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The interstate highways that were jackhammered through Hartford six decades ago may have increased vehicular mobility, but they did so at great cost to the fabric of the city. But a new plan — a mix of previous efforts, along with new ideas — aims to remedy that.
A crash on the Bulkeley Bridge in East Hartford is under investigation on Monday morning. State police said two vehicles were involved in the crash that...
A new plan for realigning Hartford’s highways includes removing the current I91-I84 interchange and replacing it with two others, at the northern and southern ends of the city, along with creating a new River Road along the Connecticut River. The interstate highways that were jackhammered through Hartford six decades ago may have increased vehicular mobility, but they did so at great cost to the fabric of the city. Now, a new plan — a mix of previous efforts, along with new ideas — aims to remedy that. Decades ago, the construction of I-91 cut Hartford off from the Connecticut River. I-...
Wander along the pink granite at the Stony Creek Quarry Preserve Peter Marteka FacebookTwitterEmail 2of5 Trails wind through a hemlock forest and past large boulders.Peter Marteka / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less 3of5 4of5 The trails pass by piles of huge quarry tailings with drill holes visible in the rocks.Peter Marteka / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less 5of5 The Statue of Liberty famously proclaims, “Give me your tired, your poor,” and so on. Less famously, it’s builders asked quarries along the Connecticut shoreline to give them their pink granite rock — 450 tons of it —...