CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
NEWS RELEASE
2800 BERLIN TURNPIKE P.O. BOX 317546
NEWINGTON CONNECTICUT, 06131-7546
FOR RELEASE: June 5, 2017
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
TELEPHONE: (860) 594-3062
FAX: (860) 594-3065
WEB SITE: www.ct.gov/dot

Pavement Preservation on Interstate 95 in the Towns of Fairfield and Bridgeport
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing ramp closures on I-95 continuing for the next two weeks.
The project involves milling bridge decks, repairs to exposed bridge decks and paving a section of I-95 between the New England Avenue overpass  (near Exit 24) and the Wordin Avenue overpass (near Exit 26) for a total distance of 2.3 miles. The contractor will then reverse direction proceeding southbound on Interstate 95 all within this construction season.
There will be milling and paving of on-ramps and off-ramps and repair of existing concrete bridge decks. Detour routes will be provided should ramps need to be closed for construction activities.
DOT Project No. 0050-0219 was awarded to Waters Construction Co., Inc. of Bridgeport CT on June 3, 2016 at a cost of $14,462,816.25 and is scheduled for completion on November 14, 2017.

LANE CLOSURE INFO:
The following ramps are scheduled to be closed:
Note: The times for all ramp closures will be from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Only one ramp will be closed per direction at a time.
Week of 6/5/2017 –
• I-95 NB On-Ramp 25 will be detoured to NB 26 On-Ramp
• I-95 NB Off-Ramp 25 will be detoured to SB 25 Off-Ramp
• I-95 NB On-Ramp 26 will be detoured to NB 25 On-Ramp
• I-95 NB Off-Ramp 26 will be detoured to SB 26 Off-Ramp
Week of 6/12/2017 –
• I-95 NB On-Ramp 25 will be detoured to NB 26 On-Ramp
• I-95 NB Off-Ramp 25 will be detoured to SB 25 Off-Ramp
• I-95 NB On-Ramp 26 will be detoured to NB 25 On-Ramp
• I-95 NB Off-Ramp 26 will be detoured to SB 26 Off-Ramp
• I-95 SB Off-Ramp 25 will be detoured to SB 24 Off-Ramp
• I-95 SB On-Ramp 25 will be detoured to SB 24 On-Ramp
• I-95 SB Off-Ramp 26 will be detoured to SB 25 Off-Ramp
• I-95 SB On-Ramp 26 will be detoured to SB 27 On-Ramp