Drivers can expect daytime lane intermittent closures to begin on the Gold Star Memorial Bridge on the Interstate 95 northbound and I-95 southbound in New London starting on Monday. There is also night work planned on the bridge starting next month, according to the Connecticut Department of Transportation. According to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, starting on March 30, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on weekdays, drivers will experience temporary lane closures in the left and right lanes, alternately. Motorists are asked to reduce speed and follow signage.
There is also a traffic crossover night work expected on the bridge in Groton and New London starting on April 6. In preparation for northbound work on the bridge, the southbound side will shift into a new traffic alignment, according to the Department of Transportation. The new alignment will reduce the typical five southbound lanes to three. Workers will place a steel barrier on the southbound bridge to split the traffic in two directions. Two northbound travel lanes will be put in behind the steel barrier on the southbound side of the bridge. “A traffic crossover will be built to allow northbound I-95 traffic to cross over onto the southbound bridge and travel in northbound direction. A crossover is a temporary traffic setup that shifts vehicles from their normal side of the roadway to the opposite side so traffic can continue moving safely while construction is going on,” according to the CTDOT. The work will impact traffic on the northbound side of the bridge for the construction. When the work is done on the southbound side, the concrete barrier will be placed on the northbound of the bridge for reconstruction and traffic purposes.
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