From the 1967 SCRPA (Southeastern CT Regional Planning Association) Regional Development Plan: 4 new freeways proposed, including Route 117 (also marked as Route 12) from Griswold down to Bluff Point. The region is likely better off without them, but those ambitious plans are fun to dig through.

Some interesting ideas at HartfordMobility.com about improving Hartford area transportation: www.hartfordmobility.com/pdf/factshee...

I'm trying to find out more about the "Jouyou Kanji Truck Program" here in the South Bay. It's a great idea for learning kanji and vocabulary. I've only seen 清 so far, but keeping an eye out for others :-)

New page, with history of the Hartford-area bridges built (and not built) in the 1950s through today: www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/br-...

(attached: a toll bridge ticket from 40 years ago)

The Christmas shopping season has already started; here's sheet music for my modern Christmas carol to help set the mood: www.kurumi.com/music/online...

Connecticut's oldest highways -- 8, 10, 12, 32 -- were born more than 100 years ago. US 1, 5, 6, and 7 are not far behind. But the state's shortest-lived signed route lasted only 10 days before being withdrawn. Story is here: kurumi.com/roads/ct/ct3...

Though Connecticut Route 128 hasn't changed much in 92 years, the state did consider a West Cornwall bypass in 1970. The town didn't like this, and both sides agreed to retrofit the covered bridge instead: www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/ct1...

Hello Bluesky; here's a new place you can ping me. I'm into highway history, and writing short stories; here's a little 500-word tale about the I-84/291 stack interchange in Farmington, CT: www.reddit.com/r/shortscary...