June 2, 2014

Bolinsky: I-84 Traffic Alert June 27-30

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Dear Newtowners planning to use I-84 between here and Harford on the weekend of June 27-30th:

I wanted to alert you to an upcoming bridge replacement and closure of I-84 in Southington for the weekend of June 27-30th which might affect your upcoming travel plans. Please consider avoiding this area or allowing plenty of extra travel time as lane closures, road closures and detours will be necessary.

I-84 will be closed in both directions from Friday, June 27, at 9:00 p.m. to Monday, June 30, at 5:00 a.m., requiring motorists to get off the highway at Exit 30, Marion Avenue, and immediately get back on the highway on the on-ramp there. The rain date for this bridge replacement closure will be July 11-13th.

Additionally, a weekend closure of Marion Avenue in the vicinity of the bridges will be required. For those of you with family, activities or business in that area, Marion Avenue traffic will be detoured along local roads while I-84 traffic will be maintained along the ramps as well as detoured along I-691 and Route 9.
http://www.ct.gov/dot/cwp/view.asp?a=1410&q=540374

The existing bridges, built in 1963, are simple-span structures consisting of 54 inch deep pre-stressed concrete girders topped with a concrete deck slab and bituminous overlay. The bridges are situated near Exit 30 on I-84 and carry 3 lanes of traffic in both the eastbound and westbound directions. The overall lengths and widths of the bridges are 107 feet and 56.5 feet and 108 feet and 56.5 feet for the eastbound and westbound structures, respectively. The substructure consists of concrete abutments and U-shaped wing walls supported on spread footings. Simply stated, after 51-years of service, their replacement is a priority.

The proposed construction will be performed using rapid reconstruction methods, which require closing I-84 over a weekend and moving prefabricated superstructures from staging areas into final positions using specialized equipment.
Best,

Mitch Bolinsky

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