Gov. Dannel P. Malloy today announced in a press release that the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s weekend bridge replacement project of I-84 over Marion Avenue in Southington is virtually complete with I-84 EB opening at 4:30 p.m. today – 12-plus hours ahead of schedule. Interstate 84 Westbound, also well ahead of schedule, is tentatively set to open between 7 and 8 PM. “After months of diligent planning, design, stakeholder outreach and around-the clock-prefabrication, I was informed by CTDOT that the project is nearly completed and I-84 Eastbound is reopening shortly to vehicular traffic,” said Malloy in the release.” A lot was riding on this project getting done without any problems and with very little inconvenience to the nearly 85,000-plus people that travel on this portion of I-84 every day. This is another great example of ConnDOT thinking outside the box to deliver a major bridge project with as few interruptions as possible for the public.” Beginning in the summer of 2013 the department’s contractor, Northern Construction, utilizing Accelerated Bridge Construction techniques, prefabricated new bridge superstructures to replace the existing units that were built in 1963 and were in poor condition, said the governor’s release. By employing ABC principles, the DOT virtually [...]
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