Merritt Parkway

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historic place limited-access highway parkway scenic road

Merritt Parkway is a historic, scenic limited-access highway in southwestern Connecticut known for its distinctive Art Deco and Moderne-style bridges and tree-lined route.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Merritt Parkway canonical	22
Merritt Parkway (Route 15)	3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic place ⓘ limited-access highway ⓘ parkway ⓘ scenic road ⓘ
completed	1940 ⓘ
connectsTo	Hutchinson River Parkway ⓘ Interstate 95 ⓘ Route 25 ⓘ Route 8 ⓘ Wilbur Cross Parkway ⓘ
constructionBegan	late 1930s ⓘ
easternTerminus	Housatonic River ⓘ surface form: Housatonic River in Stratford, Connecticut
followsDirection	north–south ⓘ southwest–northeast ⓘ
hasApproximateLength	37 miles ⓘ about 60 kilometers ⓘ
hasDesignStyle	Art Deco ⓘ Moderne ⓘ
hasFeature	landscaped medians and shoulders ⓘ limited commercial traffic ⓘ numerous architecturally distinctive bridges ⓘ tree-lined right-of-way ⓘ
hasMedianType	grass median ⓘ
hasNumberOfLanes	4 ⓘ
hasRouteNumber	Connecticut Route 15 ⓘ
hasScenicDesignation	scenic roadway in Connecticut ⓘ
listedOn	National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn	Connecticut ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedInRegion	Fairfield County, Connecticut ⓘ Southwestern Connecticut ⓘ surface form: southwestern Connecticut
maintainedBy	Connecticut Department of Transportation ⓘ
namedAfter	Schuyler Merritt ⓘ
NRHPListingYear	1991 ⓘ
opened	1938 ⓘ
partOf	Connecticut state highway system ⓘ Connecticut Route 15 ⓘ surface form: Route 15 corridor in Connecticut
passesThrough	Fairfield, Connecticut ⓘ Greenwich, Connecticut ⓘ New Canaan, Connecticut ⓘ Norwalk ⓘ surface form: Norwalk, Connecticut Stamford, Connecticut ⓘ Stratford, Connecticut ⓘ Trumbull, Connecticut ⓘ Westport, Connecticut ⓘ
recognizedAs	historic district ⓘ
speedLimit	55 miles per hour ⓘ
truckRestriction	trucks generally prohibited ⓘ
westernTerminus	Greenwich, Connecticut ⓘ surface form: New York state line in Greenwich, Connecticut

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fairfield County, Connecticut → hasTransportationLink → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

Fairfield, Connecticut → majorHighway → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

Darien, Connecticut, United States → majorHighway → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

subject surface form: Darien, Connecticut

Stamford, Connecticut → highway → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Merritt Parkway (Route 15)

Saugatuck River → crossedBy → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

National Parkways → includes → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

subject surface form: National Parkway

Bridgeport → majorHighway → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

Greenwich, Connecticut, United States → majorHighway → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

subject surface form: Greenwich, Connecticut

Southern Connecticut → hasTransportation → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

Connecticut Route 53 → near → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Merritt Parkway (Route 15)

Connecticut Route 58 → hasJunctionWith → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Merritt Parkway (Route 15)

Connecticut Route 15 → partOf → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

Connecticut Route 15 → containsSegment → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

Norwalk, Connecticut, United States → traversedBy → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

subject surface form: Norwalk, Connecticut

Westport, Connecticut, United States → servedByHighway → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

Greater Bridgeport area → hasTransportation → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

Gold Coast of Connecticut → transportationLink → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

Southwestern Connecticut → hasTransportationLink → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

Connecticut state highway system → includes → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

Greater Stamford → hasTransportationLink → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

Trumbull, Connecticut → traversedBy → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

Stratford, Connecticut → majorHighway → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

western Connecticut → traversedBy → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Connecticut

Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk metropolitan area → servedBy → Merritt Parkway ⓘ

Norwalk River → crossedBy → Merritt Parkway ⓘ