A busy summer of repairs took a brief hiatus for the 4th of July weekend, but multiple road and bridge projects in Connecticut will pick back up after the holiday weekend.
There were no maintenance or construction activities on limited-access highways from 6 a.m. on Thursday to Monday at 6 a.m., according to the Connecticut Department of Transportation. Only emergency roadwork was performed.
In Ellington, there will be roadwork starting on July 14 at Pinnacle Road, the CT DOT said. The project will improve the horizontal curve west of the Pinnacle Road intersection and three horizontal curves east of Hopkins Road. The work will also realign the intersections of Pinnacle Road and Hopkins Road.
According to CT DOT, the section of Pinnacle Road between Route 140 (Crystal Lake Road) and East Cider Mill Road will be closed until Sept. 1.
CT DOT officials said northbound traffic will be detoured onto Cider Mill Road west, then right onto Laurel Road north. Southbound traffic will be detoured onto Route 140 west, then left onto Laurel Road south, then left onto Cider Mill Road east.
Work will be done “to reconstruct the deteriorated headwall and end wall of a 48-inch RCP culvert conveying Kimball’s Brook under Route 140 and replacement of an existing 24-inch RCP carrying an unnamed watercourse below Route 140 with a 36-inch RCP and installation of outlet protection,” according to the Connecticut Department of Transportation.
The project was awarded to awarded to Baltazar Contractors, Inc. in February for $8,295,210.25 and the projected completion date is Nov. 30, 2027.
There will be milling and resurfacing work on Route 146 in Branford and Guilford from July 7 to July 18. The work will be done on a 1.61-mile segment of Route 146 in Branford and Guilford from Leetes Island Road to 0.03 miles east of the Branford/Guilford town line, according to the CT DOT.
The resurfacing is projected to be done from July 13-18. Work will be done 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday night through Friday morning. Motorists should expect lane closures, said CT DOT.
There is also milling and resurfacing on Route 113 in Stratford from July 7 to July 22. The work will be done on a 1.64-mile segment of Route 113 in Stratford from Route 1 (Barnum Avenue) to Route 110 (Main Street). The milling will be done July 7-12 and the resurfacing will take place July 13-22. There will be lane closures on Route 113 from Route 1 to Route 110. The work will take place from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. from Sunday night to Saturday morning.
In Suffield, there will be milling and resurfacing work on Route 168 starting on July 7 and that should be completed on Aug. 1. The regular work schedule will be from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. from South Stone Street to Route 75 (North Main Street).
The CT DOT said motorists can expect delays and alternating one-lane traffic that will be overseen by traffic control personnel.
In Danbury, there will be metal chain link fence upgrades on Route 6 starting next month. The work will be done from Aug. 11 to Sept. 15 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and there will be lane closures from Saw Mill Road to Milestone Road. The timeframe excludes Labor Day holiday traffic. The CT DOT is upgrading the existing chain link fence that consists of upgrading existing chain link fence systems to current standard systems. The work will be done by Atlas Fence Company.
Aerial cable maintenance on Route 15 will be performed on July 9 and will affect four communities in Fairfield County including Norwalk, Westport, Fairfield and Trumbull. The work, being performed by Comcast Cable, is scheduled for the night of July 9 and will be completed on the morning of July 11. According to the CT DOT, there will be a rolling roadblock on Route 15 between Exits 40A-B and 44, 46 and 48 in Norwalk, Westport, Fairfield and Trumbull starting on Wednesday from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. CT DOT said state troopers and traffic control signing patters will guide motorists driving through the work zone.