The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing a single lane closure on Interstate 95 over Lake Saltonstall in East Haven beginning on October 8, 2021. The lane closure is necessary to facilitate construction activities associated with the rehabilitating the existing bridge and roadway over Lake Saltonstall.
Improvements include bridge deck repair, joint replacement, and repaving both northbound and southbound lanes of I-95 between Exits 52-53. Traffic will be impacted for an approximate 2-week timeframe.
Lane Closure Information:
- Starting October 8 at 8:00 P.M. through October 14 at 6:00 A.M., a single lane closure of traffic will occur on I-95 southbound with construction occurring 24 hours a day. There will be 2 active lanes of traffic instead of the typical 3 lanes during this period.
- Starting October 15 at 8:00 P.M. through October 21 at 6:00 A.M., a single lane closure of traffic will occur on I-95 northbound with construction occurring 24 hours a day. There will be 2 active lanes of traffic instead of the typical 3 lanes during this period.
DOT Project no. 0043-0131 was awarded to Rotha Contracting Co. at a cost of $3,557,233.60 on November 16, 2020, and is scheduled to be completed November 21, 2021.