CT
8 Exit Renumbering
Photos
taken by Jay Hogan on 10/12/24
CT 8 / CT 25
Concurrency through Bridgeport:
Old Exit 1 (SB)
Overhead signs
for new Exits 1A/B (tabs not yet placed) and 1C near the end of CT 8/25
South in Bridgeport.
Old Exit 2 (NB)
The exit sign for
Golden Hill and Main Streets in Bridgeport.
Old EXIT 2 (SB)
The 1 Mile
advance sign for the CT 130 (shield with Mass. specs) shares the gantry
with the old Exit 3A exit sign.
The exit sign for
CT 130 shares a bridge mount with the 1/2 Mile advance for old Exit 1.
Old EXIT 3 (SB)
The advance signs
for the US 1 and Boston Avenue/North Avenue (Old Exit 4) exits heading
south.
Old EXIT 4 (NB)
The exit sign for
the (US 1/)Lindley Street and Boston Avenue/North Avenue (Old Exit 5)
heading north.
Old EXIT 6 (NB)
The exit sign for
the US 1 exit sharing the gantry with signs for the upcoming CT 8/CT 25
split, to be Exit 3 but exit tab, like for the I-95 exits, has yet to be
installed.
For the rest of
the CT 25 exit photos, GO
HERE.
CT 25 to I-84
Old EXIT 7 (SB)
The 1 Mile
advance sign for CT 127 heading south, with Old Exit 7 sign attached
below.
Old EXIT 8 (NB)
The 1/2 mile
advance sign for CT 108 shares the gantry with Old Exit 9 for CT
15/Merritt Parkway North.
Old EXIT 8 (SB)
The ground
mounted exit sign for the CT 15/CT 108 exit heading south, now Exit 5.
Old EXIT 9 (NB)
The ground
mounted exit sign for CT 15 North with Old Exit 9 sign attached.
Old EXIT 10 (SB)
The 1 Mile
advance sign for CT 415 South heading south, now with the same number in
this direction.
The exit sign for
CT 15 South exit heading south, sharing a gantry with what is now Old
Exit 7.
Old EXIT 11
The overhead exit
sign for Huntington Road.
Old EXIT 12
The 1 mile
advance sign for the Old Stratford Road exit with Old Exit 13 sign
attached below.
Old EXIT 13
The exit sign for
the Constitution Blvd/Bridgeport Avenue exit heading north.
The 3/4 Mile
advance sign for Bridgeport Avenue/Constitution Blvd exit heading south,
now Exit 11.
Old EXIT 14
The overhead
advance signs for the CT 110 and CT 34 exits (Old EXIT 15) nearing the
Commodore Hull Bridge heading north.
Old EXIT 15
The old button
copy sign 1/4 Mile advance sign for the CT 34 exit heading north across
the Housatonic River into Derby.
Old EXIT 16 (NB)
The exit sign for
the Pershing Drive exit with a suffixed exit number.
Old EXIT 17 and
EXIT 18 (NB)
The second
suffixed exit sign (it is just Exit 13 headed south) for the Seymour
Avenue exit shares a gantry for the 1/2 mile advance for Division
Street.
Old EXIT 19
The exit sign for
the CT 334 exit heading north.
The southbound
exit sign and gore sign for new Exit 15 with attached old Exit 19 tab.
Old EXIT 21 (NB)
The exit sign for
the Derby Avenue exit heading north in Seymour.
Heading south,
the 1/4 Mile advance sign for Derby Avenue shares a gantry with the 1
Mile for Old Exit 21.
Old EXIT 22
The 1 Mile
advance sign for the CT 67 exit heading north with Old Exit 22 sign
attached below.
Old EXIT 23 (NB)
The exit sign for
CT 42 heading north, now Exit 21.
The southbound
exit sign is for TO CT 42 but same new exit number.
Old EXIT 25
The exit sign for
Cross Street, now Exit 24.
The 1/4 Mile
advance sign for the Cross Street exit, with a To CT 63 addition,
heading south and gore sign with Old Exit 25 tab.
Old EXIT 26
The overhead exit
sign for the CT 63 exit heading north advance sign for Old EXIT 27.
Old EXIT 27
The 1/4 Mile
advance sign for the CT 67 exit heading north shares a gantry with the
3/4 advance sign for Old Exit 28.
Old EXIT 28
The exit sign for
the To CT 68 exit heading South with its yellow sign for Old Exit 28.
Old EXIT 29
The 1/2 Mile
advance sign for the South Main Street exit heading into Waterbury.
Old EXIT 30
The 1 Mile
advance sign for the South Leonard Street/Washington Avenue exit shares
a gantry with the exit tab-less 2 Mile advance sign for I-84 (this maybe
made sense when these were 2 different exit numbers, but not now).
The renumbered
exit sign for just Washington Avenue headed south.
Old EXITS 31-33
The auxiliary
sign with the overlaid new exit numbers for the I-84 and Downtown
Waterbury exits.
Overhead signage
with the new exit numbers for the I-84 and Downtown Waterbury exits.
Overhead signage
with new exit numbers for the I-84 and Downtown Waterbury exits heading
south. In this direction Downtown is Old Exit 34.
The I-84 East
exit sign heading south.
I-84 to Winsted
Old EXIT 34
The Exit Only
sign for West Main Street with a new number, 30 D next to the 1/2 Mile
advance for I-84 with no exit tab.
Old EXIT 35
Overhead 1/2 mile
advance sign with the new exit number for the CT 73 exit.
The CT 73 exit
sign. Extra space leftover from when this was a turn around for CT 8
South when the 'Mixmaster' interchange with I-84 was being
reconstructed.
Old EXIT 36
The renumbered
exit sign for Huntingdon and Colonial Avenues.
Old EXIT 37
The overhead exit
sign for the CT 262 exit in Watertown.
EXITS 38 to 40
were not changed, since they match the route's mile markers.
Old EXIT 41
The 1 Mile
advance sign for Northfield/Campville, now Exit 44.
Old EXIT 42
The 1 Mile
advance sign for the CT 118 exit, with attached Old Exit 42 sign.
The overhead exit
sign for the CT 118 exit.
Old EXIT 43
Exit sign for the
Harwinton Avenue exit, with new number 49.
Old EXIT 44
The renumbered 1
Mile advance for the CT 4/US 202 exit heading north, with Old Exit 44
sign attached.
The Exit Only
exit sign for CT /US 202.
Old EXIT 45
The ground
mounted exit sign for Kennedy Drive/Winsted Road on CT 8 North.
Old EXIT 46
The 1/2 Mile
advance for the last exit with a new number, Pinewood Road in Burrville.
Old EXIT 47
The 1 Mile
advance for the last exit heading north on the CT 8 freeway, CT 8/ US
44/ CT 183. The old exit number is not being replaced and the exit tab
was removed from the top of the sign.
Site created: October 20, 2024 Last Updated: October 21, 2024
(c) Robert H. Malme 2024