Connecticut Department of Transportation

To support essential travelers during the COVID-19 public health crisis, CTDOT has launched a temporary program for food trucks to operate at highway Rest Areas in Danbury (I-84), Middletown (I-91), Wallingford (I-91) and North Stonington (I-95). Read more here: Food Trucks Temporarily Permitted at CTDOT Highway Rest Areas

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
NEWS RELEASE
2800 BERLIN TURNPIKE P.O. BOX 317546
NEWINGTON CONNECTICUT, 06131-7546
FOR RELEASE: September 26, 2014
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
TELEPHONE: (860) 594-3062
FAX: (860) 594-3065
WEB SITE: www.ct.gov/dot
Updated Scheduled For 24-Hour Weekend Closures on Route 130 (Fairfield Avenue) in Bridgeport
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing that the closure schedule for Route 130, Fairfield Avenue, from Commerce Drive to Railroad Avenue eastbound has been revised.  The current schedule is to close Route 130 on the weekend of October 10-12. This closure will be repeated every weekend thereafter until end of December of 2014.
The road closure is required to complete the final lowering of Fairfield Avenue which will be performed in stages.  
DETOUR INFO- Route 130 will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. on weekends of 10/10/14 through 10/12/14 and thereafter on every weekend until the end of December 0f 2014.
Signs will be in place to direct traffic around the closure.  Detour routes are:

-  Cars will use Pine Street, Bostwick Avenue and State Street. 

-  Truck traffic will use Pine Street, Wordin Avenue and State Street.

A temporary sidewalk will be in place for pedestrian access.

The work is part of a project to overhaul the overhead Catenary wire system and replace five bridges on the New Haven Rail Line between Bridgeport and Fairfield.  The contract was awarded to Ducci Electrical Contractors of Torrington, CT, in April 2007 and the revised schedule has the project completing in December 2014.