ROTHA Contracting, Avon, Conn., is the lead contractor of the rehabilitation of the Putnam Memorial bridge in Wethersfield and Glastonbury, Conn., that started on March 16, 2026, and is slated to be completed by Nov. 3, 2028, according to CTDOT. “The purpose of the project is to increase the load rating factor for all legal, permit and emergency vehicles through strengthening and bracing of the existing structural steel,” said CTDOT. “The project will also include deck patching and new wearing surface installation, drainage repairs, inspection catwalk removal, substructure concrete repairs and full painting of the bridge.” The cost of the project is $48 million, which will be paid by 80 percent federal funds and 20 percent state funds. “We just started in the middle of March,” said Ryan Hawkins, ROTHA Contracting project manager. “We have constructed access roads on the east and west approaches under the bridge. We have also prepped some staging areas adjacent to the bridge. We installed E&S control, construction signs. We also installed VMS signs to post the bridge for a 20-ton weight limit during construction. Our painting subcontractor started mobilizing this week and will start installing safe span platforms starting next week.”
ROTHA Begins $48M Putnam Memorial Bridge Rehabilitation Project in Conn.
