The iQuilt Partnership, a nonprofit promoting a more walkable city, envisions a complete makeover of the bridge, which dates to the late 1970s, with a ramp winding its way from the intersection of Market and Pleasant streets to the bridge. There would be a similar ramp in Riverside Park. The proposal, known as RiverLink, is one of dozens of lower-priced projects included in the Greater Hartford Mobility Study, a three-year examination by the Connecticut Department of Transportation of the region’s transportation system. The big-ticket projects in the mobility study capture a lot of attention. They include relocating the I-84/1-91 interchange, a notorious bottleneck, and the lowering of the I-84 viaduct and I-91 along the Connecticut River. The lowering of the two interstates seek to reconnect neighborhoods and restore more access to Hartford’s riverfront, projects that have been talked about for years.
CT highway projects grab limelight. These 10 could come sooner, ‘so people see some progress.’