The Connecticut Ministry of Transport has completed the design of a project on a centrally located bridge and would like to advertise the job by the end of the year, said a spokesman.
The “Rehabilitation” project is for the Putnam Bridge, which connects the cities of Wethersfield and Glastonbury via the Connecticut River and leads a considerable amount of traffic.
The project, which begins in 2026, aims to fix the “structural defects” of the Putnam Bridge in order to “maintain a safe journey for all users of the facility and, according to Dot, maintain a” state of good repair “.
“The project includes repairing or replacing inadequate structural elements, improving the condition assessment of all structural elements to” satisfactory “(6) or better concrete deck patching and the installation of a new water sealing membrane and covering,” says DOT.
Ron Sacchi, who was described as a project manager for GM2 Associates, Inc., gave a brief introduction to the project in a virtual public information seat in 2024 and said that the Bridge Structural Evaluation at this time was 5 or fair.
The bridge, a key span in the Hartford area, carries Route 3 over the Connecticut River.
At the 2024 session, it was found that the “existing road was described as a fourteen span of approximately 2,393 feet above the Connecticut river, with a 31.9-foot width to curb-to-curb width for two lanes in every direction.” The estimated construction costs for the project “Depending on the steel radiation painting and full steel structure painting was expected that they are expected between $ 31.4 and 65.3 million”, depending on the “collection of older lead base before rehabilitation compared to the removal of all existing lead base with a new steel color”, a recording of the meeting notes.
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“The main unit of the bridge consists of the four spans above the Connecticut river, which comprises the longest span (319 feet), while the rapprochement spans are defined as over land,” the report says.
In addition, the proposed rehabilitation work on the bridge was presented as several components, including “Strengthening the repairs to the main carrier, the patch and repair of the concrete cover plate, including the replacement sealing membrane as well as the new overlap, replacement activity of all expansion joints, including the main duration and the increase in steel thickness, and the steel strength, and the extraction to the Steel amount.
The officials found that maintenance of traffic during work would take a trace in every direction in every direction, and it is not expected that the bridge would require closure during rehabilitation work.
During the meeting, Sacchi found that the Putnam Bridge Trail would remain open for the construction life of the construction work, and it is expected that the construction and the way will only have a minimal impact on the effects. “The Zweigweg on the Glastonbury page is temporarily/temporarily influenced if you work on the division on the Glastonbury page.” He also found that the “original color on the bridge before applying the new color along the bridge superstructure steel components must be completely included during the paint removal process.
According to a DOT spokesman, construction is expected to begin in spring 2026. The project is expected to be carried out with 80% federal funds and 20% state funds.
According to the DOT, the proposed project in connection with the proposed project is not expected.