List of unused highways in Connecticut

An unused highway may reference a highway or highway ramp that was partially or fully constructed but was unused or later closed. An unused ramp can be referred to as a stub ramp, stub street, stub-out, or simply stub. The following is a list:

Connecticut

Norwalk

• U.S. Route 7 has two sets of ramp stubs. One set is north of Norwalk 19, where U.S. 7 was intended to continue as a freeway north toward Interstate 84. The other set is north of Brookfield 20, where U.S. 7 exits onto U.S. Route 202. These stubs will soon become part of the Brookfield Bypass that is currently under construction and scheduled to open in 2009. Exit numbering on the latter freeway is 11 and 12, reflecting the unbuilt freeway between Norwalk and Danbury.

Rocky Hill

• Interstate 291 had only approximately 3.1 miles constructed based on the original 1959 plan, which is now signed Route 9. The signed portion of I-291 was not in the original plan but was added in December, 1968. The original plan was to only have a western loop around Hartford, from Interstate 91 in Rocky Hill to I-91 in Windsor and be complete in 1972. The southwestern portion was met with strong opposition that cited that the study was not well researched. Before the section was cancelled in March, 1979, a short stub was constructed from I-91 westward towards Route 3, including a flyover from northbound I-91, seen here. The ramp was dismantled in 1999 when I-91 was widened from 3 to 4 lanes, leaving two strips of unused pavement. 21

East Farmington Heights

• Related to the Rocky Hill entry, the junction of Interstate 84 and Route 9 is a four-level stack interchange, only half of which is used. The interchange was originally built for Interstate 291. The northern half was cancelled in the early 1970s due to opposition regarding drinking water resevoirs near the proposed path. The interchange stood wholly unused for over 20 years, until Route 9 was extended in 1992 to use the south-facing part of the interchange. Route 9 ends at I-84, so the north-facing and through ramps remain unused. Viewable at 22. This shows the interchange before it was opened.

Hartford

• Exit 45 for Route 504 on Interstate 84 is incomplete, lacking a ramp for each direction on I-84. The interchange was planned to be a short freeway, named the Cedar Ridge Connector, to the Berlin Turnpike. It has a stub exit 23, wide shoulders 24, and a large median 25.

• Interstate 84 has an incomplete interchange at exit 46. It was to be for the planned Woods River Expressway and would have been designated Route 189. There are four stubs for each direction of the Expressway to and from I-84. 26

West Hartford

• Exit 43 for Route 501 on Interstate 84 has a stub and a wide median near The Intersection of Park Road, as it was originally planned to head farther north as the Trout Brook Connector. 27

Salem

• Route 11 has a stub continuation at its southern end. It is still alive for continuation southward to Interstate 95 at Interstate 395. 28

New Haven

• Route 34 has a mile-long expressway segment, known as the Richard C. Lee highway, after the New Haven mayor who had been instrumental in the project (formerly the Oak Street Connector, where it comes off the interchange with Interstate 91 and Interstate 95. The highway ends abruptly, after only 3 exits, becoming North Frontage Road. The rest of Route 34 continues along surface streets through the city. Opened in May 1960, the plan was to have Route 34 continue as an expressway under the Air Rights Garage (which was specifically built to accommodate the highway) and along the right of way (created by relocating homes and businesses in the area when the highway was in construction from 1955 to 1960), complete with frontage roads, to Derby. Plans also existed to extend the highway to New York state or a shorter route to Route 15/Merritt Parkway existed even through the 1990s, but the project was shelved completely when the Pfizer building was built on the right of way directly past the Garage.. 29 The original plan of Route 34 will never go through, but the city still desires a similar connection. The city is now pushing the state to demolish the existing Route 34 Connector and replace it with a landscaped boulevard with at-grade intersections.

See also

• List of unused highways in the United States
• List of unused highways
• list of ghost towns