CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
NEWS RELEASE
2800 BERLIN TURNPIKE P.O. BOX 317546
NEWINGTON CONNECTICUT, 06131-7546
FOR RELEASE: November 5, 2015
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
TELEPHONE: (860) 594-3062
FAX: (860) 594-3065
WEB SITE: www.ct.gov/dot

Weekend closure of Route 130 (Fairfield Avenue) in Bridgeport Scheduled for November 6 to November 9, 2015 and November 13 to November 16, 2015
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing that Route 130 (Fairfield Avenue) from Commerce Drive to Railroad Avenue eastbound will be closed to traffic beginning 9 p.m. Friday and will reopen to traffic on Monday for the periods of November 6 to November 9, 2015 and November 13 to November 16, 2015, in the Town of Fairfield.
The work is part of a project to overhaul the overhead Catenary wire system and replace five bridges and the New Haven Rail Line between Bridgeport and Fairfield.  The weekend closures are required for the completion of the roadway lowering and paving operations on Fairfield Avenue. 
DOT Project No. 0015-0296 was awarded to Ducci Electrical Contractors of Farmington, CT in April 2007 and the current schedule has the project completed in December 2015.
LANE CLOSURE INFO
Detours will be in place to direct traffic around closure. Car traffic will be detoured to Pine Street, Bostwick Avenue, and then to State Street. Truck traffic will be detoured to Pine Street, Wordin Avenue, and then to State Street.