CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEWS RELEASE 2800 BERLIN TURNPIKE P.O. BOX 317546 NEWINGTON CONNECTICUT, 06131-7546

FOR RELEASE: August 6, 2014

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Unscheduled Opening of the Mystic Rt 1 Bridge

To Accommodate the Charles W. Morgan Ship Arrival

      The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing that there will be an unscheduled opening on Wednesday, August 6, 2014 any time between 5p.m. and 5:30 p.m. of the Mystic River Bridge on Rte. 1 in Mystic to allow the Charles W Morgan to  return to port. 

      This is expected to be a longer than normal opening and motorists are advised to seek alternate routes to get across the Mystic River during this time.