http://www.cnu.org/highways/freewayswithoutfutures
4. Route 34, New Haven, CT
(excerpt)
The Oak Street Connector, or Route 34, begins at the junction of Interstates 95 and 91 and extends on columns into downtown New Haven for 1.1 miles before dropping to grade and continuing as a pair of one-way streets. Built in 1959, the Connector was an urban renewal project, occupying 26 acres of land between downtown and the nearby neighborhood. The original plan was to extend the road another 10 miles, but that long section was never built. As a result, 600 families and 65 businesses were displaced to make room for a highway that was never completed. As of 2005, 73,900 vehicles traveled on the Connecter per day.
Route 34 looking easthttp://blog.tstc.org/2008/03/27/new-havens-road-to-revitalization-re-creating-a-community-from-the-route-34-connector/
Note from the photos above that the Route 34 Freeway has an elevated segment crossing over railroad tracks that connects to an interchange with I-91 and I-95 , yet the segment closer is depressed (below grade) with overpasses visible for Church and College Streets. Although the freeway was built further in, beneath York Street to the western edge of the Air Rights Garage, traffic is forced off of it to the east, denying the freeway use beneath the Air Rights Garage.
The proposal would eliminate the depressed segment, even though that could accommodate air rights development, while likely preserving the elevated segment.
http://blog.tstc.org/2008/04/22/route-34-connector-piece/Route 34 development proposal looking west
with depressed freeway segment eliminated
but retaining elevated segment crossing over railroad
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