Connecticut Turnpike

Some wild history gets around. Bill Stanley writes in the Norwich CT Bulletin newspaper this weekend that Connecticut built "the first turnpike." In fact it was one of the later state turnpikes.

It started construction in 1955 and opened in 1958.

A bunch of states built their tollroads or turnpikes earlier:

- Pennsylvania 1940 (160mi), OH-NJ 1954
- Maine Turnpike 1947 (54mi)
- New Hampshire Turnpike 1950 549 words  read more »