Merritt Parkway

The words

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1. Divided Lanes

   Traffic arrangement separating opposite directions.

2. Dunkelberger

   George Dunkelberger, architect of the bridge exteriors.

3. Earl Wood

   Supervisor of the parkway’s landscaping.

4. Fairfield

   Connecticut county through which the parkway runs.

5. Fleur de Lis

   Lily-shaped ornament on the Park Avenue Bridge.

6. Greenwich

   Community at the parkway’s western end.

7. Ground Cover

   Low-growing vegetation used in the parkway landscape.

8. Native Trees

   Regional trees used in designed roadside plantings.

9. Norwalk

   Community containing the New Canaan Avenue Bridge.

10. Pavement

    Reinforced concrete roadway surface of the Merritt Parkway.

11. Rigid Frame

    Bridge frame whose beams are rigidly connected to its columns.

12. Stratford

    Community at its eastern end.

13. Thayer Chase

    Chief designer of the parkway landscape.

14. Toll Plazas

    Roadway facilities included in the architect’s designs.

15. Tracery

    Pointed-arch ornament on one parkway bridge.