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The Mount Carmel Connector was opened in 1972 from I-91 to Dixwell Avenue and State Street (US 5) in North Haven. It was first given an unsigned designation of State Road 724. The freeway was extended north to Whitney Avenue (Route 10) in Hamden in 1976, at which time it was given the designation Route 40.
The tree was a local landmark and it was also featured on a full page of Rachel Hartley's 1943 book The History of Hamden, Connecticut, 1786–1936. [ 1 ] Hamden's municipal historian, David Johnson, said the Door Tree was likely formed when two trees grew into each other.
Hamden Connecticut's Sleeping Giant Mountain from the Quinnipiac river. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 33.3 square miles (86 km 2), of which 32.8 square miles (85 km 2) is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km 2), or 1.62%, is water.
The Sleeping Giant, 2.75 miles (4.43 km) long by 1.75 miles (2.82 km) wide, is located in Hamden with its eastern edge falling into Wallingford.The Giant's profile features distinct "head," "chin," "chest," "hip," "knee," and "feet" sections topographically represented by traprock outcrops and ridge crests.
Route 15 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Connecticut that runs 83.53 miles (134.43 km) from a connection with New York's Hutchinson River Parkway in Greenwich, Connecticut, to its northern terminus intersecting with Interstate 84 (I-84) in East Hartford, Connecticut.
Lake Whitney is a lake in Hamden, Connecticut, [1] that is a part of the Mill River. The lake was a water source for the New Haven, Connecticut, metro area, until its associated treatment plant became antiquated in the 1990s. A new water treatment facility was constructed in the early 2000s rated for up to 15 million gallons per day.
There are no public schools in the neighborhood. Students attend public elementary schools elsewhere in Hamden, followed by Hamden Middle School and Hamden High School. [22] The former Newhall Street School is now the Borough496 business incubator. [23] There is also the Eli Whitney Technical High School, part of a state system. [24]
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