WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW
Posted on November 22, 2020
Week of November 22, 2020
Steel erection completed for widened I-91 NB over Airport Road - 11/17/2020
Daytime Closures
No daytime closures are anticipated this week.
Nighttime Closures
Nighttime Lane Closures possible between the hours of 8:00 PM and 6:00 AM, Sunday 11/22 through Tuesday 11/24 nights , weather permitting:
- I-91 NB (Great Meadow Road to Exit 29) for drainage work
- I-91 SB (on-ramp from Route 5/15 SB to Exit 26) for median barrier work
- Route 5/15 NB (Exit 89 to Exit 91) for temporary barrier work
- Route 5/15 SB (Exit 87 to Exit 90) for traffic shift and temporary barrier installation
Nighttime Road Closures with Detours
- Close I-91 SB Exit 27 to Airport Road – Monday night, 11/23, for crosswalk striping
No closures are anticipated Wednesday through Sunday nights, 11/25 and 11/29, over the Thanksgiving Holiday.
Click on the blue links below to see photos of, or announcements about, the work.
- Bridge deck work on the Charter Oak Bridge for widened Route 5/15 NB
- Structural steel work for new I-91 NB Exit 29 bridge (Bridge 6947)
- 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)
- Route 5/15 NB Exit 89 traffic shift milestones continue
- Continue widening I-91 NB embankment (Airport Road to Exit 29)
- I-91 NB and SB median work from Wethersfield Cove to Exit 29
- 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
- Retaining Wall 103 A construction for support of new I-91 NB Exit 29 on-ramp
- Median deck reconstruction at I-91 Bridge over Airport Road (480), I-91 Bridge over Airport Road on-ramp (1466), and I-91 NB Bridge over Route 15 (813).
- Bridge work for widening I-91 NB Bridge over Airport Road on ramp (Bridge 1466)
- Widening I-91 NB Bridge over Airport Road (Bridge 480)
- Bridge work for I-91 NB Bridge over Airport Road (Bridge 480)
- I-91 NB Left Lane Closure between Exit 26 and Exit 27 in Wethersfield
- I-91 NB Traffic Shift north of Airport Road vicinity
Long-term Road Closure and Detours
- Close I-91 Northbound Exit 28 (from 6/3/2019 for two years) - click for announcement and detour map