Phase 2: Update for the Weeks of September 8 & 15, 2025

Note Speed Reduction throughout Project limits.

DAY WORK:

During weekdays, Monday through Friday from 6:00 AM to 3:30 PM crews will conduct a variety of work as noted below 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 and backfill for retaining walls from Route 15 NB over I-91 south of the East Main Street Bridge and continuing along the ramp to East Main Street, and install precast concrete blocks, and set and strip formwork for pier cap and pedestals.
  • Install permanent barrier in the I-91 NB median.
  • Install support of excavation for the I-691 WB bridge over Gravel Street
  • Prep for underpinning the Route 15 NB Exit 68W bridge to I-691 WB
  • Excavate, backfill, form subgrade and place process aggregate base for approaches to the Paddock Avenue Bridge, Paddock Avenue, and temporary sidewalk
  • Form and pour leveling pads and set and strip formwork for multiple retaining walls
  • Set and strip formwork for the Paddock Avenue Bridge parapet, piers, and approaches
  • Form and strip stem, pier cap, stem, backwall, wingwall, and pedestals for the Route 15 NB over I-91 south of the East Main Street Bridge.
  • Drill and grout dowels and bolts for the I-691 WB bridge over Route 15
  • Deliver steel girders for the new Route 15 NB Exit 67 to East Main Street
  • Onsite/offsite trucking.

NIGHTTIME LANE CLOSURES:

Closures are possible Sunday through Friday nights from 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM as follows:

  • East Main Street (East Main Street Bridge) for bridge reconstruction work

NIGHT WORK:

I-91 NB intermittent closures at Exit 16 for steel erection:

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:

  • Install permanent drainage for the I-691 WB crossings
  • Jockeying of steel girders
  • Work on the East Main Street bridge

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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