According to Frederic J. Wood's The Turnpikes of New England (1919), in 1798 a company was formed to construct a turnpike from the New Haven Green to Hartford. Two years later, another company built a turnpike to Cheshire. Stone markers were erected every mile to help travelers find their way.
Eight of the nine milestones in Hamden along the Cheshire Turnpike, now Whitney Avenue, remain, as do the two markers on Hartford Turnpike in Hamden, with one more nearby in North Haven.
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