conservancy - Welcome
		The Merritt Parkway Conservancy and National Trust recently filed suit against the Federal Highway Administration in conjunction with the two new interchanges in Norwalk.
		This new guide is designed to enhance the way neighbors, commuters and passing motorists experience the Merritt Parkway.
		The Merritt Parkway Conservancy is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to revitalize and celebrate the Merritt Parkway by facilitating a flow of private resources and expertise to help enhance the Parkway's landscape, restore its bridges and facilities to historic designs, and educate the public about the roadway's history and special character.
	www.merrittparkway.org (205 words)

	Merritt Parkway - Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Drive the winding Merritt Parkway and see for yourself why it inspires both reverence and devotion among its fans and supporters, many of whom use it daily or live nearby.
		Built in the 1930s to cope with America's new fascination with the automobile, this Byway is enshrined in the hearts of many as an icon of the automobile age and a model of highway planning.
		Traveling the Merritt Parkway is much the same today as when it was built, as much a drive through a park as a trip on a modern highway.
	www.byways.org /browse/byways/2452/overview.html (375 words)

	DOT, Merritt Group Meet to Jump-Start Interchange - Science - RedOrbit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Officials from the state Department of Transportation and Merritt Parkway Conservancy described the meeting as productive and amicable, and they plan to get together again next month to discuss design proposals for the site.
		The two-phase, $98 million project would have connected the parkway to Route 7 to and from the east in Norwalk.
		The first phase was supposed to widen the parkway interchange at Main Avenue and the Glover Avenue bridge.
	www.redorbit.com /news/science/675072/dot_merritt_group_meet_to_jumpstart_interchange/index.html?source=r_science (517 words)

	Merritt Parkway
		The bridges along the Parkway are excellent examples of Art Deco, or Art Moderne, styles of the 1920s and 1930s.
		The Merritt Parkway, one of the only roads listed on the National Register of Historic Places, boasts a...
		Merritt Parkway, a driver's highway, has no points of interest directly on it.
	www.byways.org /browse/byways/2452 (147 words)

	Wilbur Cross Parwkay (CT 15)
		Unlike the more bucolic Merritt Parkway, which continues the route of CT 15 to the southwest, the Wilbur Cross Parkway comes closer to the pre- and early-Interstate era expressways in its design.
		The Wilbur Cross Parkway continues the sequential exit numbering scheme of the Merritt Parkway north to Meriden, where the last numbered exit is EXIT 68 (I-691 and CT 66).
		During the mid-1960's, the northern terminus of the Wilbur Cross Parkway in Meriden was reconfigured to intersect with I-91, I-691 and CT 66.
	www.nycroads.com /roads/wilbur-cross (1971 words)

	Preservation Online: Today's News Archives: Preservationists Sue to Block Merritt Parkway Project
		Two historic bridges like this one on the 37.5-mile-long Merritt Parkway will be destroyed to make way for the interchange.
		The National Trust, the Merritt Parkway Conservancy, the National Trust, the Norwalk Land Trust, the Norwalk Preservation Trust, and the Norwalk River Watershed Association say that the administration broke three laws that protect historic properties from government projects when it approved the interchange.
		Two years ago, the state's department of transportation backed off on its plans to widen the Merritt Parkway, which its namesake, Congressman Schuyler Merritt, said was designed "not for rapid transit but for pleasant transit."
	www.nationaltrust.org /magazine/archives/arc_news_2005/060605.htm (524 words)

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