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

FOR RELEASE: September 28, 2018

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 that Exit 45 I-84 WB to Flatbush Avenue will be closed beginning Sunday, September 30, 2018, for the rehabilitation of bridges on I-84 WB in Hartford.  Ramp closures will be between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Sunday through Friday, beginning September 30, 2018 and ending by October 12, 2018, weather permitting.

Travel I-84 WB to Exit 44, at bottom of ramp take right onto Kane Street at next light take right onto Prospect Avenue, follow Prospect Avenue to merge onto New Park Avenue, follow New Park to the next intersection which is Flatbush Avenue.

The project consists of structural steel repairs, concrete repairs, bridge deck and joint repairs on Bridge Numbers 03367 and 03368 I-84 over New Park Ave, Amtrak, CT Fastrak and SR 504 in Hartford.

DOT Project No. 0063-0705 was awarded to Waters Construction Co., Inc. at a cost of $8,092,126.22 on January 26, 2018 and is scheduled to be completed April 2, 2020.