Information for this report is courtesy of
the Connecticut Department of Transportation
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If you have
questions about construction,
please contact Paula Sakofs at [email protected].
Friday,
April 23, 2004 (Night)
East
Haven: I-95 northbound and southbound, Exits 51 to 53,
right lane closed, 10:00pm to 7:00am (NB) and 11:00pm to 7:00am
(SB).
Saturday,
April 24, 2004 (Night)
New
Haven: I-95 southbound, Exits 48 to 46, right lane closed, 8:00pm
to 6:00am, bridge work.
Monday,
April 26, 2004 (Day)
Stamford/Norwalk:
Route 15 northbound and southbound, Exits 34 to 40, left lane closed,
9:00am to 3:00pm, fence work.
Westport/Fairfield:
Route 15 northbound and southbound, Exits 41 to 46,
left lane closed, 9:30am to 3:00pm, maintenance.
Trumbull/Stratford:
Route 15 northbound and southbound, Exits 52 to 53,
left lane closed, 9:00am to 3:00pm, maintenance.
Stamford/Greenwich:
I-95 southbound, Exits 5 to 4, right lane closed, 12:30pm
to 3:00pm, fence work.
Stamford/Darien:
I-95 northbound, Exits 9 to 10, right lane closed, 9:00am
to noon, fence work.
Darien:
I-95 southbound, Exits 13 to 11, right lane closed,
9:00am to noon, fence work.
Danbury:
Route 805 northbound, Federal Rd. 600 ft. south of Nabby
Rd., right lane closed, 9:00am to 4:00pm, monitoring wells.
Newtown:
Route 6 westbound, Church Hill Rd. near Conner Rd., various lanes
closed, 8:00am to 4:00pm, permit job (pavement remediation, signs).
ONGOING
PROJECTS & SITUATIONAL NOTES
- CONNECTICUT -
Bridgeport:
Local road closures, in association with the I-95 Bridgeport Corridor
Reconstruction Project, April 26th through 30th:
- April 26th to 27th - Main St., between North & South
Frontage Rds., 7:00am to 4:00pm for steel erection
- April 28th to 30th - Water St., at Main St., closed 7:00am
to 12:00am for pier installation (coordinated with Arena events)
Bridgeport:
I-95 Bridgeport Corridor Reconstruction Project -
the following closures will remain in place indefinitely, while
the highway is being repaired:
- Northbound Exit 25 on-ramp
- Southbound Exit 26 on-ramp
- Howard Avenue, between Cherry and Pine Streets
**The 45-mph posted speed limit through the Bridgeport construction area, from
Exits 23 to 30, will be strictly enforced.
Darien:
Nighttime lane closures on I-95 northbound and southbound, involving
two lanes between Exits 10 to 13,
begin on or about Monday, April 12th and continue through the construction season.
Work involves drainage and paving, weather permitting. Lane closures, Monday
through Thursday, as follows:
- Northbound - first lane closure from 8:00pm to 6:00am; second
adjacent lane closure from 11:00pm to 6:00am (on Thursday, second lane closure
begins at 12:00am).
- Southbound - first lane closure from 7:00pm to 6:00am; second
adjacent lane closure from 10:00pm to 5:00am (on Thursday, second lane closure
begins at 11:00pm).
Watertown:
Route 8 northbound, between Exit 37 off-ramp and on-ramp, is restricted
to one lane for bridge rehabilitation. Work will take place, weather permitting,
and is expected to be completed September 2004. Special note:
oversize and overweight vehicles will be required to detour off Rt. 8 NB at
Exit 37, Rt. 262. Follow Frost Bridge Rd. to access Rt. 8 NB entrance ramp.
New
Milford: portion of Route 7, between Dodd Rd. and Picket
District Rd., will be temporarily realigned. Traffic is being laterally shifted
to the west, which will allow permanent northbound Route 7 reconstruction. Two
11 ft. lanes and all residential/commercial driveways will be maintained during
construction.
Norwalk:
I-95 SB, Exits 15 to 14, lane shifts. Traffic traveling in left lane
shifted to left; traffic in center and right lanes shifted to right. Also, the
on-ramp from West Ave. to I-95 SB is closed for bridge reconstruction of the
southbound deck until further notice.
Greenwich:
Route 15 (Merritt Parkway) NB and SB, ongoing work including possible
lane closures and delays through August 2004. Please check daily lane closings,
described above for day and/or night, for specific details when work is scheduled
to take place.
Stamford:
The existing Stamford Transportation Center Parking Garage
reopened on March 1st. Parking spaces are available. For information about obtaining
a monthly parking permit contact Propark at 203-327-7998.
Download
a map of the parking garage (214 KB PDF).
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print this PDF document, download
a free copy of the latest version of Acrobat Reader at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
Greenwich:
Greenwich Railroad Station -
Track 3: construction through August 2004. Access to trains
via eight bridge plates located on the west end of the platform footbridge.
The stairs coming up from Steamboat Rd. are closed until further notice.
Track 4: construction through July 2004. The platform is closed
from the Pedestrian Bridge Overpass eastward. A temporary platform is open.
- NEW
YORK -
MTA Metro-North
Harlem Line: There will be changes to northbound Harlem Line service
between Chappaqua and Brewster stations this weekend, April 24 &
25, to repair a switch in the Goldens Bridge area. For more information
visit
the web site
Information
across Westchester, Rockland, Orange Dutchess, and Putnam: www.hudsonvalleytraveler.com
Elmsford:
Paving operations continue the week of April 19th, weather
permitting, along with ramp reconfiguration scheduled for mid-late week, in
association with the Interchange 8 Reconstruction Project. Visit
the web site for details: I-287
Interchange 8 project update
New York
State Thruway Authority's Winter Traveler Advisory Web Page:
www.thruway.state.ny.us/wtas/netdata/
TRANSPORTATION
ALTERNATIVES
For
information about train service:
- call Metro-North at 1-800-METRO-INFO
- visit Metro-North's web
site
- Sign up to receive free email notifications from Metro-North:
http://as0.mta.info/mnr/email/home.cfm
For
information about carpooling or vanpooling:
- call MetroPool at 1-800-FIND-RIDE
- find out about ridematching
online
Please Note:
Road projects are weather sensitive; lane closures and other traffic restrictions
may be changed or cancelled, without notice in the event of inclement weather.
Unless otherwise noted, at least one lane in each direction will be open at
all times for maintenance and construction work on major highways. This report
includes the most current information from the Connecticut Department of Transportation
at the time it was prepared. However, it should be considered advisory in nature.
Highway conditions listed may be postponed, cancelled or otherwise changed without
notice; lane closures and other highway conditions that could affect traffic
may occur without being listed in this report. Use of public streets and highways
in Connecticut is at the risk of the owner and/or operator of the vehicle. Neither
the Connecticut Department of Transportation nor MetroPool may be held responsible
in any way for any travel decisions based in whole or in part on information
contained in this report, or for any consequences of such decisions.
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