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Link to Photos with Completed Work
Posted on July 24, 2025
Click on the blue links below to see photos of completed work while it was in progress.
Structural steel beam erection of the Charter Oak Bridge
for widened Route 5/15 NB
Forming for abutment and piers for new Exit 29 bridge (Bridge 6947)
and another
view of Bridge 6947 and Pier 1
Excavation for new abutment and
forming of piers for the widening of the Charter Oak Bridge (Bridge 6000A)
and click next for
photo of pouring concrete for pier 3
Pile driving for the widening of the Charter Oak Bridge (Bridge 6000A)
Reconstructing median for the Route 15 NB Charter Oak Bridge (Bridge 6000A)
Reconstructing deck joints for the Route 15 NB Charter Oak Bridge (Bridge 6000A)
Parapet demolition for widening Route 15 NB Charter Oak Bridge (Bridge 6000A)
Performing steel repairs under the Charter Oak Bridge (Bridge 6000A)
Excavation of old Route 15 NB Exit 89 and widening of Route 15 NB embankment
Route 5/15 NB Exit 89 traffic shift milestones continue
Continue widening I-91 NB embankment (Airport Road to Exit 29)
Continue excavation in the I-91 median from Wethersfield Cove to Exit 29
Concrete repairs on I-91 NB from Exit 25 to the Cove Bridge
Paving I-91 NB for widening
Concrete repairs on I-91 SB Exit 27 to Exit 26
I-91 NB Left Lane Closure between Exit 26 and Exit 27 in Wethersfield
Relocating IMS (Incident Management System) on I-91 NB and Route 15 NB
Foundation work for widening I-91 NB Bridge over Route 15 (Bridge 813)
Forming abutments and piers for widening I-91 NB Bridge over Airport Road on ramp (Bridge 1466)
Installing drainage along Airport Road on-ramp to I-91 and Route 5/15 SB
Parapet demolition for widening I-91 NB Bridge over Airport Road on ramp (Bridge 1466)
Widening I-91 NB Bridge over Airport Road (Bridge 480)
and another view of
bridge work for widening
Replacing bridge bearings for I-91 NB Bridge over Airport Road (Bridge 480)
Excavation for widening of Route 15 NB bridge over Silver Lane in East Hartford; and
construction of abutment 1 footing (Bridge 5796)
Soil nail wall construction for widening of Route 15 NB in East Hartford - click here for ground view (Wall 107)
and click
here for aerial view
and view of
progress on wall 4/2020
Traffic split on Route 5/15 NB continues
I-91 NB Left Lane Closure between Exit 26 and Exit 27 in Wethersfield
I-91 NB Traffic Shift north of Airport Road vicinity
Announcements
Weekly Update January 18, 2021
January 15, 2021 at 8:30 AM
WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW
January 4, 2021 at 7:30 AM
Route 5/15 NB Traffic to Shift onto Widened Charter Oak Bridge
December 4, 2020 at 6:28 AM
Route 5/15 SB Exit 87 access to I-91 SB Opens One Year Early
October 22, 2020 at 5:07 AM
I-91 NB Left Lane Closure between Exit 26 and Exit 27 in Wethersfield
April 28, 2020 at 3:15 PM
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