References to these still-vague proposals appear in Dartmouth’s recent master plans:
- The Hanover Bypass: A new interchange for Interstate 91 south of Norwich would send a new bridge across the Connecticut, leading to a road through the woods to Route 120 near the DHMC. This would allow hospital and Lebanon traffic to avoid the corner of Main and Wheelock. Dartmouth and the hospital own most of the land along the route, which lies in Lebanon, and seem likely to favor a bypass. The Town of Lebanon does not appear to favor it.
- The Bartlett Hall Addition: An extension to the east, at least, toward the Sphinx, would occupy a site with plenty of room, some of it a vacant lot left by Culver Hall. The road could be eliminated or moved eastward. Bartlett is extremely distinctive and picturesque, and any addition would have to answer the question of style right away.
- College Park Gates: this idea is from Saucier & Flynn’s landscape master plan. The College Park once had a design language of its own, although it is difficult to tell whether it was more Victorian iron curlicues or Victorian bark-covered sticks, as in the Adirondacks. At any rate, College Park does not seem like a red-brick Georgian place. The plan also suggests bringing College Park down to Wheelock Street, at least by reference. It would be nice to connect the Sphinx, which seems like an island, to the park itself.
[Update 10.10.2008: Replaced Route 10A with Route 120.]
