In the 1920s, State Highway 130 followed today's Route 63 between Route 4 and Route 64.

The old Route 130, commissioned in 1932, connected the Lake Waramaug area to Bulls Bridge and the New York state line, through the village of Merryall. It served the old Kent Iron Mines and the South Kent School.

It started disappearing from oil company maps in 1940 and 1941, but Route 130 remained in the highway log throughout the 1940s, and even in the 1959 official state map. The 1942, '44 and '47 highway logs list Route 130 as 6.86 miles long, extending from the New York State line to Route 129.

Even in 1963, state documents still showed 0.71 miles of Route 130 under arbitration for proposed state to town transfer. This is probably when Route 130 was decommissioned for good.

The modern Route 130, formerly SR 771 (Fairfield Ave) and SR 769 (Stratford Ave), was commissioned in 1994.

To drive the original Route 130, start at Route 45 in Washington and turn west on Preston Road. Crossing into New Milford, continue on Chernishe Road and Parker Road; veer right on West Meetinghouse Road. As you cross into Kent, the road changes to Camps Flat Road. You'll notice two isolated sections that were maintained by the state (the pavement gets better); these were secret routes SR 820 and SR 821, until the state deleted them in 2000. Then the road becomes Bulls Bridge Road and crosses US 7, taking you to the New York state line.

• Connecticut State Highway Department. Routes and Road Numbers on the State Highway System, Showing Control Numbers and Sections. Dated Jan. 1, 1942, Jan. 1, 1944, and May 1, 1947.

• Route 130 Ends (Photos; Doug Kerr at state-ends.com)
• (For some reason, CT 130 does not show up on Google Maps... sorry, no link)