Demolition of the I-95 Fairfield Avenue overpass in Norwalk will begin tomorrow morning. The road, at Exit 15, was damaged this morning, when a gasoline tanker involved in a multi-vehicle accident caught fire underneath.
I-95 will remain closed during demolition. The state Department of Transportation expects the work to last about 4 days.
The goal is for I-95 to reopen on Monday, May 6.
Westport Police say: “Over the next few days, local roads will continue to be severely affected with increased vehicular traffic.
“We urge anyone who does not need to travel to stay off the roads. If you need to travel, please give yourself extra time and be patient.
“We also encourage anyone traveling to and from Westport to use Metro North train service or alternate routes.”
For up-to-date information, click on www.ctroads.org.
Post Road scenes like this will continue throughout the weekend. (Drone photo/Charlie Scott)
Welcome to Westport circa 1956.
Insufferable.
“Insufferable?”
It was an ACCIDENT and even YOU will have to “suffer” it, Leslie.
Of course, given all the traffic, one of the best ways to get to the Westport and Greens Farms train stations is to use Wheels2U, the Westport Transit District’s door-to-train station commuter shutle service. Hours of operation are 5:54 Am to 10 AM and 4 PM to 9:30 PM, Monday through Friday and the fare is only $2. Just download the Wheels2U app, book a ride, and go. For more information go to https://www.wheels2uwestport.com/
Just got back from Greenwich is a cool 140 minutes. Just stay home
bring back horses
I have a client coming in Saturday to see RE- not driving – taking the train. Thank you MTA!
Thank the Lord, nobody killed. But most of these trucks are headed for Boston. Why not an intestate across the middle of the state instead of the suburban filled I-95 corridor along the water? Perhaps we could divert some of the funds for world peace for our peace and safety?
Mr. Swanson, That would be I-84…
Dang, I knew it was a great idea!!! :}} My research shows the daily traffic on I-84 is nearly as bad as I-95? For a state of 3.6 million, we sure do have enough traffic. Give everybody a bike.
“Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that’s even remotely true.” – Homer Simpson
“Solutions are not the answer.” Richard Nixon
You do realize the accident happened on the SB 95 side?
Why not eliminate CT entirely?
New Yorkers have already started doing that.
A new bridge can be rebuilt in 4 days? In 1955 Hurricane Connie took down the Merrit Parkway bridge over the river in Norwalk, by the Armstrong Tire factory and also over the New Haven RRs Pittsfield line.. I-95 was not yet built. The state built a temporary wooden bridge with a mile of signs preceding the bridge in each direction warning traffic to slow down. Then they built a new highway bridge adjacent to that bridge that required severe curves to access while they tore down the wooden bridge and replaced it with the bridge that stands there now. The whole procedure lasted for several months
They taking the bridge down
No, they’re not rebuilding it in 4 days. That’s the amount of time it will take to demolish the overpass.
One has to also look at the almost non-existence of rail freight in Connecticut. Rebuilding the RR bridge in Poughkeepsie with its access lines might help, or building a tunnel for rail freight under New York Harbor or expanding the cross harbor ferry. When I was a kid there were hourly 100+ car freights going through Westport. The Penn Central discontinued the ferries, refused to reconstruct the Poughkeepsie bridge after a fire, and basically moved all freight off the New Haven and onto the Boston & Albany so they could sell the New Haven to government agencies freight-free. Return freight traffic to the New Haven, but that requires getting trains across the Hudson.