CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
NEWS RELEASE
2800 BERLIN TURNPIKE P.O. BOX 317546
NEWINGTON CONNECTICUT, 06131-7456 |
FOR RELEASE: February 19, 2010 |
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
TELEPHONE: (860) 594-3062
FAX: (860) 594-3065
WEB SITE: www.ct.gov/dot |
I-95 in both directions will be affected during setting of structural steel for the reconstructed bridge. The work is scheduled at night and will affect travel from Tuesday, February 23, through Thursday, February 25, weather permitting.
Motorists can expect I-95 north and southbound to be reduced to one lane from 11pm to 6 am.Traffic will be halted in both directions for ten minute intervals between 12:00 AM and 5:00 AM during the setting of the structural steel beams for the bridge
DOT Project no. 0056-0289 which was scheduled for completion in May of 2011 may be completed as early as November 2010. The contract was awarded to Blakeslee Arpaia Chapman, Inc. on August 8, 2008 at a cost of $6,976,685.50