CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEWS RELEASE 2800 BERLIN TURNPIKE P.O. BOX 317546 NEWINGTON CONNECTICUT, 06131-7456

FOR RELEASE: June 24, 2011

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE: (860) 594-3062 FAX: (860) 594-3065 WEB SITE: www.ct.gov/dot

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The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing that night work is scheduled for the milling and resurfacing of Mountain Road, Broad Street, Riverside Avenue, and Route 229 (King Street and Middle Street) in the City of Bristol beginning Tuesday, June 28, 2011, weather permitting. The work is scheduled to be completed by the week of July 17, 2011.

LANE CLOSURE INFO

Monday - Thursday from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. with Friday as a rain date. 

No work scheduled for July 4th holiday weekend from Friday July 1 to Monday July 4, 2011.

DETOUR INFO

During milling and paving operations, Mountain Road and Broad Street will be closed periodically.  Mountain Road traffic will be detoured to Riverside Avenue and Broad Street traffic will be detoured to Pine Street.

The work is part of the final phase of the relocation of Route 72 project in Bristol and Plainville. 

DOT Project No. 0017-0137 was awarded to Manafort Brothers, Inc. of Plainville, CT at a cost of $39,663,000.70. The contract is being administered by the Office of Construction District 1, Rocky Hill and all work including punch list items are planned on being completed by September 2011.