Connecticut Highway Guide Photos

Highway United States 44

View from highway
Driving West.

Highway United States 44

City of Manchester - Photo, Manchester welcome highway sign
Manchester, Connecticut was the first settled by English colonist in 1672. The metropolitan area is headquarters for major financial services companies (Travelers, Cigna, Aetna, et al). Defense and aerospace industries, led by United Technologies, are prominent among the high technology and skilled industries of the region.

Highway State 169

View from highway roadside turnout
Roadside turnout with historical marker. 'Woodstock - Near this place in 1636, Thomas Hooker and his party may have passed by way of the Connecticut Path, going to settle what is now Hartford. In 1674 John Eliot, Apostle to the Indians, Pastor of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and Major Daniel Gookin visited a peaceful encampment of Wabbaquassets living in the vicinity of present-day Woodstock to preach from nearby Eliot Rock, and sought to establish their church among the natives of these land. King Philip's War broke out, in 1675, during which the Wabbaquassets deserted the area.'

Highway Interstate 84

Connecticut / New York State Line
Welcome to Connecticut! Special Intrest Trails while driving in Connecticut - Connecticut Freedom Trail, Connecticut Impressionist Art Trail, Connecticut Wine Trail, Connecticut Women's Heritage Trail, Fall Foliage Driving Loops, Family Fun Trail,

Highway State 169

View from highway
View from highway driving North.

Highway State 169

View from highway
Driving North.

Highway United States 44

Welcome to Connecticut! - Connecticut highway sign
Special Intrest Trails while driving in Connecticut - Connecticut Freedom Trail, Connecticut Impressionist Art Trail, Connecticut Wine Trail, Connecticut Women's Heritage Trail, Fall Foliage Driving Loops, Family Fun Trail

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