RESURFACING BRIDGE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON CT ROUTE 2 WESTBOUND 6112008 6122008

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

NEWS RELEASE

2800 BERLIN TURNPIKE P.O. BOX 317546
NEWINGTON CONNECTICUT, 06131-7546

FOR RELEASE: June 6, 2008

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
   OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
   TELEPHONE: (860) 594-3062
   Fax: (860) 594-3066
   Web site:www.ct.gov/dot

The Connecticut Department of Transportation announced today that the Exit 16 off-ramp from Route 2 westbound will be closed Wednesday night, June 11, 2008, from

6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., and the Route 2 westbound on-ramp from Route 149 will be closed on Thursday night, June 12, 2008, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

Detour signs will advise westbound Route 2 motorists to use Exit 15, then follow South Main Street back to the intersection of Route 149 and Old Hartford Road.

Detour signs will advise Route 149 motorists to use Old Hartford Road to South Main Street to Route 66 to access Route 2 westbound.

This work is part of the ongoing project to resurface Route 2 between Exits 12 and 16 in Colchester and Marlborough.

This $22.5 million project is being undertaken by Manafort Brothers, Inc. of Plainville, Connecticut under contract with the Department of Transportation. The project is scheduled to be completed by October 2008.