Swing Bridge Rehabilitation Project

• Crews will continue with bridge abutment rehabilitation.
• Crews will continue with retaining wall construction along the southside of Route 82.

• Crews will be installing temporary bridge rails.
• Crews will perform bottom chord repairs on Span 2.  
• Crews will perform surface prep followed by priming on Span 2.
• Crews will be installing conduit on the Swing Span.
• Crews will be preparing for upcoming Superstructure removal. 
• Crews will continue with repair work of the swing span's mechanical and electircal systems. 

• Crews will perform surface prep followed by priming on Span 2.  
• Crews will continue with repair work of the swing span's mechanical and electrical systems.  

• Single land closures on Route 82 will occur Monday - Friday between 9am -3pm within the project limits. Traffic flaggers will coordinate the alternating traffic sequence.
• All lanes will be reopened and operational during peak traffic hours. 

• Weeknight bridge closures will occur Monday - Friday this week. Be advised that Saturday and Sunday night closures may also occur if weekdays are lost due to bad weather.
• When an overnight road closure is required, the hours of closure will be implemented per the following:   

Weeknights: 

• Monday - 7pm - 6am
• Tuesday - 7pm - 6am
• Wednesday - 11pm - 6am
• Thursday 11pm - 6am 
• Friday 11:30pm - 8am 

• Weekends (if required)
• Saturday - 11:30pm - 8am
• Sunday 10:00pm - 6am. 

Marine Advisory:

• The East Haddam Swing Bridge's schedule for limited openings to boats will be as follows (until further notice): 
• Two openings Thursday's 10am & 1pm
• Two openings on Saturday's 10am & 1pm
• Two openings on Sunday's 10am & 1pm

Boaters are advised that the swing span is still in a state of disrepair and that each of these test swings will require monitoring by a team of engineers, if during a test swing, the team witnesses anything that potentially puts the bridge at risk, the remaining test swing openings would be canceled.

For future scheduled openings for maritime traffic, click here

 Also, the contractor has temporarily removed approximately 50 feet of their suspended scaffold to provide additional vertical clearance for boats that generally do not require the bridge to swing opening to pass through. The temporary scaffold removal was done in the channel that is closest to the East Haddam shoreline.

Boaters are advised that currently the approximate vertical clearance to the scaffold are as follows: 

Low tide clearance is about 18’-8”

High tide clearance is about 16’-8”

The tide clearance boards are recommended as the best reference for gauging clearance at time of passage, the boards are located on the swing span pivot pier and teh bulkhead at Goodspeed, both have been adjusted to reflect the vertical clearances in locations of the contractor's suspended scaffold. Be advised that there is approximately 3 feet of additional clearance in the location where the scaffold was temporarily removed.

Navigational beacons have been installed on the bridge to designate the channel. 

Please be advised: