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Interstate 95 , the main north-south Interstate Highway on the East Coast Of The United States , runs in a general east-west compass direction for 111.57 miles (179.55 km) in Connecticut . The majority of the road, west (south) of the New London area, is part of the Connecticut Turnpike , connecting to the New England Thruway in New York State . I-95 leaves the Turnpike in East Lyme west of New London, and continues east through that city towards Westerly, Rhode Island as the Jewish War Veterans Memorial Highway, while the Turnpike turns north designated Interstate 395 . MAJOR CITIES Bolded cities are officially-designated Control Cities for signs. SPUR ROUTES
DISASTERS In January 1983 , a truck with a brake failure slammed into a line of cars waiting to pay a toll on I-95 in Stratford, Connecticut . Seven people were killed. This accident helped lead to the removal of toll barriers throughout Connecticut , which was completed six years after. On the morning of June 28 , 1983 , a 100 foot (30 m) section of the Mianus River Bridge in Cos Cob collapsed, plunging northbound I-95 traffic into the Mianus River below, killing three. The collapse was blamed on the failure of the steel pins to hold the horizontal beams together and inadequate inspection prior to the collapse. Northbound traffic was diverted on this section of I-95 for 25 days. Southbound traffic was unaffected. On March 26 , 2004 , a bridge on I-95 in Bridgeport, Connecticut was partly melted by the explosion of a Tanker Truck carrying over 11,900 gallons (45,000 L) of Fuel Oil . Repairs were estimated to take at least two weeks, but the highway was opened to northbound traffic in only a few days. Southbound traffic resumed about a week later. HISTORY While most of I-95 was built as the Connecticut Turnpike, the Connecticut Turnpike incorporated several pieces of already-built relocations, some to Freeway standards, of U.S. Route 1 (the Turnpike split from the US 1 relocation in East Lyme , along the Old Lyme-New London section):
Other improvements in the corridor included the New York - Meriden Merritt Parkway / Wilbur Cross Parkway , New Haven-Old Saybrook Route 80 , and Groton-Rhode Island Route 184 , the latter connecting in Rhode Island to Route 3 , a shortcut to Providence . Most of the Turnpike opened January 2 , 1958 , and was designated I-95 south/west of the split with the relocated US 1 by 1959. The rest of I-95 to Rhode Island opened December 12 , 1964 . The Gold Star Bridge was twinned ca. 1975, along with a reconstruction of its approaches, and in 1993 the Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge was widened. The state installed cameras to watch traffic along the highway in the early 1990s. As of 2007, about 100 cameras have been set up and are monitored by state police and the state Department of Transportation. In Fairfield County , local emergency responders (fire departments and ambulance services) that serve the highway in individual towns have asked for direct feeds from the cameras to avoid mistakes. When travelers report an accident, they sometimes tell authorities that it occurred near an exit that is actually not the nearest to the scene, slowing down response time. The traffic feed from the cameras is available on the World Wide Web, but the service can be spotty, according to the Stamford, Connecticut and Norwalk, Connecticut fire chiefs, who said they were hoping that a proposed $40 million upgrade of the camera system, under consideration by the state in 2007, would provide them access.Ginocchio, Mark, "Local leaders want access to DOT cameras", '' The Advocate '' of Stamford, Connecticut , July 15 , 2007 , pp 1, A6 CONSTRUCTION PLANS While the corridor was designated "High Priority Corridor 65" in 2005 , work along Interstate 95 in Connecticut has been ongoing for nearly 15 years. Interstate upgrades
Mass transit upgrades
EXIT LIST SCENIC OVERLOOKS Between Exits 89 and 90 heading eastbound, you will find the Jerome Hoxie Scenic Overlook. This overlooks Mystic Cove. REFERENCES |
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