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Originally Posted by TiltonBB
The toll booths were on highways regulated by the state and Federal Government. The towns did not and could not have their own toll booths. At one time there were 8 toll booths on route 95 in CT.
Unlike toll roads in other states where revenues collected were legally required to be kept within the toll road authority and used to finance the facility's construction and upkeep, toll revenues from the Connecticut Turnpike were placed into the state's general fund and used for highway and non-highway expenditures alike.
On January 19, 1983 a semi-truck full of potatoes barreled into a line of cars waiting to pay the toll at the Stratford toll booth. There was an explosion and huge fire. Seven women and children were killed, most burned beyond recognition. Subsequent to that incident the toll booths were removed.
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Connecticut''s "Big Dig" headlines, 2017:
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"Connecticut abolished tollbooths more than 30 years ago, and every attempt to reinstate them since has been blown out of the water. But that would have to change, says U.S. Rep. John B. Larson, D-1st District, should his proposed underground highway system in Hartford become reality."
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