Last May, the Amtrak railroad tracks that run through Clinton were surrounded by a growing neighborhood blight of rats, garbage and tottering huts built by homeless people on steep embankments.
Its borders consist of Hargrove Alley to the west, Hoffman Street and the Amtrak railroad tracks to the south, the south side of North Avenue to the north, and Greenmount Avenue to the east.
Modern Route 100 was established in 1935, running approximately from the current location of the intersection of US 1 and the Amtrak railroad to Route 80.
The railroad bridge opened in November 1930 and continues to serve the Union Pacific and Amtrak railroads.
The city said it owned a right-of-way underneath the existing Amtrak railroad tracks on which it would build the extension.
State Street continues north through Hamden and the industrial section of North Haven, closely paralleling the Amtrak railroad tracks on the west side of the Quinnipiac River.
The bridge over Amtrak railroad is closed for repairs through January.
The bridge over Amtrak railroad is closed for rehabilitaion.