  the wilbur cross parkway is a limited access road in connecticut, comprising the portion of route 15 between milford and meriden. it is named after wilbur lucius cross, a former governor of the state (1931â1939). being classified as a parkway, commercial vehicles, trailers, towed vehicles except as provided in section 14-298-240,regulations of connecticut state agencies buses, hearses in a procession or cortege, and large vehicles are prohibited from using the road.connecticut department of motor vehicles: registering a pick-up truck with passenger plates the wilbur cross parkway had two toll barriers until 1988; these were located in milford and wallingford. ==route description==  the four-lane wilbur cross parkway begins at the sikorsky bridge over the housatonic river at the town line between milford and stratford as a direct continuation of the merritt parkway. immediately after crossing the housatonic river is the exit for the milford parkway, which connects to the connecticut turnpike (i-95) and the boston post road (us 1). the wilbur cross parkway runs east northeast through the towns of milford, orange, woodbridge, and new haven. at the town line between new haven and hamden, the parkway passes through the west rock tunnel, which was renamed heroes tunnel in 2003 by the state of connecticut to honor first responders. heroes tunnel is the only road tunnel through a natural obstacle in connecticut. the tunnel is lighted solely using low pressure sodium vapor lamps, rare for the united states. from the west rock tu
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