Merritt Parkway
Merritt Parkway is a State Scenic Byway in Connecticut. Within Connecticut it covers roughly 45 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Merritt Parkway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
Opened in the 1930s through Fairfield County, the Merritt Parkway is a landscaped, tree-lined commuter route famous for its 68 bridges — each designed in a different style, from Art Deco to Gothic to Rustic. Trucks are banned, and the road curves gently through wooded median plantings rather than running straight. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a landmark of parkway design.
- 68 individually designed bridges
- Art Deco architecture
- landscaped parkway
- no trucks
- Fairfield County
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.