The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing a one-day, daytime closure of Route 66 at Natchaug River in Windham to facilitate the replacement of Bridge 00490 over the Natchaug River. The closure will occur on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, from 7 AM until 5:30 PM. If circumstances warrant (inclement weather), an alternate date of 6/4/2020 will be allowed with the same hours of closure.
Detour Information:
Route 66 East: Turn right onto Route 14 east then left onto Route 203 North.
Route 66 West: Turn left onto Route 203 south then right onto Route 14 West.
The project consists of the demolition of Bridge 00490 over the Natchaug River and construction of a new bridge. It also involves utility relocations and new sewer main construction at the project location. The road closure will be implemented to install the closure pour of concrete between the two stages of the new bridge.
DOT Project No. 0163-0203 was awarded to Rotha Contracting Company, Inc., of Avon, CT, at a cost of $5,815,583.75 on July 5, 2017, and is scheduled to be completed in July of 2020.