ROUTE 85 CLOSURE NOTIFICATION – DECEMBER 4, 2018

Group: Construction News

Project No.:  0066-0109

Headline:  Emergency replacement of Culvert under Route 85 (Church St.), south of Rte 207 Hebron Ct.  

Teaser:        

The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing the start of Construction on the project to replace the culvert under Route 85 (Church St.) at the Airline Trail crossing 0.4 miles north of Niles Road Hebron. 

Body of the Message

The project to replace the culvert Route 85 (Church St.) at the Airline Trail crossing 0.4 miles north of Niles Road Hebron will begin on December 4, 2018.  Arborio Corporation of Cromwell, CT has been selected to perform the work as an Emergency Declaration Construction will involve a closure of Route 85 to remove a failing culvert and install the new culvert.  The roadway is expected to be closed for 12 days. Additional daytime lane closures may be required to complete off-road work.

The Airline trail is currently closed at this location and will open upon completion of the roadway work.

LANE CLOSURE INFO

Traffic shall be routed around the work area by use of a detour. The detour shall be implemented using Route 16 to Route 207 if headed north from Colchester, and Route 207 to Route 16 if headed south from Hebron. This detour shall begin on December 4, 2018 and should be completed on December 15, 2018. After the closure, traffic will be maintained on one 11 ft lane using alternating traffic under stop sign control. 

Motorists are urged to obey the posted speed limit and to proceed with caution through this and all other construction work zones.

RAMP CLOSURE INFO  

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Specific Date e-alert to be issued: November 25, 2018

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DOT Project No.: 0066-0109

Route: Route 85(Church St.) south of Rte 207

Town: Hebron

Highway log: Route 85 over Culvert-Hebron at 0.4 miles north of Niles Road                

Go to http://www.ct.gov/dot/LIB/dot/Documents/dpolicy/hwylog/hwylog.pdf#?????

Project Start Date: December 4, 2018

Anticipated Completion Date: December 20, 2018