![]() ![]() Include nearest street address and a photo if possible. The Haddam Historical Society would like to document the location of the remaining CHD markers throughout town. According to Lillian Brooks in her history of Haddam Neck, the road wasn’t “macadamized” until 1929 and the road was never designated a state highway. It appears that in 1926 the Town of Haddam agreed to a proposal by the State Highway Department to build a State Aid Highway from the East Hampton Town Line to the steamboat landing at the bottom of the hill on the Connecticut River. I soon discovered that there were four more monuments farther down Rock Landing Road near the intersection of Rock Landing Lane all bunched together. But why the one in Haddam Neck as we don’t have a state or numbered highway? I have located one on Route 154 (formerly Middlesex Turnpike, Route 9, Route 9A, & Saybrook Road) in Shailerville near 1205 Saybrook Road and I am sure there are others. By 1925 the Highway Department was required to prepare highway boundary maps and “mark such a boundary by a uniform and distinctive marker.” The small concrete or stone marker measuring about 15 inches in height met this regulation and thousands are found throughout the state dotting state roads. The bureau was required to do title searches, acquire property and mark the boundaries of all state roads. In 1923 the Connecticut Highway Department created the Bureau of Highway Boundaries and Rights of Way which was responsible for mapping and marking the boundaries of state highways to be improved, widened or created. Research indicates that the markers were put there by the Connecticut Highway Department (CHD), in the late 1920s. What did the marker mean? Who put it there? Were there others? It does not store any personal data.Submitted by Elizabeth Hart Malloy, Executive Director, Haddam Historical Society.įor years I have been walking by a small concrete marker with “CHD” carved into it at the intersection of Quarry Hill Road and Rock Landing Road in Haddam Neck. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. ![]() Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. ![]()
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