The Old Town of Norwalk near Wall Street and the River was once a busy center of commerce along the Post Road. A high rickety bridge rose fifty feet over the river linking the two halves of the city together and the southern terminus of the Danbury and Norwalk Turnpike (East Main and Wall). Today, the presence of the river can hardly be noticed from the road.
This sketch can be found in the archives of the Norwalk Museum in South Norwalk.
You may ask what this has to do with anything? I have a 300 page dissertation to write on the history of Route 7 and the towns it passes through.
