Connecticut Department of Transportation

Connecticut investing $31M in truck parking

The Connecticut Department of Transportation is launching a $31 million project to increase truck parking statewide.

The department will expand truck parking at five locations across the state. The lack of truck parking has been deemed a “national safety concern” by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

The project’s first phase is underway at the Middletown rest area on Interstate 91 northbound. It will have an additional 11 parking spaces, the department said in an announcement about...

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FreightWaves Classics/Infrastructure: Connecticut Turnpike turns 63 (Part 2)

An aerial view of the Connecticut Turnpike shortly after it opened. (Photo: todayincthistory.com)

(To read Part 1 of this article, follow this link.)

Before construction on the Connecticut Turnpike began in 1955, construction had already begun on what would become the non-toll section of I-95 between Waterford and Stonington. This section was originally intended as an improvement to US 1 and opened in 1943 as a 3.6-mile-long, four-lane section of roadway between Waterford and in Groton. Part of it was the Gold Star Memorial Bridge, which was a toll bridge over the Thames River between New...

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