Press Releases
The Maple Street WB On-ramp will be closed to all traffic for full-depth roadway reconstruction starting on Sunday night 4/21 and is tentatively scheduled to reopen on Friday 4/26. Traffc will be detoured to Main Street and then to the Rte. 2 WB on-ramp at High Street. DOT Project No. 0042-0317 was awarded to Empire […]
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing a lane shift of Route 2 WB starting just east of the Willow Street Bridge beginning on August 25, 2022, weather permitting. The temporary lane shift of Route 2 WB starting just east of the Willow Street Bridge is necessary as part of the safety and operational improvements […]
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing the temporary ramp closure of the High Street On-Ramp (Exit 5A)to Route 2 Eastbound beginning on August 7, 2022, weather permitting. The temporary ramp closure of the High Street On-Ramp (Exit 5A) toRoute 2 EB is necessary as part of the safety and operational improvements on Route 2 […]
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing a lane shift of Route 2 EB prior to the Exit 5 off-ramp (Willow Street) beginning on June 16, 2022. The temporary lane shift of Route 2 EB prior to Exit 5 off-ramp (Willow Street) is necessary as part of the safety and operational improvements on Route 2 […]
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing the closure of the East Coast Greenway Multi-Use Trail at Willow Street will begin on May 31, 2022. The temporary closure of the multi-use trial at Willow Street is necessary as part of the safety and operational improvements on Route 2 in East Hartford, Hartford, and Glastonbury. The […]
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing the permanent closures of both the Route 2 Eastbound Sutton Avenue off-ramp (Exit 5B) and Route 2 Westbound Cambridge Drive on-ramp (Exit 5B). As part of the safety and operational improvements on Route 2, permanent ramp closures are necessary in the Town of East Hartford. Improvements associated with […]
ANNOUNCEMENT The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing the temporarily closure of the Maple Street on-ramp (Ramp 5C) in East Hartford to Route 2 WB (Hartford) from Thursday June 15, 2021 until Saturday June 24, 2021, weather permitting. This closure is being implemented to provide increased safety to the traveling public while facilitating construction work […]
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing the start of road construction at the intersection of Broad Street and Main Street in East Hartford on Tuesday, June 1, 2021. The intersection improvements at this location are part of CTDOT project No. 0042-0317. The contract was awarded to Empire Paving a cost of $61,786,112.84 on April […]
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing the start of construction activities and intermittent nightly lane closures on Route 2 in East Hartford, Hartford and Glastonbury, beginning on May 20, 2021, and extending into the 2024 construction season. Motorists should anticipate lane closures, nightly, from 7 PM to 6 AM on Route 2 between the […]