Merritt Parkway Signs. You'll notice that the guide signs are rather unique, with the sawtooth edge and the off font. The color is darker than standard as well, and there are no junction plates, the number being integrated into the main body of the sign, a la Georgia, Illinois and Washington. Conneticut usually uses signs made of segmented slats, like many other states do, however, the Merritt signs are New York Style with joined pieces of sheet metal. The righthand sign is typical of freeway entry signs that I saw in CT, the route number, direction and destination all on one sign, sort of like California. I like this style a lot better than seperate signs.


Looking east from JN 38. I came to the Merritt from the US 7 freeway, which only has connections to the "southbound"(actually westbound) Parkway, so I had too get off at JN 38 and turn around.


Looking down the Parkway towards the US 7 junction. This  junction uses standard signs, which for the most part in this area of CT, are button copy with centered borderless junction plates, which IHMO looks cheesy. Note the US 7 sign done in button-copy outline.

Three bridges on the Merritt- Two double spans and a single span.



Looking towards jn 42. The central reservation is rather close on the Merritt, as opposed to the Taconic, where the width is variable. Note the blue panel on the guide sign. The Merritt uses these to indicate services, there is no logo signing(YAY!) On ordinary freeways that I saw, text-based services signs were used.



More modern bridgework and nearly normal signage at the CT 25 freeway junction.