Two Underpasses

Torrington, Connecticut

Route 8 is a strange part of the US highway system. It runs north/south as a superhighway starting at Bridgeport, CT, on Long Island Sound, and continues that way to just south of the small city of Winsted. Then it turns into country two-lane, crosses the state line into Massachusetts, doglegs through the hills and towns, crosses the border into Vermont and then just sort of ends a few miles east of Bennington. The MA section winds along a river valley that twists enough to cause speed limits to drop to 35 mph. The superslab section also follows a river, the Naugatuck, and there are some interesting bridges as the limited-access road cuts a straight line across the switchbacks of the river's course.

Shelton, Connecticut