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U.S. Department
of Transportation
Federal Highway
Administration

Associate Administrator
John Baxter
202-366-9494
john.baxter@dot.gov
www.fhwa.dot.gov/flh/

Federal Lands Highway
provides planning,
design, and engineering
services to support the
highways and bridges
that provide access to
and within federally
owned lands.

Federal Lands Divisions

Eastern
Federal Lands

Eastern Federal Lands

Division Engineer
Melisa Ridenour
703-404-6201
melisa.ridenour@fhwa.
dot.gov
www.efl.fhwa.dot.gov

September 2007
See FLH website for sources

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Fact Sheet

 

Connecticut FLHP

CT FLHP road miles: 5
Funding Authorized FY 98 – 07: $420,000
Federal land acreage as percentage of total state area: 0.1%*
State population: 3,504,809

Connecticut State

  • National Park Service (3 units)

  • Bureau of Indian Affairs/ Tribal Governments (2)

  • Fish and Wildlife Service (1)

  • This percentage includes Federal lands that are not part of the FLHP core program and not depicted on the map

Photo of the Weir Farm National Historic SiteThe Federal Lands Highway Program in Connecticut. Weir Farm National Historic Site is the only National Park Service site dedicated to American Impressionist Painting. It is considered a “cultural landscape” with approximately 60 acres and over 40 contributing structures. Eastern Federal Lands staff led technical advisory group of participants to investigate ways to improve passenger and pedestrian access, to improve safety, and to enhance connectivity between park sites and partner transportation facilities to accommodate existing and future visitation.

The Weir Farm technical advisory group identified five needs for the park that should be explored in the future: (1) develop a visitor parking management study and transportation shuttle system; (2) improve bicycle and pedestrian access from the train station and other locations; (3) create wayfinding infrastructure to an offsite staging area; (4) analyze the development restrictions based on proposed parking area and availability; and (5) identify strategies to improve traffic flow, reduce speeds, and increase safety on immediate adjacent roads.The results of the study present a good example of balancing site and local community goals with the need for transportation improvements.

Download the Connecticut State FLHP Fact Sheet

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