Picture Vernon: The Road Before The Highway

VERNON, CT — The latest installment of the Picture Vernon series takes us back to Oct. 12, 1949.

Pictured is Route 15 at the intersection of Bolton Road. Today, it is Interstate 84.

Known as the Wilbur Cross Highway, the road traveled from the Massachusetts line to East Hartford, where it became the Wilbur Cross Parkway and then the Merritt Parkway to New York. There were "twin" service stations, like those on the Merritt Parkway, where the Exit 65 westbound connects with Route 30 by the Public Works Department.

The Vernon Inn sign can also be seen on the roadside.