CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEWS RELEASE 2800 BERLIN TURNPIKE P.O. BOX 317546 NEWINGTON CONNECTICUT, 06131-7456

FOR RELEASE: April 18, 2012

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 alternating one way traffic using temporary signalization will be in effect beginning Wednesday, April 25, 2012, for bridge work on U.S. 6 over Steele Brook in Watertown.

The project consists of the removal and replacement of Bridge No. 00464 carrying U.S. 6 over Steele Brook in Watertown.  The contractor will be installing new bridge beams, concrete deck, parapets and sidewalk as well as reconstructing the bridge approaches.

LANE CLOSURE INFO-

Alternating one way traffic using a temporary signal will be in effect until end of October 2012. 

 

Special advisory- Bowers Street will be closed to through traffic at the intersection of U.S. 6 and Bowers Street. Local traffic on Bowers Street will enter and exit Bowers street near the intersection of U.S. 6 and Nova Street.

DOT Project no. 0153-0120 was awarded on August 22, 2011 to Mastrobattisto, Inc. at a cost of $762,372.17 and is scheduled to be completed by November 2012.