Scheduled Closure and Detour of Route 82 in Salem Beginning on Monday, July 19th

SALEM – The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing the scheduled closure and detour of Route 82 in Salem. The closure will begin on July 19, 2021 and will remain in place through September 21, 2021. The closure and detour are necessary to facilitate ongoing bridge replacement activities for the bridges carrying Route 82 over East Branch Eight Mile River and Swamp Brook.

Detour Information

The closure will be approximately a quarter mile west of the Route 11/Route 82 interchange. Detour routes will be clearly marked during the road closure.

Route 82 eastbound traffic should travel the signed detour as follows:

• Take a left onto Woodbridge Road and follow to West Road.
• Follow West Road to intersection with Witch Meadow Road. Take right onto Witch Meadow Road.
• Take right onto Route 11 southbound onramp. Follow Route 11 to exit 4. Exit 4 is intersection with Route 82, and end of detour.

Route 82 westbound traffic should travel the signed detour as follows:

• Take a left onto Darling Road. In tenth of a mile, slight right onto White Birch Road.
• Follow White Birch Road which turns back into Darling Road. Darling Road then turns into Salem Road.
• Follow Salem Road to intersection with Route 156 in Lyme. Take a right onto Route 156 and follow to intersection with Route 82. This marks the end of the detour.

Large truck traffic shall travel the signed detour as follows:

• From the east side of the Route 82 closure, at the Route 85/Route 82 roundabout in Salem, trucks shall travel Route 85 south to Interstate 395 southbound in Montville.
• I-395 SB merges into to I-95 SB. Follow I-95 SB to Exit 70 for Route 1 in Old Lyme.
• Route 1 SB/Halls Road to Route 156. Take a right onto Route 156 and follow to intersection of Route 82. This marks the end of the detour.
• This detour works in reverse order for trucks travelling west.

About the Project

Project 0120-0090 consists of full replacement of Bridges 01140 and 05401. The new bridges will consist of precast structural elements such as wingwalls, abutments, and bridge deck units set upon galvanized steel girders. The abutment footings will bear on steel H-piles. General roadway improvements will occur as part of the project as well. DOT Project No. 0120-0090 was awarded to The Brunalli Construction Company at a cost of $5,153,388.15 on December 16, 2020, and is scheduled to be completed November 7, 2021.