---
id: "2452"
name: Merritt Parkway
distance: "37"
duration: Allow one hour to drive the byway.
description: Set in natural surroundings, Merritt Parkway's significant design brilliantly integrates the craft of the engineer and the artist. The bridges along the route are excellent examples of Art Deco, or Art Moderne, styles of the 1920s and 1930s. Magnificent foliage abounds in both spring and fall.
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organization:
  - url: https://www.merrittparkway.org/
    name: Merritt Parkway Conservancy
websites:
  - url: https://ctvisit.com/getaways/fall-along-merritt-parkway
    name: Connecticut Travel Guide
attractions:
  - url: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/stewart-b-mckinney
    name: Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge
designations:
  - National Scenic Byway
  - Connecticut State Scenic Byway
states:
  - CT
ll:
  - -73.67548399999993
  - 41.03673199999997
bounds:
  - - -73.67548399999993
    - 41.03673199999997
  - - -73.091306
    - 41.246349

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Set in natural surroundings, Merritt Parkway's significant design brilliantly integrates the craft of the engineer and the artist. The bridges along the route are excellent examples of Art Deco, or Art Moderne, styles of the 1920s and 1930s. Magnificent foliage abounds in both spring and fall.