Phase 3: Update for the weeks of August 24 & 31, 2026

NOTICES:

  • I-91 EMERGENCY TURNAROUND TEMPORARY CLOSURE from Monday August 17 through Monday, August 31, 2026: Read more here.
  • MURDOCK AVENUE BRIDGE LONG-TERM ALTERNATING ONE-WAY TRAFFIC BEGINS AUGUST 27: The start of alternating one-way traffic controlled by a temporary traffic signal on the Murdock Avenue Bridge over I-91, to facilitate ongoing bridge replacement activities, will begin on Thursday, August 27. Read more here.

DAYTIME WORK:

Monday through Friday from 6:00 AM to 2:30 PM crews will conduct a variety of work as noted throughout the Phase 3 Project limits:

  • Culvert rehabilitation at multiple sites
    • Maintain water handling
    • Haul in and stockpile supplemental streambed channel material
  • Sawcut, excavate and backfill in the I-91 SB median from north end of project limits to Exit 17 for the added lane
  • Sawcut, excavated and backfill in the Route 15 SB median and the I-691 EB median
  • Pave widening I-91 SB median from the north end of the project limits to the Baldwin Avenue Bridge
  • Construction staking sitewide
  • Install drainage on I-91 SB from Murdock Avenue to the Route 15 bridge over I-91 south of East Main Street
  • Work on multiple bridges including parapet caps, curb, deck ends and cut-off wall
  • Relocate cable fiber, and internet lines over the Murdock Avenue Bridge and install temporary water main

NIGHTTIME LANE CLOSURES:

Sunday through Friday nights from 7:00 PM to 6:00 AM crews will conduct a variety of work with lane closes as noted:

  • I-91 SB (From the on ramp from East Main Street to Exit 15) for steel access, median replacement work and sawcutting

NIGHTTIME WORK – BRIDGE DEMOLITION/CONSTRUCTION:

Route 15 median reconstruction work
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