DAY WORK:
During weekdays, Monday through Friday from 6:00 AM to 3:30 PM crews will conduct a variety of work as noted throughout the I-91, I-691, Route 15 Interchange Phase 2 Project limits:
- Maintenance and protection of traffic with lane and shoulder closures on I-91, I-691, and Route 15, and some local roads, as required.
- Maintain stockpile locations, sweeping, dust control.
- Excavate, backfill, form subgrade, place process aggregate base, and install temporary earth retaining system on Route 15 NB Exit 65 A off-ramp.
- Backfill for the I-691 Bridge over Gravel Street abutment 2.
- Backfill for the Paddock Avenue Bridge abutments 1 and 2.
- Install precast concrete modules for multiple retaining walls.
- Excavate and install temporary earth retaining system for underpinning of the Route 15 NB Exit 65 B off ramp bridge.
- Excavate, backfill, form subgrade and place process aggregate base along Route 15 NB from south of Paddock Avenue.
- Form and pour leveling pads for multiple retaining walls.
- Set and strip formwork for moment slabs for multiple retaining walls.
- Set and strip formwork for the Paddock Avenue Bridge’s decking.
- Set and strip formwork for abutment 2, footing and stem for the I-691 Bridge over Gravel Street.
- Pour parapets for multiple retaining walls.
- Set and strip formwork for parapets for the future Route 15 NB Exit 64A Bridge to East Main Street.
- Winter conditions: heating, ground thaw, blankets, maintenance, etc., as needed.
- Install rebar on multiple bridge decks.
- Install overhead sign foundations at various locations throughout the project limits.
- Onsite/offsite trucking.
NIGHT WORK:
Closures are possible Sunday 12/25 through Thursday 12/29 nights from 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM as follows:
- Ramp and lane closures and stoppages on Route 15, I-91, and I-691
- Steel erection on the Paddock Avenue bridge
LONG-TERM CLOSURES/TRAFFIC PATTERNS:
- The On-ramp to Route 15 NB, I-91 NB and I-691 EB from East Main Street is closed temporarily for roadway construction and safety. Read more and see detour map here.
- Paddock Avenue: one-way alternating traffic controlled by a temporary traffic signal, and nighttime closure/detour on Paddock Avenue over Route 15 between Barr Road and Overlook Road: read more here.
