Connecticut - Merritt Parkway

Description: Travel this graceful highway set in natural surroundings. Transportation buffs will especially enjoy this corridor's significant design, which brilliantly integrates the craft of the engineer and the artist. The bridges along the parkway are excellent examples of Art Deco, or Art Moderne, styles of the 1920's and 1930's. Magnificent foliage abounds in both spring and fall.

Time to Allow: Less than one hour

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Reproduced with permission from the National Scenic Byways Online: www.byways.org

"The National Scenic Byways Program recognizes highways that are outstanding examples of our nation's beauty, history, culture, and recreational experience by designating them as All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways. The roads being featured were designated by the Secretary of Transportation from nominations submitted by the states and federal land management agencies. These designations provide a compass for people from all over the world to explore America's treasured open roads."