Information for this report is courtesy of
the Connecticut Department of Transportation
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ConnDOT's Traffic Cameras Page
If you have
questions about construction,
please contact Paula Sakofs at [email protected].
Thursday,
July 15, 2004 (Night)
Greenwich:
Route 15 northbound and southbound:
- northbound, Exits 28 to 31, left lane closed, 8:00pm to 6:00am
- southbound, Exits 31 to 29, left lane closed, 7:00pm to 5:00am
Stamford:
I-95 northbound, Exits 7 to 8, left and center lanes closed, 8:00pm
to 5:00am.
Darien/Norwalk:
I-95
northbound and southbound:
- northbound, Exits 13 to 16, left and center lanes closed, 8:00pm to 6:00am
- southbound, Exits 13 to 10, alternating lanes closed, 7:00pm to 6:00am
Bridgeport:
I-95 northbound and southbound, Exits 23 to 26:
- northbound, right and center lanes closed,
9:00pm to 6:00am
- southbound, operational lane closed, 9:00pm to 6:00am
West
Haven: I-95 northbound and southbound, Exits 41 to 43,
left lane closed:
- northbound, 8:00pm to 6:00am
- southbound, 7:00pm to 6:00am
Branford/East
Haven: I-95 northbound and southbound, Exits 53 to 51:
- northbound, right lane closed,
10:00pm to 6:00am
- southbound, right lane closed, 9:00pm to 6:00am
Wallingford:
I-91 northbound, Exit 15, right and center lanes closed,
8:00pm to 6:00am.
Friday,
July 16, 2004 (Day)
Greenwich:
Route 15 northbound and southbound, Exits 29 to 31, left
lane closed:
- northbound, 9:00am to 3:00pm
- southbound, 10:00am to 3:00pm
Danbury:
Route 37 southbound, Pembroke Rd., between Stacey Rd. and Padanaram
Rd., various lanes closed, 9:00am to 4:00pm, permit job (water main installation).
Danbury:
Route 53 northbound, Main St., 1000 feet north of Franklin Street,
various lanes closed, 9:00am to 4:00pm, permit job (gas service installation).
New
Haven: Route 1, between East and Waterfront Streets, shoulder closed,
8:30am to 3:30pm, bridges/overhead signs inspections.
Waterbury:
Route 847 northbound and southbound, South Main St., intersection of
Washington Ave., alternating lanes closed, 8:30am to 3:30pm, repair water leak.
ONGOING
PROJECTS & SITUATIONAL NOTES
- CONNECTICUT -
Darien:
I-95 northbound and southbound, Exits 10 to 13, alternating
lane closures are scheduled to take place Mondays through Thursdays, at night,
beginning July 12th and will continue for a few
months, for paving.
East
Haven/Branford: I-95 northbound and southbound, Exits 50 to 53,
lane closures are scheduled to take place Mondays through Thursdays, from July
6th to 15th, from 9:00pm to 6:00am each night, weather permitting.
The lane closures are necessary to facilitate the installation of steel for
the reconstruction of a bridge on the west shore of Lake Saltonstall. For updated
information, visit the I-95 New Haven Harbor Crossing Corridor Improvement Program
web site: www.i95newhaven.com
Newtown/Waterbury:
I-84 eastbound and westbound, Exits 9 to 21, a bridge maintenance project
is scheduled to begin on or about Tuesday night, July 6th
through August 27th. Work will take place
Monday through Thursday nights, from 9:00pm to 5:00am each night, weather permitting.
Traffic control personnel and signing patterns will be utilized to guide motorists
through the work zone.
Waterbury:
I-84 eastbound and westbound, Exits 18 to 23,
a bridge maintenance project began Wednesday night, June 23rd,
and will continue each succeeding Wednesday night through August 25th.
Work will take place from 9:00pm to 5:00am each Wednesday night, weather permitting.
Traffic control personnel and signing patterns will be utilized to guide motorists
through the work zone.
Fairfield/Westport:
Post Road, between Kings Lane in Fairfield and Cedar Road in
Westport, a milling and resurfacing project. Milling portion is complete. Resurfacing
begins July 13th until the morning
of July 22nd, from 8:00pm to 5:00am each night,
not including Saturday or Sunday. Work will take place, weather permitting.
Bridgeport:
Local road closures, in association with I-95
Bridgeport Corridor Reconstruction Project, July 12th
to July 16th:
(road closures will alternate, be from 7:00am to 4:00pm, and will most likely
center around Main Street)
- Main Street, between North & South Frontage Roads
- Broad Street, between
North & South Frontage Roads
- Water Street, at Main Street
Bridgeport:
I-95 Bridgeport Corridor Reconstruction Project closures:
- 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 24 to 30, will be strictly enforced.
Greenwich:
Route 15 northbound and southbound, between Exits 29 to 31,
will have daily lane closures now through the end of the construction season.
One northbound lane will be closed from 9:00am to 3:00pm; southbound closure
will be from 10:00am to 3:00pm.
Greenwich:
Road work on Arch Street, between Railroad Ave. and Horseneck
Lane, is scheduled through end of July, for utility installations,
in association with the Arch Street Construction Project. Digging in various
portions of the roadway Monday through Friday nights, 8:00pm to 6:00am each
day. Anticipate alternating one-way traffic patterns; traffic control personnel
will be in place to assist during this time.
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: Sunny Valley Road (south) off Route 7, between Route 7 and
the intersection of Sunny Valley Lane, will be closed to through traffic from
7:00am to 4:30pm, beginning Monday, June 21st, for drainage
installation, in association with the reconstruction of Route 7. Traffic will
be detoured onto Route 7 and/or Sunny Valley Lane. The road will be open to
local and emergency traffic. The work will take place, weather permitting. Construction
is expected to take one month.
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.
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.
Branford/Guilford/Clinton:
Work on several Shore Line East Stations began at
the end of May, 2004. No service interruptions are anticipated at any of the
stations. For more information visit the I-95 New Haven Harbor Crossing Corridor
Improvement Project web
site and click on "What's New" (press release dated 5/13/04).
- NEW
YORK -
Information
across Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, and Putnam: www.hudsonvalleytraveler.com
Elmsford:
Major work is complete on the Interchange 8 Reconstruction Project.
Minor finishing details continue. Visit the web site for details: I-287
Interchange 8 project update
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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