Connecticut Turnpike - Relieving Gridlock - Improvement Projects

Improvement Projects

• Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge Replacement (Connecticut River), Old Saybrook (to Old Lyme): $460 million, completed in 1994
• Saugatuck River Bridge Replacement, Westport: $65 million, completed in 1996
• Lake Saltonstall Bridge Widening, East Haven: $50 million, completed in 1997
• Widening/reconstruction Exits 8-10, Stamford: $80 million, completed in 2000
• Reconstruction of Interchange 40, Milford: $30 million, completed in 2002
• Reconstruction of Interchange 41, Orange: $60 million, completed in 2000
• Reconstruction/widening Exits 23-30, Bridgeport: $570 million, completed in 2006 (two years behind schedule and $170 million over budget) (NOTE 1)
• Widening between Exits 51 to 54, East Haven/Branford: $86 million, completed in 2006
• Reconfigure northbound ramps at Exit 80, Norwich: $8 million, started in April 2009, estimated completion in November 2009.
• Widening between Exits 51 and 49 (NOTE 2), East Haven/New Haven: $70 million, started in 2005, completed in 2008
• Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge Replacement, New Haven: $490 million, started in 2008, expected completion 2015 (NOTE 3)
• I-91/Route 34 Interchange Reconstruction, New Haven: $270 million, initial phases started in 2004, expected completion in 2016
• Interchange 42 reconstruction, West Haven: $36 million, started in 2003, completed in 2007
• Housatonic River Bridge replacement, Milford/Stratford: $300 million, work started in September 2009, expected completion in 2015
• West River Bridge replacement and widening (including reconstructing Exit 44 and removing Exit 45), New Haven: $200 million, expected start in 2011, expected completion in 2015
• Widening between Exits 10 and 13, Darien: $35 million, started in 2008, completed in 2010
• Widening between Exits 13 and 16 (including replacement of the Yankee Doodle Bridge over the Norwalk River), Norwalk: Cost TBD, start time TBD, expected completion TBD
• Widening/reconstruction Exits 45 to 47 (Long Wharf Section), New Haven: $200–500 million, started in 2009, expected completion 2013
• Reconfigure the I-95/I-395/US 1 interchange to accommodate the future Route 11 expressway, Waterford: Cost TBD, start time TBD, expected completion TBD.
• Add a travel lane in each direction from Branford to Waterford: $1.0 billion, start time TBD, expected completion TBD.
• Reconstruction and widening Exits 6-8, Stamford: Cost TBD, expected start TBD, expected completion TBD.
• In addition CONNDOT has been reconstructing the median of the Turnpike in stages, replacing the pre-existing steel guiderail and grass divider with a 6-foot (1.8 m) wide, 48-inch tall Jersey barrier along the highway's length from the Baldwin Bridge to the New York State line.

1. Exit 49 was permanently closed in October 2006 as part of this project. Access to Stiles Street is now provided at Exit 50 via the newly-constructed Waterfront Connector. The Southbound On-ramp still exists onto the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge.
2. The southbound offramp and northbound onramp for Exit 28 were removed in 2000 during reconstruction of the Connecticut Turnpike in Bridgeport.
3. Replacement of the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge in New Haven was planned to start in 2007. Due to the rising cost of materials however, there were no contractors interested in the project when it was advertised for bid in 2006. CONNDOT has since broken the project up into several smaller contracts, with the first contracts scheduled for bid in October 2007.