Map of Connecticut Showing the System of Trunk Line Highways and Connecting State Aid Roads
MakerMade by
Connecticut State Highway Department
(American, 1895 - 1969)
PrintmakerLithographed by
Kellogg & Bulkeley
(American, 1867 - 1990)
MakerMade by
Leslie G. Sumner
(American, 1891 - 1969)
Date1925
MediumLithography; black ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 26 1/4 x 35 3/4in. (66.7 x 90.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 28 x 38in. (71.1 x 96.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2012.312.116
DescriptionMap of Connecticut, from Massachusetts to the north, Rhode Island to the east, the Long Island Sound to the south, and New York to the west. It shows the "trunk line" system of highways, both improved and unimproved, numbered on the map. Also shown are state aid roads.
Label TextConnecticut first began numbering its highways in 1923 and in 1925 the State Highway Department was still in the process of posting signs along state roads. Numbers appeared in black on colored bands painted on roadside utility poles. Few of the route numbers that appear on this map will be familiar to travelers today. A totally new numbering system was introduced in 1932.
NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1/4 inch equals 1 mileStatus
Not on view
Connecticut State Highway Department
1934
Connecticut State Highway Department
1930
Connecticut State Highway Department
1927
Connecticut State Highway Department
1923
Connecticut State Highway Department
1916
