The Map Inside: the Connecticut Officials
This exhibit shows how the Connecticut official tourist map has changed since the 1930s. You can start with the introduction or browse year to year.I scanned each map at 150 dpi to keep them consistent and show detail. The scans may appear larger than life (up to 2x) depending on your monitor.
State maps did not include city insets until 1941, so we instead show a double-wide
main map sample of the Old Saybrook area.
Instead of route numbers printed alongside the roads (see
1934 map), the 1938 map uses numbered markers overlaying
the roads, as almost all American maps do today. Otherwise, the map background and the
color inks denoting road classification (trunk line, state aid, improved, and unimproved)
remain the same as in 1934.
Aside from the construction of the Connecticut Turnpike (1958) and the Route 9 expressway
(c. 1965) the highway layout has not changed drastically in this area.
The Map Inside:
Connecticut Officials
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