Sec. 13a-21. Construction of Governor John Davis Lodge Turnpike.
Sec. 13a-21. Construction of Governor John Davis Lodge Turnpike. (a) The
commissioner is authorized and directed to plan and construct, under the provisions of
this part, an expressway which is hereby established at the following location or such
part or parts thereof as may from time to time, by a bond declaration, or any amendment
thereof signed or approved by the commissioner, be determined to be suitable for such
expressway: Beginning at a point on the Connecticut-New York state line near the village
of Port Chester, New York, and running, with such omissions and for such distance as
may from time to time be so determined in such a declaration or amendment thereof,
thence in a general northeasterly direction to New Haven, and thence in a general easterly
direction via the Baldwin Bridge over the Connecticut River to a point at or near the
East Lyme-Waterford town line, and thence in a general northeasterly direction to a
point at or near Norwich, and thence in a general northeasterly direction to a point on
the Connecticut-Rhode Island state line in Killingly. Such expressway shall be included
in the state highway system.
(b) The expressway constructed under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section
shall be designated as the "Governor John Davis Lodge Turnpike".
(1953, 1955, June, 1955, S. 1209d; 1955, S. 1210d; 1958 Rev., S. 13-159, 13-160; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 21, 22; P.A. 86-201, S. 1; P.A. 97-62, S. 2.)
History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; P.A. 86-201 amended Subsec. (b) by changing the
name of the expressway from the Connecticut Turnpike to the Governor John Davis Lodge Turnpike; P.A. 97-62 deleted
reference to Secs. 13a-199 to 13a-220, inclusive.
"... vested ultimate and exclusive responsibility for planning and constructing expressway in plaintiff's highway commissioner". 204 C. 177.
Cited. 19 CS 497.