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Making America's Best Idea Even Better
Quinebaug & Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage CorridorSteeples and towers peak through the thick forest on nearby hillsides
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Quinebaug & Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor
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Major access roads are I-84 from Hartford and I-395 from the New London area and Worcester. Within the heritage corridor, a 32-mile section of Conn. Route 169 is a National Scenic Byway and 19.5-mile section of Conn. Route 49 is a State Scenic Byway.
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Did You Know?
In 1834, a passenger on the Portage wrote that the engine houses appeared "like fairy castles seated on the tops of lofty hills, and shaded and surrounded by towering oaks and hemlocks". Today, a new generation of hemlock, Pennsylvania's state tree, survives in Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS.

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Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:31 EST