Editing New Haven County, Connecticut (section)

==Transportation==
===Major Roads===
====Boston Post Road====
[[U.S. Route 1 in Connecticut|U.S. 1]] is the oldest east–west route in the county, running through all of its shoreline cities and towns. Known by various names along its length, most commonly "[[Boston Post Road]]" or simply "Post Road", it gradually gains latitude from west to east. Thus U.S. 1 west is officially designated "South" and east is "North".

====Interstate 91====
The start of [[Interstate 91]] begins at the interchange in New Haven with I-95. It runs parallel to U.S. Route 5 as it heads towards Hartford and Vermont.

====Interstate 95====
The western portions of [[Interstate 95 in Connecticut]] are known as the [[Connecticut Turnpike]] or the Governor John Davis Lodge Turnpike in New Haven County and it crosses the state approximately parallel to U.S. Route 1. The road is most commonly referred to as "I-95". The highway is six lanes (sometimes eight lanes) throughout the county. It was completed in 1958 and is often clogged with traffic particularly during morning and evening [[rush hour]]s.

With the cost of land so high along the Gold Coast, state lawmakers say they do not consider widening the highway to be fiscally feasible, although occasional stretches between entrances and nearby exits are now sometimes connected with a fourth [http://www.fairfieldcountybusinessjournal.com/archive/011705/011705frop01.html "operational improvement"] lane (for instance, westbound between the Exit 10 interchange in Darien and Exit 8 in Stamford). Expect similar added lanes in Darien and elsewhere in the Fairfield County portion of the highway in the future, lawmakers and [[Connecticut Department of Transportation|state Department of Transportation]] officials say.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}}

====Wilbur Cross Parkway====
The [[Wilbur Cross Parkway]] or [[Connecticut Route 15]], is a truck-free scenic parkway that runs through the county parallel and generally several miles north of Interstate 95. It begins at the [[Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge]] and terminates at the Berlin turnpike. The parkway goes through [[Heroes Tunnel]] in New Haven.

The parkway is a [[National Scenic Byway]] and is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nrhp_fairfield">{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/CT/Fairfield/districts.html |title=National Register of Historical Places - CONNECTICUT (CT), Fairfield County |publisher=[[National Park Service]] and [[United States Department of the Interior]] |access-date=June 24, 2008 |archive-date=August 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817123716/http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/CT/Fairfield/districts.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Interstate 84====
[[I-84 (east)|Interstate 84]], which runs through Danbury, is scheduled to be widened to a six-lane highway at all points between Danbury and Waterbury. State officials say they hope the widening will not only benefit drivers regularly on the route but also entice some cars from the more crowded Interstate 95, which is roughly parallel to it. Heavier trucks are unlikely to use Interstate 84 more often, however, because the route is much hillier than I-95 according to a state Department of Transportation official.