CEG - Thu May 09, 2024
VIDEO: Connecticut Officials Celebrate Rapid Reopening of I-95 Bridge After Destructive Fire
Connecticut officials on May 6 praised first responders and construction crews who worked through the previous weekend to get a stretch of Interstate 95 in Norwalk reopened to traffic following a tractor-trailer fire under the structure early on May 2....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Wed April 17, 2024
American Bridge Co. Leads Conn.'s East Haddam Swing Bridge Project
Construction of the East Haddam swing bridge, which carries Route 82 over the Connecticut River, began in fall 2022 and work is continuing on the project with a completion date of Feb. 25, 2025, according to CTDOT....
CTDOT & Greenwich Time - Mon October 02, 2023
Connecticut Plans New $10M Bridge Over Salmon River
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) has a plan to replace the State Highway 16 bridge over the Salmon River in East Hampton. It will be unveiled to the public in an upcoming virtual meeting at 7 p.m....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu September 07, 2023
Construction of New $935M WALK Bridge Over Norwalk River Begins
A groundbreaking ceremony took place in Norwalk in May for the beginning of a six-year $925 million project for the construction of a new WALK Bridge that crosses the Norwalk River. The current bridge is a swing bridge that serves Metro North and Amtrak rail service along the Northeast Corridor and must have at least two tracks operational during construction....
Connecticut Department of Transportation - Thu August 31, 2023
Connecticut DOT Sets New Complete Streets Design Criteria to Improve Road Safety
A program has been created to ensure that every road and street project in Connecticut is built for everyone's safe use, under the guidance of the state's Department of Transportation (CTDOT). CTDOT has implemented its new Complete Streets design criteria to be incorporated into all projects....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu June 01, 2023
Yonkers Contracting to Perform Bridge Slide On I-95 in Connecticut
Interstate 95 continues to be one of the most important transportation corridors in the country, extending from south Florida to northern Maine. Transportation planners and contractors in Connecticut are shoring up a section of this vital roadway in Norwalk....
Office of Gov. Ned Lamont & CEG - Thu April 27, 2023
Construction Gets Rolling On $148M I-95 East Lyme Project in Connecticut
Work is officially under way to improve Interstate 95 in East Lyme, Conn., following an April 26 groundbreaking ceremony attended by state and local officials and led by Gov. Ned Lamont. The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is reconfiguring Exit 74 on I-95 and replacing the bridge over Conn....
New Haven Independent - Thu April 27, 2023
Stretch of Historic Canal Trail in Downtown New Haven Set for Fall Completion
Concrete has been poured and hard-hatted construction workers are busy on site, but the final downtown stretch of New Haven, Conn.'s Farmington Canal Heritage Trail will not be complete until the fall, due to a mandatory break to accommodate summer camps in an adjacent park....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu April 20, 2023
Yonkers Contracting Leads $77M Project to Replace Stamford Parking Garage
Yonkers Contracting Company Inc. started work on the Connecticut Department of Transportation's (CTDOT) $77.2 million, design-build Stamford Station Parking Garage project in September 2021 to provide additional parking via a new facility and to improve services at the train station....
Connecticut Department of Transportation - Wed April 12, 2023
CTDOT Project to Boost Safety in Middletown by Reconfiguring Busy On-Ramp
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) has begun a project to reconfigure the Conn. Route 17 on-ramp that leads to state Route 9 northbound in Middletown to increase safety for drivers and pedestrians, while also improving traffic mobility....
