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Aug. 17, 2008

• Updated history (with map and photo) for CT 65, CT 65A, and CT 68.

Jan. 18, 2008

• I-795 in North Carolina was approved in September 2007. Also made minor updates to I-895.

Dec. 8, 2007

• In Groton, there once existed a CT 319... for only ten days. Read about why this short-lived designation was pulled.
• Added more information for other state routes in the 300s and 400s.
• Added photos from a road trip along National Highway 2 in Uttar Pradesh, India.

August 24, 2007

• There's a bit more to CT 262 history beyond "Created in 1963."
• More information on CT 275, and state route 291.

July 4, 2007

• Updated history for CT 211, CT 213, CT 214, CT 215, CT 216, CT 217, CT 218, and CT 219. Includes a "Route 95 extension", the state trying to give Route 217 away, and a surprising historic site along Route 218.
• A new highest route number: SR 920.

May 12, 2007

• Updated history for CT 195, with a corridor map of a Storrs Bypass proposed in 1970.

• Updated history for CT 190, with a map of some corridor alternatives in 1974.

Apr. 14, 2007

• Updated history for CT 187 and CT 189: floods, bridges, freeway plans, and Jan. 26, 1973, a day that will live in Rt. 189 infamy.

Jan. 2, 2007

• Added history (toll bridge) and recent news (new Route 2A proposal and Route 12 spur) for CT 2A.

Oct. 21, 2006

• More information about CT 156 relocation plans (1960s) and CT 159 designation (former US 5A).

Oct. 6, 2006

• CT 52 : I-290?

Sept. 21, 2006

• A cancelled highway? In Connecticut??? Yes, it's true; Route 117 would have been extended along the Bluff Point Connector.

Sept. 16, 2006

• Small updates to I-385, I-270, I-475, and I-710.

Aug. 29, 2006

• Added renumbering dates and information for CT 85.
• Because I-87 became I-684, CT 87 didn't have to change to CT 287.
• Added the date, but not the reason, of CT 89's switch to CT 289
• Exit numbering history: I-91 almost went to milepost-based numbering in 1974; DOT engineer explains exits 5, 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D on CT 2.

Aug. 19, 2006

• More information, and side-by-side map comparison, for the Jan. 1, 1932 Great Renumbering.

May 27, 2006
Discovered a few things at the ConnDOT library:

• CT 139A in Branford.
• Strange eastern terminus for CT 207.
• Highest route number ever used: maybe it's SR 950, in East Granby.

Feb. 17, 2006

• CT 125 used to be a bit longer.
• Better info and presentation of CT Secret Route List and Small Renumbering.

Jan. 22, 2006

• Updated several pages with AASHTO information: I-165, I-469, I-595 MD, I-526, I-155 IL as I-37, I-440 NC, I-476, I-495 DC, I-172 (check out the first route proposed!) I-280 IL/IA fight, I-174 IL/IA, I-215 NV, I-990, I-326, I-540 NC, I-540 AR, I-485, I-530, I-264 VA, I-785, I-555, I-140 NC, I-265, I-185 SC, I-185 and I-195 NC, I-670 OH.

Oct. 27, 2005

• I-274 is proposed for Winston-Salem, N. C.
• Bill Frist examined I-181 in August, and pronounced it ... part of I-26. (Hey, I stayed away from feeding tubes and blind trusts...)

Oct. 23, 2005

• The I-376 designation will be extended over I-279, US 22/30, and PA 60 to I-76 northwest of Pittsburgh in 2009. To clarify numbering changes to several x76 3di's, I added detailed I-76 history to the x76 page.

June 5, 2005

• New page: Color-coded Route Markers. More information and route marker examples helps this topic graduate from the "Weird Stuff" page.
• In 1957 were two Christmas presents for Hartford roadgeeks: the Founders Bridge and Bissell Bridge both opened, 7 days apart.
• Just for fun: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - comparing new, old and ancient "Hartford's Proposed Freeways" maps.

April 6, 2005

• New page: Long Island Crossings. Overview of several alternatives, none of them ever built, to cross Long Island Sound.

Mar. 26, 2005

• New page for Connecticut Route 2A.
• More historical info for I-175, I-275, and I-375 based on good stuff from Justin's Tampa site.

Feb. 22, 2005

• CSS Makeover of the 3di section, similar to the Sept. '04 makeover of Connecticut Roads.
• Found a stray meeting minute regarding I-386 in New York.
• Date for when I-281 in Syracuse became I-481.
• Even shortly after it opened, Illinois' I-180 was considered not useful.
• More I-67 advocacy as I-96 and I-196 are adjusted in 1963.
• Integrated info from Richard Weingroff's FHWA page about cancelled I-310 in New Orleans.

Jan. 20, 2005

• New page: Devil's Roadgeek Dictionary.

Oct. 31, 2004

• The Seattle-area I-605 has grown into a 200-mile Washington Commerce Corridor plan... though WSDOT has a point when saying the new plan does not resemble the old Seattle outer beltway.

Oct. 24, 2004

• US 1 in Connecticut finally gets the historical treatment it deserves: much more information, some photos, and a few new previously undiscussed US 1A's.

Oct. 11, 2004

• The Metro Hartford Proposed Freeways page, aka Hartford's Cancelled Freeways, has moved from the 3di area to the Connecticut section, with attendant spruce-up and new information. The map has many corrections and cosmetic improvements over the 2000 revision.
• A Louisiana politician wants to extend I-530... 250 miles to Alexandria, La.

Sept. 5, 2004

• Complete makeover of the Connecticut Roads site. Much easier on the eyes, and easier to find your way around. Comments welcomed.

Aug. 18, 2004

• CT 11 has been added to the national fast-track review list! That ought to knock a zero or two off its completion year. I also added some 1950s information regarding the CT 12 freeway, which is now I-395.

Aug. 15, 2004

• Added more 1960s history for CT 4 and CT 10.

Aug. 8, 2004

• New final draft report is released for I-95 improvements in southeastern CT. Recommendations include widening to six lanes, reconfiguring some interchanges.

Aug. 4, 2004

• Planning for the Fayetteville Loop (I-295 in North Carolina) continues.
• I-520 is extended into South Carolina.
• I-564 may be extended westward to I-664 in a Hampton Roads plan.
• New page: Connecticut's Stack interchange, intended for I-84/I-291, now used for I-84 and CT 9
• Starting to phase in graphic images for route markers. Those for modern routes are courtesy of Barry L. Camp; those for historical routes are my own creations. See the CT 200 - 209 page for an example.

June 13, 2004

• The CT 34 is significantly better now. It was pretty weak before. New info includes 1960s plans, the Route 1 Connector, and the Mixmaster revamp proposal.

May 4, 2004
Holy backlog, Batman!

• New page: Connecticut's Arrigoni Bridge between Portland and Middletown, and the 8-lane bridge once proposed to supplement it.
• In 1978, Sherman proposed a two-lane CT 37 bypass.

Mar. 16, 2004

• Dates from the Oregon DOT timeline regarding its 3dis: I-105, I-205, I-305, I-405, and I-505.
• CT 305 could be extended westward to CT 189. Might take 20 years, though.
• More information on long-range plans to downsize the Exit 11 interchange on I-84 for the cancelled CT 25 freeway.
• More information the recent HOV lane extension on on I-84.

Feb. 17, 2004

• North Carolina will propose an I-285 designation sometime in the future.
• Added information for I-840 and I-475 in Tennessee (both officially state routes, though) based on 2003 TDOT/UT studies.
• If I-69 is extended as planned past Evansville, Indiana... what happens to I-164?
• Which will come first: CT 11 or the I-95/ I-276 interchange?

Jan. 20, 2004

• Maine has rearranged I-95, I-295, and I-495... and one of them is now a "secret" interstate.
• Added some photos for I-820 and I-635 in Texas.

Jan. 4, 2004

• New page: roads of Bridgewater, Connecticut. Starring Routes 67 and 133, along with 25, 67A, 199, and 867. I-395, and I-95.

Jan. 2, 2004

• New diagram of proposed interchange between CT 11, I-395, and I-95.
• More details on proposed improvements to CT 8 in Derby.
• More details on I-95 work in Bridgeport.

Dec. 29, 2003

• New page: Connecticut's Wilbur Cross Parkway.

Nov. 27, 2003

• Some background for I-471, which originally was intended to loop back to I-75.
• More of link(485nc) opened in suburban Charlotte, N. C.
• Sweet llama of the Bahamas, I-880 is now six lanes between US 101 and Montague Expressway!
• A span of the new Sikorsky Bridge opened on CT 15 and will carry both directions of traffic until the other span opens.
• A third northbound lane opened on I-95 in Branford. (Sweet llama, etc.)

Nov. 13, 2003

• Added some history for Tennessee's I-140, which might be extended, but not soon. Also some touchups on the I-275 and I-475 pages. Women's college basketball is starting up, and I must have Knoxville on my mind.
• Updated list of Connecticut Scenic Roads.

Nov. 5, 2003

• Some Alabamans favor extending I-565 westward.
• Corrected, precise opening date for I-165.
• The CT Links page has some dead links pruned, as well as a new link to a page of existing and planned roundabouts in the state. (The ConnDOT site was revamped as well; you might want to take a look.)

Oct. 1, 2003

• The 2002 reroute of the Bradley International Airport access road, known as SSR 401, spawned a new secret route: SSR 403.
• I found an opening date for the Kansas Turnpike -- of interest for I-470 and I-335.
• Texas DOT has online designation history for what looks like every numbered highway. I got some good info for I-110, I-345, I-410, I-610, I-635, and I-820. Hey American DOT's: if the Texas site can offer this (and its effort is probably greater than yours will be), how about yours?
• A little more info on plans to extend I-376.
• Many other 3di pages have new or fixed links to the huge, excellent Interstate Guide at AARoads.

Sept. 6, 2003

• $3 million in federal funds will probably be allocated to Route 11; a journey of a thousand miles (or from Salem to I-95) begins with a single step...
• Ferry rates on the CT River went up this month, irking drivers on Route 160 and Route 148.
• I-480 in Omaha won't be extended south after all.
• Added some info for Baton Rouge's I-110.
• After months of delay, more of I-485 opens.
• More info for I-670 in Columbus, which should be completed on Sept. 19.

August 30, 2003

• Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, maker of a well-known potency drug, is building a testing center in the Route 34 right-of-way in New Haven. This will inhibit the proposed extension the Route 34 expressway, leaving the highway shorter than desired, and causing disappointment and frustration in commuters. How ironic is that?
• Added information on routing of US 5 and CT 10 through New Haven circa 1955.
• More small changes to several CT routes (85, 110, 67, 111, and more); and a slightly friendlier interface to the main CT Roads page.

August 18, 2003

• Denver's I-270 extension to US 36 at I-25 is now open in both directions.
• A little more info on the 1950s origins of Springfield's I-291.
• Added AASHO approval dates to the Connecticut Highway Timeline.

August 11, 2003

• The I-26 extension into Tennessee opened August 5. I-181 is shorter than before; and even though AASHTO has no record of this, TDOT is still said to be planning a number switch to I-126.

August 2, 2003

• More condemnation of Cincy's I-275 as a bad bypass route for I-75 traffic.
• Miami intends to tear down its elevated I-395 and replace it with a below-ground freeway.
• St. Louis's early I-144 numbering included.
• Clarified the truncation of I-440 in Raleigh.
• Added photo of CA 163 interchange on I-805.

July 26, 2003
Where does the time go. Anyway, here are a couple of tidbits:

• More specific plans for fixing Route 9 in Middletown are presented.
• More evidence that a Route 32 expressway was low priority indeed.

June 21, 2003

• More historical info for Iowa's I-235, Indiana's I-469, and Arkansas's I-630.
• Louisiana is thinking of stitching I-310 and I-510 with a new freeway... echoes of its cancelled I-410 plan.
• Maine is looking at improving access from I-395 to ME 9. It could be an extension of I-395... or it could be a multi-modal traffic-calmed greenway transit hub. There's a link to an MDOT project site.

June 3, 2003

• Cosmetic makeover of the 3di section. New appearance, but same organization; and hopefully easier to navigate and read.
• North Carolina is requesting two new 3di's: I-185 and I-195.
• Updated information for Georgia's I-520, which might soon be "Georgia's and South Carolina's."
• Another preliminary numbering: I-177 in Cleveland.
• Now there's more than one line of information about I-680 in Youngstown.
• And if California's I-238 offends you, then do not look at these.

May 27, 2003

• Continuing to digest some of the early FHWA/AASHO numbering information unearthed by Stephen Summers. This time, the Empire State sees many updates, including the x78's, x81's, and x87's.
• Is there a Utah Highway Ends page? If so, you're welcome to grab UT 14 at US 89, a new photo on the main roads page.

May 8, 2003

• Updated widening info and a pic for California's I-205.
• CT 135 won't be widened after all.

April 26, 2003
Fellow roadgeek Stephen Summers unearthed some good information from FHWA and AASHTO. The fallout:

• Clarifications for I-165 vs. I-210 in Alabama; I-225, I-425, I-270 and I-470 in Denver; I-295 and I-895 in Providence; I-894 vs. I-394 in Minneapolis; I-410, I-510, and I-710 in Arizona
• Two unconventional interstate numbers originally proposed for I-295 and I-695 in the nation's capital
• Two "new" but discarded 3di numbers: I-274 and I-364.
• ... and yes, I-82 was really an original proposal for the Hartford to Providence link approved in 1968. If Connecticut had kept I-82, there would have been no need for I-86.

April 9, 2003

• More information about I-675 in Ohio.
• Part of I-181 in Tennessee will become I-26 when North Carolina's part is ready. But there's disagreement on what I-181 north of I-81 should be called.
• Scan of covered bridge on CT 128 from the 1974 state map. (I'll snap a real picture the next time I'm out there.)
• A Seymour developer wants to extend CT 313.
• New photo on the Roads page: JCT Rte. 146 in Las Vegas, with an I-215 marker close by.

April 5, 2003

• Three down, 166 to go: New page and map for the roads of Newington, Conn..

Mar. 15, 2003

• New scans of Connecticut's 1971 official highway map. In the 1972 entry, I replaced bad old GIF scans with better JPG scans.
• Evidence of CT 17 on Main Street in East Hartford, as "Tom" would say. Scroll down to "Drive it".

Mar. 12, 2003

• The Roads page (no, I haven't been there either in a while) will have a new road photo each month. For March: the western terminus of CA 92 in Half Moon Bay, California.
• Revamped the 3di primer page with a new sample map.
• Sometimes the best online information about a highway can be found at a diligent opposition site. Such is the case for StoptheCirc.com, who want Vermont to stop expanding VT 289.
• The Brookfield Bypass portion of US 7 is postponed for fiscal reasons. Sorry.

Feb. 24, 2003

• $1 million in federal funding is secured for the CT 11 greenway.
• Yes, CT 80 will be widened near CT 139 in Branford; it was delayed until about June 2003.
• After Maine is done renumbering highways and exits in 2004, I-295 will be 51 miles long, and I-495 will nearly disappear.
• Tired of that horrible traffic on Arkansas route 226? Hang in there: the Jonesboro C of C is proposing an I-730 there.
• Two photos about Mission Boulevard, the Fremont, Calif. street connecting I-680 and I-880.

Feb. 22, 2003

• Clarified historical routing of CT 75.
• A Greenwich assemblywoman proposes tolls at casino exits, including CT 214.
• Interchange redesign is proposed at I-395 and CT 82 in Norwich.
• Update on I-840 (currently state route 840) in Tennessee.
• A 4.5-mile tunnel is proposed for the I-710 extension.
• All 3di pages have mileages from October 2002. Newly updated pages will have crosslinks to similar 3dis (same status, or role, or geographical area).

Feb. 3, 2003

• Arkansas opened part of its planned Northbelt Freeway, but it's called state route 440 instead of I-440.
• A 1970s lawsuit halted construction of New Orleans' Interstate 610 temporarily. Added some 1950s/60s planning history as well.

Jan. 24, 2003

• More info and a 1970s planning map for Interstate 515.
• Updated information for the Interstate 530 extension.
• Starting to update the 3di pages with October 2002 mileages from the FHWA.
• Scan and discussion of Connecticut's 2002 highway map.

Jan. 19, 2003

• Regional planners in eastern Connecticut propose studying a Route 11-type parkway/greenway to extend US 6 to I-395... or even to Providence... shades of the old I-84 plan.
• Major rewrite and more info for I-291. Construction actually started in Rocky Hill before a lawsuit halted it.
• More info on 1967 expressway plans involving upgrades for CT 17, CT 20, CT 83, and CT 159.

Jan. 9, 2003

• Clarified circa-1940 changes in CT 175 and CT 176.
• Clarified 1920s and 1930s oddness regarding CT 131 and CT 197.
• As State-ends.com moves its Connecticut pages to the new format, Kurumi.com will link to them from the matching Connecticut Roads pages. Example: CT 309

Jan. 5, 2003

• New page: the cancelled Ring Road in New Haven, CT.
• Minor updates to the I-495 page, spurred by a new link to Scott Kozel's Capital Beltway page.
• A few more specific projected opening dates for I-485 this year.

Dec. 28, 2002

• Okay, so the 1998 federal highway log listed I-395 in Baltimore as the shortest signed interstate, at 0.72 miles. But the 1999 log has I-395 at 1.98 miles; the criteria for what consitutes part of I-395 mileage had changed. This happened for other routes as well, so there's some turmoil in the Short and Long 3di page.
• The CT 9 page gets a new photo, some more opening date info, and a reorganization: hopefully a nicer read now.
• Fixed a number of minor HTML errors.

Dec. 21, 2002
"But I only read kurumi.com for the articles..."

When nobody's looking, you can check out some photos added to several Connecticut route pages.

• Spiffy photo of I-91 at I-84, with six parallel roadways and ramps
• CT 73: another pic from the famous Jim K. Georges Route 8 photo shoot
• CT 97 on a sunny afternoon in Hampton, Conn.
• CT 244: a newer route, born in 1988, but under consideration for scenic road status
• Also: more information on proposed upgrades for CT 99
• Interstate 530 in Arkansas is proposed to extend southward to future I-69
• More info regarding Interstate 759 extension

Dec. 6, 2002

• Connecticut's Transportation Strategy board has brought widening the Merritt Parkway back on the table. I'd rather widen I-95, but land there is more expensive. (I've also separated the Merritt Parkway information from the CT 15 page.)

Dec. 3, 2002

• New page: Bulkeley Bridge. Its namesake is actually in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
• More information on the cancelled I-197 and I-297 near Annapolis, thanks to Stephen Summer's scans of some early 1980s documents.
• Another segment of future I-210 opens in Southern California. My 210 page is slightly reorganized.
• Added information and a familiar photo for CT 22.
• Improved US 6 and US 202 pages: more definite dates and so on.

Nov. 9, 2002

• Diagram of the 1959 plan for Hartford's Bushnell Park Connector (proposed Interstate 484, now cancelled).

Nov. 3, 2002

• More history of New Haven's cancelled East Rock Connector.
• More info on the Woods River Expressway and the Farmington Avenue Connector.
• More info on West Hartford's Trout Brook Connector, aka SR 501.
• A Connecticut jughandle is at risk, after SSR 401 was rerouted near Bradley Airport.
• If US 1 in Norwalk goes north, then Route 53 must go east.
• Any of you older guys play Route 16 in the arcades?
• Little Rock's I-440 extension is part of a planned Northbelt Freeway, which might go all the way to I-40/I-430.
• More information on Nevada I-580 numbering, thanks to reader contributions.

Oct. 23, 2002

• New page for CT 80 with a nifty 80/22 photo.
• New page for Willimantic's Frog Bridge.

Oct. 15, 2002

• CT 32 and CT 82 get their own pages. The CT 82 page has a new photo of the East Haddam Bridge.

Oct. 5, 2002

• New page: Founders Bridge, with photos.
• A little more info for the Silver Sands connector plan, SSR 452.
• Designation date and revamped info for CT 52, and I-395.
• The Flatbush Avenue connector (SR 504) was part of a planned "Cedar Ridge Connector" highway, linking I-84, CT 15, and a planned CT 71 freeway.
• Opening date and cost (to the penny!) for I-84 exit 29, aka SR 597.
• More information on the cancelled CT 10 expressway in Hamden and Cheshire.
• Opening dates for many segments of CT 2.
• CT 42 was briefly called SR 738 after it was added to the state system.
• Now we know when Cheshire's CT 10A was cancelled.
• Dan Pagliaro has a neat "Lost Roads" page for CT 113.
• Dave Letterman wants his name on I-465.

Oct. 2, 2002

• Opening date and more info for Idaho's I-184.
• New I-140 approved for Outer Loop at Wilmington, N. C.
• Gradually slipstreaming in updates from the 1999 federal interstate highway log.

August 27, 2002

• Welcome to a new Connecticut road site: Owen M's Nutmeg Roads. Much of it is Coming Soon, but there's some good stuff already.
• Raleigh's I-440 will lose the Inner/Outer signing and I-40 overlap to become a conventional east-west road.
• Pennsylvania's I-276 was shortened in the early 1980s.
• Remember two years ago, when AASHTO granted an interim 3di designation for US 90? Don't feel bad if you didn't; apparently, neither have they.
• Rewrites, some 1971 plan info, and its own page for CT 25.

August 21, 2002

• Refactored Charlotte's I-485 entry; some additional opening dates.
• More info on I-520 extension.
• So I-895 might have gone to Fall River, after all.
• I think I did something more with I-540, but I can't remember what. It's taking valuable time away from my I-865 research.
• The rest of I-205 in California will be widened to 6 lanes.
• More ideas floated for Washington's I-605.

August 18, 2002

• More routing info for CT 100 and correction for CT 142 in East Haven.
• I-540 in North Carolina opens a new segment.
• I-670 in Ohio opened a new segment in June.
• I-880 page gets a few updates in the interchange area.
• SimCity 4 has much nicer interchanges.

August 11, 2002

• US 7 widening in New Milford is back on track; should start within a month!
• CT 14A gets a major renovation in Plainfield. It'll still be two lanes, but otherwise, you won't recognize it.
• The second Connecticut town (out of 169) profiled: East Hartford, home of the Connecticut football Huskies in 2003.
• The "Orange Route" was selected for I-475 near Knoxville. But what's that green corridor extending southeast toward I-40?
• Will I-481 carry a rerouted I-81 around Syracuse?
• More info on I-687, courtesy of some Albany roadgeeks.

July 23, 2002

• New page: Connecticut Route 349, the Clarence B. Sharp Highway.

July 14, 2002

• Proposed I-140 extension in Tennessee meets lawsuit.
• Could I-345 be signed soon?
• Delawarians mostly favor moving I-95 to I-495... but a powerful businessman does not.
• Another idea for extending I-376, this time to Pittsburgh Airport...
• ... possibly to meet proposed I-576, if it becomes an interstate.
• Clarified information on I-985.

June 30, 2002

• Added some 1978 information for several Connecticut routes: CT 33 (overlapped with 35); CT 63 (old alignment in Bethany); CT 71A (used to connect to 71 in New Britain); CT 127 (was even shorter and less important than today).
• Improved Route 2A page, including why the Route 32 interchange was only half-built when it opened.
• List of over 9,400 miles of pending state requests for Interstate system additions in 1970. Includes some valiant but disappointing scan efforts from bad original maps.

June 15, 2002
In a nod to the Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings (and Stephen Summers' 1958 Michigan Interstate Numbering news), today's updates are from the Mitten State.

• I-696 was to be called I-98; and was one of America's most controversial highways in 1970.
• I-196 was to be called I-67; and has moved twice since Michigan's 1958 plan.
• I-275 (": I-73?"), I-475, and I-675 are also discussed.

June 7, 2002

• New page: the Charter Oak Bridge near Hartford.
• CT 89 might be realigned near I-84 within the decade.
• CT 195 probably needs more four-laning, but won't get it.
• Some traffic issues afflict modest CT 203.
• Improved Interstate 91 page.
• Discovered a good outside site: Connecticut's Historic Highway Bridges. Go see it.

May 29, 2002

• Both Indiana and Kentucky have an Interstate 265 near Louisville. I had considered them pieces of the same 3di, but the FHWA considers them distinct. Until/if a bridge is built connecting them, so will I.
• For similar reasons, Maryland's two I-595s (one cancelled, one unsigned) are now separate 3di's. I probably should split up I-310 in Louisiana as well.
• If Asheville's I-240 improvements don't go through, the I-26 numbering extension could be disallowed.
• Sorry, no flyover in the works from I-580 WB to I-680 SB in Pleasanton, even though that's where the bottleneck is now.
• Updated info for I-355: more bearish on the southern extension.
• Updated info for I-580 in Nevada, with a good outside link.
• Revamped the x81 page: rewrote some copy, added some worthwhile outside links, etc.
• Restructured the Shortest and longest 3di's for easier reading.
• Updated 3di table, which still proudly includes Interstate 865.
• CT 42 was realigned and made safer in Beacon Falls in 1999.
• The new CT 34 bridge at Stevenson Dam has been delayed, but is still planned.
• While we wait for CT 11, the state plans safety and capacity improvements to CT 85.
• Added breadcrumb-style navigation links to the newer Connecticut pages.

May 3, 2002

• Improved 3di table listing all 3-digit interstates and grouping by state, parent 2di, status, and so on. It is now automatically generated by scanning the 3di pages, so it's much more accurate. A new by-state listing has convenient links to all 3di's for each state. (Includes Interstate 865.)
• Upgrades mulled for the built part of Interstate 710.

April 25, 2002

• The Interstate 865 page is here!

April 21, 2002

• Urban renewal in The Map Inside: The Connecticut Officials. Filled in missing covers for the 70s through 90s; replaced many old scans with newer ones with better looks and smaller file size; added entries for 1935 and 1960.
• Revamped CT 8 - Interstate 84 Interchange page; better, smaller scans, more design info, and a new scan from a postcard.
• So how should North Carolina sign I-540 directions, if it's eventually to form a complete loop? The state looks to I-440, I-485 and I-840 for inspiration...
• Wouldn't it be nasty to install a tollbooth on Connecticut's stretch of I-684? (Don't worry; it's my idea, not theirs.)
• New type of at-grade intersection is proposed, with elevated ramps for left turns: the Center Turning Overpass (off-site link), which has enough interchange blood to get a mention in the Field Guide.
• Some revisions to the I-287 page, but you really should just go to Steve Anderson's site.

April 8, 2002

• Revamped San Francisco Freeway Plan page, with prettier map.
• Tennessee proposes an Interstate 169 designation for TN 22.
• Cleveland's planned east side highway would be too expensive; so no changes for I-490.
• The SSR 490/SR 860 connection in Newtown (aka Wasserman Way) should be called Route 225. Here's why.
• Four-laning of Route 66 in Middlefield will start this summer. Yes, it can happen in Connecticut. :-)
• Construction starts on the relocation of Route 94 in Glastonbury, and Route 30 near US 5 and I-291 in South Windsor.

March 14, 2002

• Some housecleaning in the 3di section: x75's, x90's and x94's are now split into their own pages (e.g i175.html, i275.html) for easier reading. I may have broken some of your links; sorry.
• To make direct links easier, newer 3di pages have a "Direct link to this entry": a URL to that state's specific Interstate whatever for easy right-click, copy, paste into your code (or a surgically precise bookmark). It makes more sense when you see it.
• A little info on the I-870 number in eastern metro St. Louis.
• South Carolina wants an I-174 with its I-74.

March 2, 2002 - 3di special!

• Rapper Skee-lo takes the 110 to the 105.
• Columbia's I-326 was never signed that way.
• Signs are hopeful for the southward extension of Illinois' I-355.
• Michigan route 14, from Ann Arbor toward Detroit, *might* become I-394.
• Update on proposed routes for Tennessee's I-475.
• Another renumbering idea proposed and declined for I-664.
• I-785 won't be an interstate all the way north to I-66.
• Will North Carolina run out of x40's??? Future I-840 signs have gone up near Greensboro. What would NCDOT do if they run out?
• Approval dates (thanks Stephen Sommers) for Interstates 794, 155-TN, 310-LA, 345, 395-FL, 180-IL, and 110-TX.

Feb. 17, 2002

• New page: US 7/CT 15 interchange, with a diagram of the flyover ramps the state plans to add to complete it.

Feb. 15, 2002

• The project to four-lane US 7 in New Milford, between Veterans Bridge and Lanesville Road, is going out to bid. Construction begins this spring!
• CT 11 has to connect to I-95 somehow... but there was a chilly reception to ConnDOT's Jan. 2002 three-level interchange proposal. (I don't have a diagram yet, though.)
• In Rhode Island, there's a short dead-end street with public access only from across the Connecticut state line. It's called Route 184 Extension, not from any RI route 184, but from Connecticut's.
• Added Connecticut Route Synopses: entertaining commentary by contributor Daryl Salem.
• Fixed Connecticut Exits regarding non-sequential exit numbering on US 7.
• Litchfield went 4 for 4 on Scenic Roads: routes 63, 118, 202 and 254 were accepted.

Jan. 27, 2002

• A section of CT 53 was nominated for an All-American Road (a group including CT 169, the Merritt Parkway, and about 85 others nationwide). However, the town of Redding declined the nomination and Old Route 39, within less than a mile of each other.
• Four-laning in Middlefield and Middletown was approved for CT 66. (US Army COE and EPA approval still required before construction can begin. Price quoted does not include tax, license and doc fees.)
• Added Jon Persky's fun essay 44 Ways from Hartford to Providence... and a couple routes I've used.
• Added the official 1955 map to Connecticut's The Map Inside: The Connecticut Officials.

Jan. 21, 2002

• You might have heard about this one on MTR: New York's I-390 was once proposed as Interstate 486.
• New Fairfield boasts an Old Route 37 and Old Route 39, within less than a mile of each other.
• Four-laning in Middlefield and Middletown was approved for CT 66. (US Army COE and EPA approval still required before construction can begin. Price quoted does not include tax, license and doc fees.)
• Added Jon Persky's fun essay 44 Ways from Hartford to Providence... and a couple routes I've used.
• Added the official 1955 map to Connecticut's The Map Inside: The Connecticut Officials.

Jan. 12, 2002

• Rewrite of Maryland's Interstate 595.
• Comments from Washington Post columnist about the Norfolk-area thicket of x64's.
• Corrected historical innerbelt reference regarding Cleveland's I-490.
• Corrected routing for Vernon's SR 527.
• Interesting quotations about CT 190 and CT 318.

Jan. 1, 2002

• Interstate 126 was once planned to connect to SC 277; also, cleaned up text for Interstate 140.
• Connecticut plans to smooth out a curvy, hilly stretch of Route 319.

Dec. 30, 2001

• SignMaker is back online, if/until the traffic problem arises again. I'm also setting up a mirror site that will solve the problem permanently.
• I found a posting from 1991 by Bob Goudreau that fixed the month when Raleigh's Interstate 440 was numbered. Thanks to Bob and the other roadgeeks who were online before MTR existed!
• Connecticut opened new entrance and exit ramps on Route 72 westbound in Plainville, to replace the ramps now closed at I-84 WB and Crooked Street.
• A little more info about US 6 improvement plans through Brooklyn Center; four-laning and a bypass were among the rejected proposals.

Dec. 23, 2001

• If the eastern I-84 had been completed to Providence, that city might have promoted RI 10 to Interstate 184.
• How will Cleveland fans react to a proposal to extend Interstate 490?
• Maine plans to reorganize I-95, I-295 and I-495 between Portland and Augusta. Along with an exit number restructuring, this rationalization plan should help motorists get around.
• The Mashantuckets have an ambitious alternative plan for CT 2 near Foxwoods casino.
• A little more info on CT 313: both the 19th-century turnpike, and the 1960s freeway plan.
• Major housecleaning in the Connecticut Roads entries; I removed or updated wrong, confusing, or out-of-date information. Much of the 1932-1935 changes have been clarified. Almost every page is affected. The more interesting updates are those for routes US 1A, US 5A, US 6A, 9A, 35, 35A, 63, 97, 144, 154, 154A, old 171, and 198.
• SignMaker is back up for a few days. The problem hasn't been solved yet, and it may cost me some (but only around $50 or less)... but Merry Christmas. Go have fun with it. And in January, SignMaker should have a new home (still ad-free); watch misc.transport.road for details.

Dec. 9, 2001

• SignMaker is temporarily offline because the excess bandwidth charges are consuming $10 to $16 a day. I'll post here and on misc.transport.road when it comes back. Sorry.

Nov. 23, 2001

• Happy Thanksgiving! Hopefully you are all enjoying time with family and friends. But if everyone's asleep, or arguing, or huddled around the television, you can sneak away and play some more Who Wants to be a Millionaire. The US Routes question set is new and improved, and there are new sets for Minneapolis highways, UK highways, and the Simpsons. "You are the strongest link... Hello!"

Nov. 8, 2001

• Parts of CT 63, 118, 132, 254, and US 202 in and around Litchfield are under consideration as scenic roads.
• CT 30's southwestern terminus will be relocated to US 5 opposite the I-291 EB exit ramp.
• A segment of CT 94 will be relocated in Glastonbury.
• The state wants to widen part of CT 135 in Fairfield to four lanes.
• Pop the champagne corks: a two-mile stretch of Interstate 95 will be widened to six lanes in Branford.

Nov. 3, 2001

• Another way to organize Connecticut route history: by town. This sometimes makes more sense than splitting up the information among several route numbers. The first town covered this way: Killingly, honored for its work with US 6 and Route 12.
• Planned development in South Windsor spurs talk of resurrecting the Burnham Street interchange on Interstate 291.

Oct. 21, 2001

• Added the official 1956, 1957, and 1963 maps to Connecticut's The Map Inside: The Connecticut Officials.
• Connecticut tried out color-coded route markers in a few cities in 1949.
• A new segment of Tennessee 840 opened.
• A 1980 study suggested renumbering parts of CT 3 and 2 to Interstate 284, to encourage motorists to bypass the 84/91 interchange.
• State Roads 820 and 821 in Kent, short fragments isolated from the rest of the state highway system, were deleted in 2000.
• Some info on 1955 plans for a US 44 expressway skirting Hartford to the north.
• The role of the planned Woods River Expressway in the mid-1950s Hartford expressway network.
• Expanded information for SR 501, SR 503, and SR 504, all parts of cancelled Hartford expressways.
• The state proposed a four-lane boulevard for CT 82 in Norwich in 1969. Also, Zippy the Pinhead weighs in on guardrails.
• The same year, an extension of CT 2A northeastward to I-395 was also proposed.
• In 1947, Connecticut wanted to reroute US 1 between New London and Providence to CT 184 and RI 3.

Sept 20, 2001

• Southeastern Connecticut COG agrees on a compromise for the extension of CT 11, choosing an alignment between two proposed by US Army Corps of Engineers. The state will apply for a permit next year, and if the EPA approves, and the paperwork is signed off, and funding is there... cross your fingers, you may see this 29-year-old freeway extended in your lifetime.

Sept 5, 2001

• Scans from Connecticut's 1943 Official Highway Map, including the very elusive CT 32A. Yes, that was me on eBay.
• ... and now we know that between 6/1/42 and 6/1/43, CT 30 was commissioned, and CT 61 and CT 63 swapped some pavement.

Sept 1, 2001

• The "Route 190" photolog sample actually belongs to CT 19.
• A little more information on New Haven's proposed East Rock Expressway, which might have been labeled CT 10A.
• In 1958, Philadelphia's Schuylkill and Vine Street expressways were proposed to share I-380 and I-395 numberings.
• More background info on Alabama's I-565.

August 21, 2001

• More detailed info on Interstate 484, including two public hearings (1959, 1970), a naming dispute, and a handful of rejected alternatives.

August 12, 2001
Well, this summer has flown by. I did get a new scanner, so there will be more maps and photos in the future.

• Diagram of proposed full interchange for I-95 and CT 78.
• Diagram of 1959 plan for Manchester alignment of relocated US 6 (now I-384.) It'll look familiar.
• More details and alternatives for 1959 plan of (now I-491.) No maps in the public hearing transcript, alas.
• A few minor proposals have been floated to help mitigate traffic the Danbury-Bethel Connector was intended to solve.
• New "Drive it" information guides you along the original path of CT 8 in Thomaston and Harwinton. Involves walking, and if you won't want to backtrack, swimming.
• Clarifications for North Carolina's Interstate 540.

July 12, 2001

• New exit list (!) and map showing circa 1975 plans for Interstate 84 toward Providence.
• Five more miles of North Carolina's Interstate 540 open.
• Improved info on Virginia's Interstate 295; (but for more details, go see Scott Kozel's site)

June 23, 2001 - Solstice edition

• A New Milford resident gives a more plausible former route for old CT 129.
• Expanded information for CT 78.
• More information on plans for Danbury-area upgrades to Interstate 84.
• Commentary on the 1999 updates to Connecticut's online town maps.
• Did you know California wanted to call I-210 Interstate 14? Dan Faigin did. Other low numbers were proposed for I-405 and I-605.

June 7, 2001

• Bug-fix version (2.3.1) of SignMaker released. Gets rid of the "reluctant HOV text" problem. The biggest bug (memory problems) remains unfixed, alas.
• Added several route-specific links to Greg Amy's Connecticut: Highways to Nowhere site: neat aerial photos of several Connecticut roads.
• Several minor fixes and additions for Interstates 126, 129, 165 (IN), 210 (CA), 440, 710, and H-201.
• Florida's I-110 may be extended north.
• According to California's Streets and Highways Code, extending I-280 to the Bay Bridge is not officially ruled out. In real life, however...
• I was wrong about the Doobie Brothers putting I-580 on an LP cover (bad tip) and where Route 183 ends in Massachusetts.

May 23, 2001

• New version of SignMaker released. Gives you several neat things including HOV panels (white background), FHWA fonts for all panel colors, up to four route markers per panel, a center-pole option, and a much nicer interface for adding and moving panels in your sign. If all this new stuff drags your computer to a halt, the older version will still be available online.

May 8, 2001

• Scan and commentary for the 1930 official Connecticut Highway Map added to The Map Inside.
• The stairstep section of Route 97 in Pomfret is now a scenic road.
• Not a real freeway, but a genuine bypass planned for Route 64 in Middlebury, including an interchange at Route 63.
• Added a scan of the elaborate interchange planned in 1970 for the Route 10 - Route 72 freeway convergence in Plainville.

April 27, 2001

I haven't forgotten you! I have some background projects that are taking most of my time. They involve Java. You'll read about them here later.

• More information about White Turkey Road Extension, aka SR 840. In fact, the entire "Interesting Secret Routes" page has been divided into a page for the 400s, another page for the 500s, and so on.
• Obtained a 1930 official CT highway map (no scan yet, sorry). Found new 1920s route numbers 155, 159, and 187; and a new all-time route number, Route 299 (now 341) in Warren.

March 28, 2001

• CRCOG recently issued recommendations based on Hartford-area corridor studies: the Berlin Turnpike, Route 4, Route 10, US 44, and Route 175.
• Route 68 will be widened near the I-91 interchange in Wallingford.
• New quantitative method of ranking two-digit interstates promises to settle all arguments. (The most important interstate in the US turns out to be Interstate 95; the least, Idaho's Interstate 86.)

March 12, 2001

• Added two 1928 Green Book scans, from Matt Steffora, showing 500-series routes in Salem and Lynn, Mass.
• There really is a windmill interchange, on US 35 in Ohio. Thanks to Don "SPUI" Moraseski for the sighting. Includes clear ODOT diagram of the interchange. (I sent a message to ODOT asking what they call it.)
• New table of contents page for major named roads in Connecticut.
• New driving tour: the the original Route 72, off the beaten path in Berlin.
• 1942 CT official map arrives; I confirm tidbits about routes 6A, 8, 31, 72, 89, and 129.

March 4, 2001

• The Southern Connector near Greenville, S. C. is open. It's signed as part of Interstate 185, and extends it about 12 miles. To everyone's dismay/elation/acceptance, it's a toll road.
• CT 190 obtains its own page, with results of a corridor study (sorry, no expressway) and a photolog image.
• New link to a very good outside page on SPUIs; and a number of corrections and updates to the Field Guide to Interchanges.

Feb 26, 2001

• The Razorback State secured I-130 and I-555, but Interstate 740 was one that got away.
• I pass up the obvious "Batman" joke and instead offer expanded information on Toledo's Interstate 280.
• Connecticut Roads has a new, expanded Links page organized as a directory.

Feb 10, 2001

• New custom map explains how Interstate 691 would have interacted with the proposed CT 10 expressway and I-84. It's done with Illustrator, like the Hartford map. I gave myself a gold star.
• Several changes and corrections to the 3-digit interstates area; catching up on some emails, postings, and news. Overdue updates to the 3di table.

Jan. 29, 2001

• The 2000-01 Connecticut Official Tourist Map has arrived. Here's my commentary.
• Clarified information about California's Interstate 305.
• A Nebraska congressman wants to extend Interstate 480 (No, not that one, this one).
• Link to a "new" magazine story about Washington D.C.'s beltway, Interstate 495.
• South Carolina plans to extend Interstate 585, and reunite it with I-85.

Jan. 23, 2001

• A few clarifications and corrections regarding Hawaii's hidden Interstate H-201.
• Two highways will be promoted to interstates in Illinois errr Arkansas: Interstate 130, Texarkana; and Interstate 555, Jonesboro/US 63. Thanks to Arkansas for picking a unique x55 as well.
• In development: a News page summarizing major Connecticut highway projects underway and proposed. Let me know what you think.
• New, improved SignMaker Help and FAQ page. So RTFFAQ :-)

Jan. 8, 2001

• x79's page has been changed back from French to English.
• New information regarding route changes in Bridgewater, Conn., for Route 67, Route 67A, and Route 133.
• "New" old SH 194 discovered in New Fairfield in the 1920s.
• Someone set up an online club for Merritt Parkway fans.

Dec. 30, 2000

• How London's M25 beltway compares with America's longest 3-digit interstates.
• Interstate 210 is being rerouted and extended to San Bernardino and Redlands. Total length will be about 70 miles.
• South Dakota's governor cools on I-429 proposal.
• Interstate 690's traffic signal serves shuttle buses, but not pedestrians, that cross the highway at-grade during the state fair.
• The Hoan Bridge on Milwaukee's Interstate 794 sees one section droop 10 feet; two weeks later, it is demolished. Page has links to video of the demolition.
• More info on Tennessee's Route 840, including a new section opened to traffic.
• Connecticut's Route 100 and Route 108 changed slightly in 1999.
• More bad news for the US 6 expressway.
• New Connecticut secret route: SR 860 in Newtown.
• Added Mickey Sixlane's Mike Planner. Yes, it's exactly what you're dreading it is.

Dec. 6, 2000

• Massachusetts had some state routes in the 500s, as shown by a 1926 map of Essex County. See scans of this map in The Map Inside.

Nov. 29, 2000

• A portion of Route 3 is being four-laned in Wethersfield.
• New advocacy link for "Suicide 6".
• New project link for Interstate 95 in New Haven.
• New conservancy link for the Merritt Parkway; and a contract has been let for replacing the Housatonic River open-grate steel bridge.
• List of Connecticut's portion of the National Highway System.

Oct. 10, 2000

• Hartford's Cancelled Freeways page revamped, with completely redrawn, much better-looking map.

Sept. 6, 2000

• New in-depth page on the East Hartford - Glastonbury Expressway, now part of routes 2 and 17. Includes scans of planning reports and old maps.

Sept. 2, 2000

• New map scans from 1938 and 1952 at The Map Inside: Connecticut Officials.
• Amazon delisted at Store/Reviews.
• Updated information about Idaho's Interstate 184.
• Any state's routes could do with a thorough renumbering.

August 26, 2000

• 3di main page (no more "3di.html") and Roads main page (no more "freeway.html") are renamed: http://www.kurumi.com/roads/3di/ and http://www.kurumi.com/roads/. The existing pages will stay up until 2001. No other pages are renamed.
• Iowa plans to extend Interstate 129 to form a northern loop; roadgeeks will start howling for an even number in the hundreds slot.
• Fused Trumpet: yet another Kurumi neologism, this time for an odd-looking interchange near Bennington, Vermont.
• A freeway proposed for Connecticut Route 140; more of a numbering curiosity, since Route 140 was moved and the plan became part of the never-built Route 20 extension.
• Military Highway, which hugs the east bank of the Thames from Groton to Gales Ferry, was until 1943 part of Route 12.
• More 1930s and 1940s events chronicled in the updated Connecticut Highway Timeline.
• Large quote from a Scowlzine column strains "fair use" guidelines, causes Interstate 84 to get its own quote page.

August 22, 2000

• Connecticut Roads main page renamed: no more "ct-roads.html" in the URL. The existing page will stay up until 2001.
• Connecticut Secret Routes: America's Best-Loved Secret Routes! And I have 89 more of them, all from before 1963, at the Secret Routes List.
• Connecticut had a Route 181A, but I'm not sure if it was signed.
• More than a decade of improvements, including two additional lanes, for Interstate 84 from Danbury to Newtown.

August 13, 2000

• More interchange stuff: improved SPUI diagram; stacked diamond (real); and some freaky interchange ideas (not yet seen in real life): windmill, spupclo, dual-point urban interchange, and paperclip.

August 5, 2000

• Revamped Field Guide to Interchanges, with new information, more readable layout, and a new glossary.

July 20, 2000

• Two low points on last weekend's bachelor party (not my own!) in Las Vegas: the strippers were ugly, and I found out first-hand my Interstate 215 page was wrong: the highway was extended only to Gibson Road, not I-515.
• ConnDOT has downgraded the planned upgrade to US 7 in Brookfield.
• The state plans scenic road status for a section of US 44 in North Canaan; also, I have a little more information on the 1970s expressway plans.

July 8, 2000

• America's third shortest signed interstate, Interstate 375 in Detroit, will fall a notch or two: Michigan plans a three-block extension toward the waterfront. (New York's I-895, tied with I-375 at 1.10 miles, will gain sole possession of third place.)
• While we're on the topic of short roads, see the map scan of SR 820 and 821, two 1/3-mile segments of Camps Flat Road in Kent, Connecticut. These segments are completely isolated from the rest of the state highway system.

June 26, 2000

• Updated information from a Nashville newspaper on the proposed 186-mile Interstate 840.
• A section of Interstate 215 in Nevada opened this April.
• An alt.folklore.urban denizen talks about CT 138.
• Selective quoting from Jakob Neilsen buttresses my case sensitivity rant. Oh wait, that won't work; the "C" is capitalized. Here, try this link.

June 20, 2000

• A Route 58 freeway... in downtown Danbury? That was the plan, circa 1963. I have the real Slim Shady on the once-proposed Danbury - Bethel Connector, a four-lane expressway that was to connect with Interstate 84.

June 4, 2000

• Expanded and corrected information for Interstate 491, the never-built highway that was renumbered I-86, as in "Bury I-86" protests at the state capitol in 1970. Includes scan from 1964 state map.
• Several new specific dates for the Connecticut highway timeline, including exact commissioning dates for routes 103, 234, 244, 319, 349, and others. I got these from the incredibly helpful "Route Change Notice" archive at the CT state library. They only run from 1979 to 1992, however.
• During 1972 only, Allyn Street and Cow Hill Road were officially Route 319. Then they reverted back to SR 614. Strange.

May 31, 2000

• Tennessee will reroute Interstate 65 in late 2000, causing I-265 to disappear.
• Corrected and expanded information about Connecticut's early 1960s route reclassification. The report I found on this also showed dozens of previously unknown secret routes from before 1960; I'll have to get to those later.

May 6, 2000

• Three new map scans, including a part of a nice town map of Middletown, at The Map Inside: Connecticut Officials.
• New links at Connecticut Roads for good resources at the ConnDOT website: highway log, maps and reports.

April 21, 2000

• Two new Connecticut secret routes: 854 and 427. Also more information on old routes 488, 503, 607, and 730. Details (but not many) are on the Secret Routes List.
• In the 1960s, planners thought traffic on CT 17 in Portland would exceed that on US 7 from Danbury to New Milford... and that an expressway was definitely needed by 2000.
• Fixed or nuked a bunch of stale links.

April 8, 2000

• New interstate number offered to Louisiana by AASHTO: Interstate 910.
• Possible old numbering for a cancelled highway in Connecticut: Interstate 82.

April 5, 2000

• UFOlogists get excited about pictures with fuzzy gray airborne objects that might or might not be thrown pie plates. Road geeks get excited about neat photos like an actual roadside SR 540 sign.

March 30, 2000

• Thanks to a civil engineer at the Montana DOT, there's much better information about Interstate 315.
• Thanks to a member of the advisory committee, there's an update on the interchange of I-95 and Interstate 276.
• Thanks to R. V. Droz and his AASHTO research, there's numbering information for Honolulu's Interstate H201.

March 24, 2000

• More background on Interstate 181, including a possible northward extension.
• New photos document the abomination that is I-238. 21 and over only, please.
• Secret, shmecret. I've got scans of three maps that assert there is such thing as secret route 664.
• A spectacular signing error in the Central Valley seems to announce California's newest interstate.
• My 404 page is now more fun and more useful. To get there, try any URL at kurumi.com that doesn't exist :-)

March 18, 2000

• I'm making some major architectural changes, to make the site better looking, more consistent, easier to navigate, and (importantly!) easier to maintain. The top-level pages now have navigation bars at the left, and a smaller, tastier-looking site icon.

February 11, 2000

• New page on Connecticut's favorite place to conduct lunchtime affairs in seedy hotels: the Berlin Turnpike. Covers the history and future of the highway, including why it was the single link in a cross-state expressway system with traffic lights.

January 24, 2000

• New page on Hartford's Woods River Expressway: a 1940s proposal that almost became Interstate 291 but instead morphed into a proposed CT 189. (No, it didn't get built.)

January 17, 2000
Happy MLK day!

• In Weird Tales: information on a Route A to complement the state's Route B. (Route 35 is now insufficiently weird and has been moved off the page).

January 16, 2000
Happy New Year! Since this website is a volunteer effort, the first two changes have a Tennessee theme.

• Knoxville's I-640: I finally have enough info to say more than 10 words about it. Solves the I-75/I-275 riddle there as well.
• A letter from "Froggie" to TennDOT sheds more light on the I-124 issue.
• A neat map scan detail including Dallas' elusive I-345.

December 28, 1999

• Spider, a two-deck solitaire game, is back from the dead: I made it in 1992, for Windows 3.1, and hadn't touched it for about five years. God bless all that 16-bit code still in Windows 98: Spider still works fine. Sure, there are other versions out there, but only this one is bilingual, features Howard Chen, and has the personality of a paranoid, cynical, flirtatious former coworker. Sorry for Mac and Unix users... this game is offered as is, and it only runs on Windoze.

November 29, 1999

• Now there are seven sets of questions to my version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Topics include highways and H. P. Lovecraft.
• "New" old Connecticut routes found: 32A in New London and Waterford; 110A in Stratford. The 110A find solves the old mystery of what happened to East Main Street between 1952 (Route 8A) and 1963 (Route 110).

November 11, 1999

• A roadgeek version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire! Brush up on your highway knowledge and play this interactive game.
• Earlier this year, Virginia's I-264 was extended to Va. Beach.
• Two new Connecticut secret routes: 654 and 860. Details (but not many) are on the Secret Routes List.

October 11, 1999

• The comprehensive List of Illustrations now displays the size of inline images, and also includes linked images on the site. In short, more and better information on the maps, photos, and cartoons here.
• More information on Connecticut's best-loved exit, I-84's exit 29, aka SR 597.

September 29, 1999

• More background on what some said would become Philadelphia's "Mason-Dixon line" between rich whites and poor blacks: the Crosstown Expressway, part of the canceled I-695.

August 13, 1999

• A new list of all pictures and maps on the site. Generated automatically by Perl.

August 3, 1999

• Historic CT 143 shows up on a postcard.
• "New" old Connecticut routes in the 200s found; listed on the 1920s page.
• Many more official map scans (1934 thru 1961) and more history The Map Inside: The Connecticut Officials.

July 3, 1999

• SignMaker To Go - a version of SignMaker you can download and run offline.
• A corrections page where you can see what I screwed up.

June 28, 1999
Book Reviews: a grand total of four so far, but very thorough. This being the 1990s, there are of course links to purchase the books should you so desire.

June 1, 1999
A new site-wide search engine enables you to search for cities, names, or anything else - not just route numbers. Soon you'll see more search forms throughout the site, but for now you can find one at the home page.

May 11, 1999
More history and over 40 new routes at Connecticut Secret Routes; f'rinstance, another system of secret routes existed before the current one was established in 1962; and some towns fought the state for 20 years over which state routes should be kept or deleted.

April 24, 1999
Updated information and a better map at the Hartford Freeways page. The ongoing stories of many cancelled freeways, including the expanded Route 20 and Route 83.

April 21, 1999
New, much improved paving interface in Me and The Roads (MATR). Instead of a big clunky dialog box, you now can draw your roads directly on the map. You can also reroute highways, upgrade streets, and remove roads on the map. Also, you can now download MATR to play offline. The intersection view is still buggy, though. Details at the MATR page.

April 18, 1999
Fixed the search engine in the 3-digit Interstates section. It was broken for a while, thanks to some ISP tinkering done behind our backs.

April 9, 1999
Fixes and new information in the Connecticut Fun Facts page.
   More MICROS~1 bashing: excerpts from and comments on its Manual of Style.

March 21, 1999
Another update to the 3di area - footcons. These footnote icons () will display footnotes in tooltips for some browsers, so you don't have to scroll to see the citation.
   Teach Yourself HTM Programming. What's "HTM"? It's the peculiar influence the Microsoft culture has had on Web page design: the limited 8.3 filenames, FrontPage, Internet Explorer, ActiveX, and all the rest. TY HTM Programming is a facetious primer showing you how to do all the stuff you should not. Page comes in a scrumptious default gray background.

February 20, 1999
The 3-digit interstate highways area has been "repaved" - all current mileages, many corrections, some clearing out of obsolete or marginally relevant material. See it again for the first time.

February 1, 1999
New issue of the Cynical Kurumian: Cheat sheet for common puns so you don't have to listen to the whole thing.

January 27, 1999
Results are in for the top 15 longest 3-digit interstates, with official 1998 mileages. The top 4 have kept their spots, but there's been some churning in the lower ranks.

January 18, 1999
New Java game - Me and The Roads. You get to number your own highways, pave your own streets, and name your towns -- with a map view, highway log, and 3-D intersection view to help you out. Version 1.0.0.

January 7, 1999
New issue of the Cynical Kurumian: Why and how you can block banner ads from appearing in your browser.

December 27, 1998
Better information and marker illustrations of the 1920s New England Interstate routes.

December 13, 1998
New: map and description of Connecticut's 1913 trunk line highways.

December 10, 1998
New: aerial view, map, and driver-level picture of the entrancing CT 8/I-84 interchange.

November 20, 1998
A collection of the strange and obscure about Connecticut Roads at the Weird Tales page.

November 2, 1998
New map exhibit at The Map Inside: Comparison of Connecticut official maps from 1965 - 1998.

September 15, 1998
New map scan and info for Hawaii's I-H201.

August 31, 1998
Map scan and explanation of the NY/CT 120A mystery.

August 26, 1998
Debut of the systematically updated "what's new" page.