Map of Connecticut Showing the Work Done, Under Construction and Proposed by the State Highway Department
MakerMade by
Connecticut State Highway Department
(American, 1895 - 1969)
Date1916
MediumLithography; black printer's ink on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 3/4 x 9in. (22.2 x 22.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 3/4 x 9in. (22.2 x 22.9cm)
Mount (height x width): 8 3/4 x 9in. (22.2 x 22.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2012.312.55
DescriptionMap of Connecticut, with Massachusetts to the north, Rhode Island to the east, the Long Island Sound to the south, and New York to the west. The state is divided into towns, all of which are labeled, and depicts the state highway system. There are different lines representing completed trunk lines, incomplete trunk lines or those that run through cities, to-be-abandoned trunk lines on the old highway system, and proposed additions to the trunk line system. Many of the roads are marked with a letter and a number, which are explained in the key below.
Label TextIn the 1910s, the number of automobiles in Connecticut was increasing by leaps and bounds and the State Highway Commissions was under great pressure to improve roads and bridges. Roads and bridges that were adequate for horse-drawn vehicles were sometimes unsuitable and unsafe for automobiles. One such road scheduled for replacement in 1916 was the notorious "Windsor Death Trap," described as a narrow, steep, descending grade curved like a "W." Although many of the streets in towns and cities were paved in 1916, many of the roads that ran from town to town were not. This map is somewhat confusing to read because there was, as yet, no system of numbering highways; the current numbering system would not be introduced until 1926.
NotesCartographic Note: No scaleStatus
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