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((Short description|State highway in New London County, Connecticut, US))
((Refimprove|date=September 2008))
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'''Connecticut Route&nbsp;11''', also known as the '''ConnDOT Employees Memorial Highway''', is a [[controlled-access highway|freeway]] in east-central [[Connecticut]], serving traffic between the [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]] and [[New London, Connecticut|New London]] areas (which also use [[Connecticut Route 2|Route&nbsp;2]]). Route 11 originally was planned run from [[Colchester, Connecticut|Colchester]] to [[Waterford, Connecticut|Waterford]]. However, only about half of the highway was constructed; one end is in [[Salem, Connecticut|Salem]]. As a result, many people in New London County, who would have benefitted most from the original project, derisively refer to the highway as "Route 5½" for its half-done construction. <ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/investigations/hidden-in-plain-sight-connecticut-roads-to-nowhere/124886/|title = Hidden in Plain Sight: Connecticut Roads to Nowhere))</ref>

The delays, and eventual effective cancellation of the project in 2009, were due to funding and environmental issues. Advocates for the highway have pushed for [[open-road tolling]] on Route 11 to complete the project.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.courant.com/community/montville/hc-route-11-tolls-0423-20110422,0,2681103.story|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915121100/http://www.courant.com/community/montville/hc-route-11-tolls-0423-20110422,0,2681103.story|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-09-15|title=Budget Deal Includes A Plan To Finish Route 11 And Install Tolls|work=tribunedigital-thecourant))</ref>

==Route description==
Route&nbsp;11's southern terminus is the interchange with [[Connecticut Route 82|Route&nbsp;82]] (Exit 4) in the town of [[Salem, Connecticut|Salem]]. It proceeds northward, soon crossing the [[Eightmile River]]. The road continues about ((convert|2.3|mi|km)) crossing over Witch Meadow Road (Exit 5) at a [[diamond interchange]], which leads to Salem center. Route&nbsp;11 soon crosses into the town of [[Colchester, Connecticut|Colchester]], then has an interchange with Lake Hayward Road (Exit 6) about ((convert|2.8|mi|km)) after crossing the town line. Lake Hayward Road, an unsigned state highway known as State&nbsp;Road&nbsp;637, provides access to eastbound [[Connecticut Route 2|Route&nbsp;2]], [[Connecticut Route 85|Route&nbsp;85]], and [[Connecticut Route 354|Route&nbsp;354]]. Northbound Route&nbsp;11 merges onto westbound Route&nbsp;2 0.6 miles later.<ref name=log>((Cite web |url=http://www.ct.gov/dot/LIB/dot/Documents/dpolicy/hwylog/hwylog.pdf |title=Connecticut State Highway Route Log (2006) |access-date=2008-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927215816/http://www.ct.gov/dot/LIB/dot/Documents/dpolicy/hwylog/hwylog.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-27 |url-status=dead ))</ref>

==History==
[[File:Aerial view of Route 11 split, September 2015.JPG|thumb|left|Aerial view of the split between Route 11 (bottom left) and Route 2]]
An expressway connecting [[Connecticut Route 2|Route&nbsp;2]] in [[Colchester, Connecticut|Colchester]] and the [[Connecticut Turnpike]] in [[New London, Connecticut|New London]] had been planned as far back as the 1950s. It was originally designated the [[Connecticut Route 85|Route&nbsp;85]] Expressway. Construction began in 1966 but was halted due to lack of funding. The half-finished expressway opened in 1972 as Route&nbsp;11.<ref name=kurumi>((cite web|url=http://www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/ct11.html|title=Connecticut Route 11|author=Scott Oglesby|publisher=))((Self-published source|date=February 2016))</ref>

Plans to finish Route&nbsp;11 were revived in the late 1990s due to increased traffic in the area (primarily due to [[Foxwoods Resort Casino]] and [[Mohegan Sun]]). Contrary to [[NIMBY|local opposition]] to new highways, most of the residents of the area were in favor of completing the highway. Subsequently, Route&nbsp;11 was submitted to the [[United States Department of Transportation|U.S. Department of Transportation]] for inclusion on the federal government's "fast-track" streamlining process, designed for federal agencies to quickly complete necessary steps on stalled projects, and was approved in August 2004. Funding for Route&nbsp;11 has also been included in the proposed 2006 Connecticut state transportation bill. The State of Connecticut purchased, and still owns, the right-of-way for the project in Salem.

The Final Environmental Impact Statement for extending Route&nbsp;11 was issued on October 26, 2007.  The EIS was published three months behind schedule due to a dispute between ConnDOT and the consulting firm that prepared the EIS—the Macguire Group—over payment for services rendered.

A Record of Decision from federal officials was expected by the end of 2007,<ref>[http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=94eb596c-405a-4f20-bf74-410c48a8ee36 Key Step Forward for Route 11, New London Day, October 27, 2007] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524020151/http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=94eb596c-405a-4f20-bf74-410c48a8ee36 |date=May 24, 2011 ))</ref> but the Environmental Protection Agency had expressed concern over the [[environmental mitigation]] plan for Route&nbsp;11, and expressed it still favored the Route&nbsp;82/85 upgrade over extending Route&nbsp;11. Because the EPA has veto power over Army Corps of Engineers permits, EPA opposition could have forced the delay or cancellation of the Route&nbsp;11 extension. In December 2007, Federal Highway Administration extended the FEIS review period through the end of January 2008 to provide the EPA with a detailed environmental mitigation plan. Additionally state and federal elected officials requested the FHWA and ConnDOT present a detailed financial management plan for activities related to the extension. In September 2009, ConnDOT indicated that due to funding constraints, it will indefinitely suspend further work on Route&nbsp;11.
[[File:CT 11, Colchester, CT.jpg|left|thumb|CT 11 approaching its intersection with CT 2]]
In 2011, Governor [[Dan Malloy]] indicated that completing Route 11 to the I-95/I-395 interchange was a high priority for the state and ordered ConnDOT to resume environmental and funding studies.  In August 2011, ConnDOT initiated a financial study that focused on building the Route 11 extension as a toll road, which could potentially accelerate construction of the extension by using a combination of funds from tolls and traditional state and federal highway funds.<ref>[http://www.ct.gov/dot/cwp/view.asp?A=1373&Q=484252 Route 11 Financial Study to Begin this Month Including the Distribution of Driver Surveys at Various Locations in Southeast Connecticut, Connecticut Department of Transportation, Aug 4, 2011]</ref>

The final section of Route&nbsp;11 was proposed to be built not to Interstate highway standards. While it would have been built as a fully controlled-access freeway, it would not have met Interstate standards due to two key design features: First, opposing lanes of traffic would have been separated by a concrete [[Jersey barrier]] versus the wide median on the existing Route&nbsp;11 section. Secondly, the greenway was being planned to have curve radii that would have been tighter than what is allowed by Interstate standards, although it would have still had a [[design speed]] of ((convert|70|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on)).  With these two features, Route&nbsp;11 would have been built using a footprint that was less than half the size required for an expressway built to Interstate standards.

The Route&nbsp;11 Greenway Authority was created by the state legislature in 2000 as a committee designated with the responsibility of purchasing land on either side of the completed Route&nbsp;11 to be preserved as hiking and biking trails and open space. As of 2010, the Authority still held monthly meetings and the funds from the State of Connecticut still existed to purchase land for the Greenway, despite the near certainty the expressway itself would never be completed. The Authority did not have the power of eminent domain. The cross-section profile for the Route&nbsp;11 Greenway would have been similar to that of the [[Connecticut Route 8|Route&nbsp;8]] expressway through the [[Naugatuck State Forest]] between Beacon Falls and Naugatuck.

===Extension cancelled===
On October 19, 2016, the Federal Highway Administration published a notice in the [[Federal Register]] announcing the withdrawal of the Notice of Intent to Prepare an [[Environmental Impact Statement]], that effectively ceased any further work on the Route 11 extension.<ref>[https://www.theday.com/article/20161018/NWS01/161019218 Route 11 project given a death notice, The Day, October 19, 2016]</ref> The major issues cited in the FHWA and ConnDOT abandoning the Route 11 extension include: opposition from the [[Environmental Protection Agency]] (the EPA has long opposed the extension of the Route 11 freeway, and would not approve any "build" alternative), the prohibitive cost and lack of funding for the extension, and the discovery of Native American and colonial-era archaeological sites along the route that could not be avoided. Local officials who have long supported completing Route 11 conceded that spot improvements to the Route 85 corridor could be done more quickly and at a much lower cost than extending Route 11 to I-95.<ref>[https://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/20190325/route-11-is-out-route-85-is-in-as-council-revises-transportation-plan Route 11 is out, Route 85 is in as council revises transportation plan, Norwich Bulletin, March 25, 2019]</ref>

===Unused bridges, roadbed and ramps===
The northernmost mile (1.6&nbsp;km) of the Route&nbsp;11 extension would have been built more to [[Interstate Highway standards|Interstate standards]] as it transitioned between the Greenway profile and the profile of the existing segment ending at Exit 4 in Salem.  When Route&nbsp;11 opened to its present-day terminus at Route&nbsp;82, crews had cleared and graded the roadbed for about a mile beyond Route&nbsp;82 for the anticipated extension south, including two deep rock cuts and a pair of unused bridges over Route&nbsp;82 just past present terminus.  Two "ghost ramps" built during the 1970s would have been paved as the new roadway was built, creating full diamond interchange at Exit 4. The bridges, ramps, and rock cuts, as well as unused storm drains, were left behind when work stopped on Route&nbsp;11 in 1972.

An interchange with [[Interstate 95 in Connecticut|Interstate&nbsp;95]] and [[Interstate 395 (Connecticut–Massachusetts)|395]] was also planned to be built as part of the highway extension, and accounted for about half of the $1 billion cost of the project.

==Exit list==
''Exit numbers are currently sequential, but are scheduled to be converted to mile-based numbering starting in 2022. Mileage will be based on the originally-planned southern terminus at I-95 that includes the approximately 9-mile unbuilt section from Route 82 to I-95.''
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==See also==
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==References==
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