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    		• Ferrari, Edward,
     
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    		• Dunkelberger, George,
     
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    		• Ferrari, Febo,
     
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    		• Creamer, Warren,
     
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    		• Sumner, Leslie G.,
     
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    		• Wood, A. Earl,
     
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    		• Decorative Stone Company,
     
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    		• Malleable Iron Works,
     
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    		• Weld Thayer Chase,
     
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    		• Landscape -- Connecticut
     
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    		• Landscape -- Road
     
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    		• Landscape -- Road
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Architecture -- Bridge
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Religion -- Puritan
     
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    		• Emblem -- Seal
     
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    		• Animal -- Insect
     
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    		• Object -- Flower
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    Merritt Parkway, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Ferrari, Edward, 1903- , sculptor.
    Dunkelberger, George, 1891-1960, architect.
    Ferrari, Febo, modeler.
    Creamer, Warren, engineer.
    Sumner, Leslie G., engineer.
    Wood, A. Earl, engineer.
    Decorative Stone Company, fabricator.
    Malleable Iron Works, founder.
    Weld Thayer Chase, landscape architect.
    Title: 
    Merritt Parkway, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1934-1942. Dedicated Sept. 2, 1940.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Reinforced cast concrete, concrete sgraffito, cast iron, steel and stone.
    Dimensions: 
    68 bridges. 37.5 miles.
    Description: 
    Sixty-eight bridges are installed on a 37.5 mile parkway which passes through eight towns in Fairfield County, Connecticut from the New York state line to the Housatonic River Bridge. The bridges' architectural styles include Art Deco, Moderne and Modern Classical. Decorative elements on the bridges include a Puritan and an American Indian, (Comstock Hill Road Bridge, Norwalk), butterfly and web motifs, (Merwins Lane Bridge, Fairfield), flowers, (Route 110 Bridge, Stratford), reliefs of the parkway's construction, (Burr Street Bridge, Fairfield) and State and local seals.
    Subject: 
    Landscape -- Connecticut
    Landscape -- Road -- Merritt Parkway
    Landscape -- Road -- Highway
    Occupation -- Industry -- Construction
    Architecture -- Bridge
    Figure group
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Religion -- Puritan
    Emblem -- Seal
    Animal -- Insect -- Butterfly
    Object -- Flower
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation, Newington, Connecticut 06111
    Located Merritt Parkway, State Route 15, Fairfield County, Connecticut
    Remarks: 
    Preliminary planning for Merritt Parkway began in 1923 and ground was broken in 1934. The Parkway was built to relieve traffic congestion on Route 1. It was originally to be called the "Parallel Post Road," but was renamed in 1931 for Schuyler Merritt, a United States Congressman from Connecticut and head of the building commission. The Parkway was funded with $15 million in Fairfield County bonds, authorized by the State, $6 million from the Federal Works Progress Administration and $1 million from the State. Ten of the original overpass bridges were repaired by the State in 1990. Lost or crumbled ornaments were replaced. The Nichols Avenue Bridge was demolished when Route 8 was reconstructed. In Trumbell, four bridges have been added since 1980 and three bridges have been added since 1983. There have been five new overpass bridges since 1980. Six overpass bridges were repaired or were being repaired in 1990.
    IAS files contain article from Connecticut Preservation News, a publication of the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, Sept./Oct. 1990 and Sept./Oct. 1991; a nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places; and excerpt from the Merritt Parkway Recording Project of the Historic American Building Survey/Historic American Engineering Record, 1992, which give detailed information on the parkway.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS CT000381
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