Department of Transportation records
Scope and Content
Included here are Tolls and concessions, log books 1942-1988; records of the Commissioner, 1941-2003, bulk 1973-2003; photographs, 1988-1989; Bureau of Aeronautics, Bradley International Airport, Automatically Controlled Transportation, 1974-1975; Mianus River Bridge Collapse investigation, 1983; Legislative proposals, 1994; and Films, 1973-1996. The bulk of the films are road logs.
Dates
- 1941-2003
- bulk 1973-2003
Language of Materials
The records are in English.
Restrictions on Access
Some of these records are stored at an off-site facility and therefore may not be available on a same-day basis.
See the Rules and Procedures for Researchers Using Archival Records and Secured Collections policy.
Restrictions on Use
See the Reproduction and Publications of State Library Collections policy.
Historical Note
The Department of Transportation was created in 1969 per P.A. 768, sec. 3, with the merger for four agencies: State Highway Department, Department of Aeronautics, Connecticut Transportation Authority, and the Commissioners of Steamship Terminals.
See also the Department of Transportation Agency History.
Extent
266.75 cubic feet
Abstract
The Department of Transportation was created in 1969 per P.A. 768, sec. 3, with the merger for four agencies: State Highway Department, Department of Aeronautics, Connecticut Transportation Authority, and the Commissioners of Steamship Terminals.
Arrangement
Series numbers used here are those previously assigned within RG 089 in its entirety and therefore the series described here are not numbered consecutively.
Series 22. Tolls and Concessions, 1942-1988, 51 cubic feet
Series 25. Commissioner, 1941-2003, bulk 1973-2003.
Accession 1994-022, 1986-1990, 27 cubic feet
Accession 2002-093, 1991-1994, 22 cubic feet
Accession 2004-021, 1994-1998, 17 cubic feet
Accession 2007-038, 1998-2004, 18 cubic feet
Accession 2007-041, 1941-2003, bulk 1978-2003, 4 cubic feet
Series 33. Photographs, 1988-1989, .5 cubic feet
Series 34. Bureau of Aeronautics. Bradley International Airport. Automatically Controlled Transportation (ACT), 1974-1975, Accession: 1997-013, 2.75 cubic feet
Series 35. Mianus River Bridge Collapse Investigation, 1983, Accession: 2001-006, .5 cubic feet
Series 36. Legislative Proposals, 1994, Accession: 1999-094, 1 folder
Series 38. Films, 1973-1996, 124 cubic feet
- Airports -- Connecticut -- Windsor Locks Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bradley International Airport (Windsor Locks, Conn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bridge failures -- Connecticut -- Greenwich Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bridges -- Connecticut -- Greenwich Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bridges -- Mianus River Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Film (material by form) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Housatonic Railroad Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Interstate 95 -- Connecticut -- Greenwich Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Intra-airport transportation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mianus River Bridge (Greenwich, Conn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Reports Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Tolls -- Connecticut Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Transportation -- Connecticut Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- RG 089, Department of Transportation
- Subtitle
- Inventory of Records
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Connecticut State Library staff.
- Date
- 2012
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Connecticut State Library Repository
