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.
The only "dotted-line" highway on the 1955 map is the extension of the North Meadows
Expressway to Route 75 in Windsor (the 1956 map shows it open to traffic). It might have
been signed US 5A for a short while, but eventually became part of Interstate 91.
The US 5A shown here became state route 159 around 1970.
Shown here is West Rock Park and surroundings in New Haven, site of the only underground highway tunnel in Connecticut. The tunnel graphic looks almost whimsical compared to the optimized, stylized artwork on most modern maps. The West Rock Tunnel, located on the Wilbur Cross Parkway, opened in 1949.
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