What’s Up With the Paper Plates Nailed to Guard Rails on the Merritt Parkway?

What's up with the numbered paper plates nailed to the guard rails on a portion of the Merritt Parkway? (Rt.15)

According to a contributor, who's user name is bottomfeeder, on the Connecticut section of Reddit.com, there are some numbered paper plates nailed to the guard rails on the Merritt Parkway. What's up with that? The guy who posted his question/comment, apparently was just passing through. He claimed they were numbered in increments of 50, but were not 50 feet apart.

Does anybody have any ideas? Does anybody care? Does anybody really know what time it is? I'm thinking it's probably nothing, but some very bored individuals who read his reddit post responded:

*Drax3 goes with indifference, "I've gone by them so often, I've forgotten they were even there." Well thank you Drax3, that's very helpful.

*scosme goes with political, "Probably the Malloy budget cuts in effect."

*Squally47 goes with ??????, 'The crows are trying to teach us a lesson.' Hey Squally, WTF does that even mean?

*FJCruisin goes curious, 'Wow, now I gotta go look see, any pictures?' Don't you wanna hang out with FJ?

*IsThatYourBed goes green, 'To mark where trees have been removed?'

*Funke-munke weighs in with, 'What part of Rt.15?' Funke's gotta go see them for himself!

*Bottomfeeder comes back with, 'Going northbound for a very long stretch, starting before mile marker 34.'

Please tell me we're close to solving this 'paper plate on the Merritt mystery' before my head explodes!

*Fonzerelli  decides to take a stab in the dark with, 'Was it in the construction zone? Seems like way too many plates for that purpose.'

Well, there you have it, some brilliant suggestions as to why there are paper plates nailed to the guard rails on the Merritt Parkway. Here's what I think, "I DON'T GIVE A CRAP!"

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