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

FOR RELEASE: October 9, 2013

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 the overnight closure of the on ramp to I-91 North from State Road 702 which is also referred to as the Wharton Brook Connector between U.S. Route 5 and Interstate 91.  The closure is needed to install temporary barrier along the shoulders to allow for work on the overpass.

Site 1- Bridge #00347, Route U.S. 1 over Hammonasset River at Milford/Clinton town line.

Site 2- Bridge #03093, I-91 NB/SB over the Quinnipiac River in New Haven.

Site 3- Bridge #03126, I-91 NB over on-ramp from SR 702 EB (Wharton Brook Connector) in Wallingford.

Site 4-5 Bridges # 03406A/B, Route 40 over I-91 in North Haven.

RAMP DETOUR INFO – Site 3, Ramp from SR702 East to I-91 North

Closed from 9 p.m. Friday, October 11 to 5 a.m. Saturday, October 12, 2013.

Traffic will be detoured onto I-91 South to Exit 12, Washington Avenue, Route 5 and be directed south on Route 5 to the entrance ramp for I-91 North. 

DOT Project No. 0173-0421 was awarded to Odyssey Contracting Corp. of Houston, PA on January 1, 2013, at a cost of $2,413,525.00 and is scheduled for completion in July 2014.