Replacement of Expansion Joints on Various Structures on I84 I691 I91 Route 2 and I384 in the towns

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

NEWS RELEASE

2800 BERLIN TURNPIKE P.O. BOX 317546

NEWINGTON CONNECTICUT, 06131-7456

FOR RELEASE: March 14, 2012

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

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Replacement of Expansion Joints on Various Structures on I-84, I-691, I-91, Route 2, and I-384 in the towns of Southington, Hartford, East Hartford and Manchester

The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing the start of a project on April 9, 2012 to complete replacement of expansion joints on twelve bridges along I-84, I-691, I-91, Route 2, and I-384 in the towns of Southington, Hartford, East Hartford and Manchester.

The project involves the replacement of the existing expansion joint systems and includes some concrete header repairs on twelve bridges. The location of the bridges are as follows:

Site	Bridge No.	Town	Location
1	5494	Southington	Ramp 834 from 84 west to I-691 east
2	5514	Southington	I-691 west off ramp to 84 east
3	00371A	Hartford	Rt 2 over I-91, CT River and CT Southern Railroad
4	05844B	E. Hartford	I-84 EB HOV over Rt 15 & Silver Lane off ramp
5	06109	E. Hartford	Rt 2 WB over East River Drive
6	06110	E. Hartford	Rt 2 EB over East River Drive
7	06281	Manchester	I-84 west ramp to I-291 north
8	05686	Manchester	I-384 WB over I-84
9	05580	Manchester	I-84 over Hockanum River
10	05782	Manchester	I-384 ramp to I-291 North and I-84 East
11	05558	Manchester	I-384 ramp from Cemetary Rd to I-384 east
12	1469A	Hartford	I-91 NB over Railroad and Park River Conduit

LANE CLOSURE INFO

All sites except those noted below

Monday – Friday from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

I-84 east and west over the Hockanum River in Manchester (Site 9)

Monday – Thursday from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Friday – 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Friday to Saturday from 7 p.m. to 9 a.m.

I-91 North in Hartford (Site 12)

Monday – Friday from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Special advisory (Site 12) - Weekend work April 13, 2012 from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Monday with work to be completed the weekend of April 29, 2012. The work will require reducing I-91 northbound traffic to one lane. Additional information will be provided two weeks prior to weekend work at this site.

DOT Project No 0171-0351 was awarded to Arborio Corporation of Cromwell, CT on January 27, 2012, at a cost of $1,529,995.00 and is scheduled to be completed in August 2012.