Phase 2: Update for the Weeks of November 3 and 10, 2025

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 and place process aggregate base along Route 15 NB from south of Paddock Avenue to the Route 15 NB Bridge over I-91 south of the East Main Street.
  • Excavate, backfill, form subgrade, place process aggregate base, and install temporary earth retaining system on the I-91 NB Exit 16 ramp and the Route 15 NB Exit 67 off-ramp.
  • Install support of excavation for the Route 15 NB Bridge over I-91 North of East Main Street, and set and strip formwork at the pier abutment.
  • Install concrete curbing for the on-ramp to Route 15 NB and I-91 NB from East Main Street.
  • Install drainage swales in the median of I-691 WB.
  • Prep for underpinning the Route 15 NB Exit 58 W Bridge to I-691 WB.
  • Excavate and backfill and excavate and install temporary earth retaining systems at various retaining walls.
  • Formwork on retaining walls and parapets.
  • Set and strip formwork for deck, parapets and approaches to the Route 15 NB Bridge over I-91 south of the East Main Street.
  • Prep, pour, cure, and rub concrete at various locations.
  • Set and strip formwork at the Paddock Avenue Bridge.
  • Pier pedestals repair at the East Main Street Bridge over Route 15.
  • Set and strip formwork on abutment 2 of the I-91 WB Bridge over Gravel Street.
  • Set and strip formwork on abutment footings for the I-691 WB Bridge over Route 15.
  • Install illumination structures at various locations
  • Onsite/offsite trucking.

NIGHTTIME LANE and/or Road CLOSURES:

Closures are possible Sunday through Friday nights from 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM as follows for bridge reconstruction work:

NIGHT WORK:

Sunday through Friday nights from 7:00 PM to 6:00 AM, crews will conduct a variety of work as noted below throughout Project limits:

  • Top course paving on I-91 NB
  • Installation of micropiles at Paddock Avenue Bridge
  • Pier pedestals repair at the East Main Street Bridge over Route 15.

LONG-TERM CLOSURES/TRAFFIC PATTERNS:

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.

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