Whitney Avenue is a

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connecting

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with the town center of Hamden in the U.S. state of

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. Most of the road within the city of New Haven is included in the

Whitney Avenue Historic District __NOTOC__ The Whitney Avenue Historic District is a historic district in the East Rock neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut. It is a district which included 1,084 contributing buildings when it was listed on the National Register of Histori ...

, which is listed on the

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. The designation begins at Grove Street in the northern part of Downtown New Haven and extends through the town of Hamden up to the Cheshire town line. North of Dixwell Avenue in Hamden Center, the road is a state highway and designated as part of Route 10. From the New Haven town line to Dixwell Avenue, the road is state-maintained with an

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designation of State Road 707. Within New Haven, Whitney Avenue is a town road. The J route of

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, which connects New Haven to

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, runs along Whitney Avenue. Whitney Avenue is named after Eli Whitney, Jr., whose factory was located by the Mill River near the road.

History

The New Haven portion of Whitney Avenue "originated as an early road leading from central New Haven northward to Hartford. The Hartford and New Haven Turnpike Company improved it as a

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in 1798." and The Hamden portion of Whitney Avenue plus the extension in Cheshire and

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was also a turnpike known as the Cheshire Turnpike, which was chartered in May 1800. It utilized the already developed Hartford and New Haven Turnpike alignment to reach Downtown New Haven. The Whitney Armory was located off of Whitney Avenue in Hamden. One or more associated buildings, such as a dormitory, were located directly on the avenue. Street railway tracks were present on Whitney Avenue from the late 19th century into the early 20th.

Connecticut Route 10

From the

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Town Line to Dixwell Avenue in Hamden, Whitney Avenue is also Marked as

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. Route 10 junctions up with Connecticut Route 40 and Connecticut Route 22 in Hamden. Route 10 portion of Whitney Avenue is home to many homes along with many businesses.

Battle of Whitney Avenue

The Battle of Whitney Avenue commonly refers to the

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rivalry between the

Quinnipiac Bobcats The Quinnipiac Bobcats are the 21 sports teams representing Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut in intercollegiate athletics. The Bobcats compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, joining on ...

and the

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of the ECAC hockey collegiate hockey conference. Whitney Avenue serves as the primary road between the main campuses of

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and

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. The first meeting between the two teams was on January 8, 2006, after Quinnipiac joined the ECAC. Yale won by the score of 4–3. The teams have only met once in the

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, in the

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of the 2013 tournament, resulting in a 4–0 victory for Yale.

References

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