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: April 20, 2017
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
TELEPHONE: (860) 594-3062
FAX: (860) 594-3065
WEB SITE: www.ct.gov/dot
Closure of Route 8 Northbound On-Ramp in Shelton

In order to complete bridge rehabilitation on the Commodore Hull Bridge, the Route 8 Northbound on-ramp from northbound Howe Avenue (Route 110) in Shelton will be closed starting May 1, 2017 until February 2019.  A detour using the Route 8 northbound on-ramp from the southbound side of Howe Avenue (Route 110) will be provided.  Traffic traveling southbound along Howe Avenue will not be affected by this closure. 
The project consists of the complete rehabilitation of the Commodore Hull Bridge which carries Route 8 over the Housatonic River and local streets in Shelton and Derby.  The rehabilitation work includes extensive structural steel repairs, new bridge joints and repainting of entire bridge.  
DOT Project No. 0126-0170 was awarded to Atsalis Brothers Painting Company of Warren, Michigan at the cost of $23,796,420.56 and is scheduled to be completed in February 2019.