Crews rebuilding the Fairfield Avenue bridge spanning Interstate 95 in Norwalk finished pouring its concrete deck Thursday and will install parapet retaining walls in the coming weeks, according to a Connecticut Department of Transportation spokesperson. Before crews could pour the bridge’s concrete deck, “every utility line you could think of,” including water, fiber, gas and electric lines, was installed in the last two weeks of September, Morgan said. Both hurdles are major milestones in the project, which has caused traffic delays in the area. DOT shut down I-95 in Norwalk, crippling the flow of traffic, for about 80 hours to demolish the bridge that was rendered structurally unstable when a gasoline tanker caught fire underneath it in after a crash on May 2. The bridge is slated for construction closeout in early spring — consistent with previous estimations so far, Morgan said. Before reopening, sidewalks will also be installed, he said.
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