The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is announcing that a wrong way detection installation will be performed on the I-91 southbound Exit 8 off-ramp in New Haven and Route 40 Southbound Exit 1 off-ramp in North Haven on July 24, 2024.
Project 170-3608 involves the installation of wrong way detection systems to reduce wrong way crashes on high-risk freeway exit ramps. A typical wrong way detection system consists of a 360-degree camera deployed at the ramp intersection to detect vehicles traveling in the wrong direction and wrong-way signs with red circular LED lights, which are activated to flash when a wrong-way vehicle is detected. Almost all construction will occur above the ground, with the installation of additional 360-degree cameras at the intersections and corresponding revisions to the traffic signal controller.
CTDOT Project No. 170-3608 was awarded to Ferguson Electric Co., Inc. at a cost of $1,827,462.00 on October 12, 2022, and is scheduled to be completed August 4, 2024. This project is administered by the Bureau of Engineering and Construction, Office of Construction, District 3 in New Haven.
DETOUR INFO
I-91 southbound Exit 8 off-ramp in New Haven will be closed to traffic beginning on July 24, 2024. Southbound traffic will be advised to get off at Exit 7 and take I-91 northbound to Exit 8. 7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Route 40 southbound Exit 1 off-ramp in North Haven will be closed to traffic beginning on July 24, 2024. Southbound traffic will be advised to follow the detour signs to come back to Exit 1. 11:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.