WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW
Posted on August 15, 2022
Week of August 14, 2022
ROAD/LANE CLOSURES
Continuous Right-Lane Closures Continue
- Route 5/15 SB right-lane (including the right lane of I-84 WB Exit 57 to Route 5/15 SB),will be closed continuously from Friday night, 8/12 at 8:00 PM to Wednesday morning, 8/17 at 6:00 AM for bridge work on the bridge over Silver Lane.
Nighttime Lane Closures
Nighttime Lane Closures possible Sunday through Thursday nights, 8/14 through 8/18 between the hours of 8:00 PM and 6:00 AM, weather permitting:
- I-91 NB (Exit 24 to Old Exit 29) for metal beam rail work, curb installation, catch basin work and transition milling
- I-91 SB (Whitehead Highway to Route 3 on-ramp to I-91 SB) for paving
- Route 5/15 SB (I-84 WB to Exit 90) for bridge work
- Route 3 SB – (Right lane over Putnam Bridge) for metal beam rail work
Nighttime Ramp and Road Closures and Detours
Nighttime Road Closures and Detours are possible between the hours of 8:00 PM and 6:00 AM, weather permitting, as follows - click each for detour routes):
- Close I-91 SB Exit 26 - Ramp closure - Monday night, 8/15, for paving
- Close I-91 NB on-ramp from Route 3 NB and SB – Ramp closure - Monday night, 8/15, for curbing, metal beam rail work, catch basin work and transition milling
- Close Route 5/15 NB Exit 87 – Ramp closure – Sunday night, 8/14, for curbing and metal beam rail
- Close the on-ramp from Great Meadow Road to I-91 SB - Ramp closure - Sunday and Monday nights, 8/14 & 8/15, for paving
- Close I-91 SB Exit 25S - Ramp closure - Sunday through Thursday nights, 8/14 thru 8/18, for paving
- Close I-91 SB Exit 25N - Ramp closure - Tuesday through Thursday nights, 8/16 thru 8/18, for paving
- Close the Route 3 NB on-ramp to I-91 SB – Ramp closure – Tuesday through Thursday nights, 8/16 thru 8/18, for paving
- Close I-91 SB Exit 27 - Ramp Closure – Tuesday night, 8/16, for paving
- Close I-91 SB Exit 28 Ramp Closure – Tuesday night, 8/16, for paving
- Close Route 5/15 NB Exit 86 - Ramp closure - Wednesday night, 8/17 for paving
- Close the Route 3NB ramp to I-91 NB and to Great Meadow Road – Monday, Wednesday and Thursday nights 8/15, 8/17 & 8/18 for metal beam rail work (not to be closed the same time as the Route 3 SB ramp)
- Close the Route 3 SB on-ramp to I-91 NB – Ramp closure - Monday, Wednesday and Thursday nights 8/15, 8/17 & 8/18 for metal beam rail work (not to be closed the same time as the Route 3 NB ramp)
LONG-TERM ROADWAY CLOSURES AND DETOURS
- Close I-91 Northbound Exit 28
- Route 5/15 SB on-ramp from Main Street in East Hartford (ramp closure) for Route 5/15 widening and bridge work
What's Happening Now
- Completing bridge joints on Charter Oak Bridge (bridge 6000)
- Continue Route 15 median work in East Hartford
- Continue reconstruction of Route 15 SB Exit 86 gore
- Continue ramp milling and paving project wide
- Continue installation of new highway lighting throughout project
- Continue work shim paving and final paving of I-91 and Route 5/15 NB
- Continue grading slopes, installing new landscaping and turf establishment
- Installing new metal beam rail and curb