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CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
NEWS RELEASE
2800 BERLIN TURNPIKE P.O. BOX 317546
NEWINGTON CONNECTICUT, 06131-7546 |
| FOR RELEASE: April 18, 2017 |
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Weekend Off-Peak Road Closures on South State Street, Atlantic Street and the Exit 8 Northbound Off-Ramp of I-95 in Stamford Beginning on April 21, 2017
To accommodate construction of the new I-95 Exit 8 off-ramp bridge over Atlantic Street - between April 21, through April 24 - South State Street, Atlantic Street and the Northbound Exit 8 off-ramp in Stamford will be closed. Traffic will be detoured around the construction area. Closures will be in effect from 9 PM April 21, thru 6 AM April 24.
South State Street will be closed between Guernsey Avenue and Canal Street. Atlantic Street will be closed between North State Street and Dock Street. In addition, the exit 8 northbound off-ramp will be closed. Detours will be in effect to divert motorists and pedestrians around the construction area.
The project consists of improvements to the Interstate 95, Exit 8 off-ramp and to the adjacent areas along Atlantic Street and South State Street in Stamford. This project will improve the lane configuration along South State Street and provide a more efficient traffic flow exiting I-95 as well as improve the drainage in the area. The work will require temporary off-ramp lane reductions for the construction of the new Exit 8 Flyover Bridge and retaining walls along the I-95 corridor between Atlantic Street and Canal Street.
The closures will be used to minimize the duration of traffic impacts and to expedite the associated work involved in lowering the intersection of Atlantic street at South State Street in anticipation of steel construction for the new off ramp bridge. This “intermediate roadway lowering” is required to allow for the legal 13’-6” vertical clearance required for truck traffic.
DOT Project No. 0135-0326 was awarded to Yonkers Contracting Co., Inc. of, CT on January 15, 2016 for $33,881,217.09 with an official start date of February 8, 2016 and is anticipated to be complete in June 2018.
DOT Project No. 0135-0326 was awarded to Yonkers Contracting Co., Inc. of, CT on January 15, 2016 for $33,881,217.09 with an official start date of February 8, 2016 and is anticipated to be complete in June 2018.