I know is thier anyone to call

Last I was told, they were looking to open State Street to traffic again in August of 2014.

Get everyone you know to contact Karyn Gilvarg in City Planning and Gholamali Moslehi, the City Engineer.

KGilvarg@newhavenct.net

Gholamali J. Moslehi, P.E.
Chief Structural Engineer
(203) 946-8095

Karen Gilvarg will not have the info- better off with the engineer who has the timeline and scope of work

gmoslehi@newhavenct.net

This project has gone on for a very long time and has put an incredible amount of stress on local merchants and neighbors. I have been working with Rep. Lemar and representatives from Engineering to see if there is anything to do to expedite the process. At this point, I don't think there is anything to be done to move it to resolution faster--they have encountered a multitude of technical and geotechnical concerns along the way, and the people with expertise in these issues are working to address them. I wanted to share a status report from the State DOT (below) and that the current estimate for re-opening the bridge to traffic is at the end of calendar year 2014.

PROJECT 92-561 STATE STREET BRIDGE OVER THE MILL RIVER - NEW HAVEN
STATUS REPORT
Replacement of the State Street Bridge over the Mill River in New Haven was awarded to C.J. Fucci Inc. in April 2009. It involves complete removal of the existing abutments and pier and will be replaced by a single span bridge comprised of precast concrete beams. Full depth roadway reconstruction will be done to both approaches to the bridge which will have two ten foot lanes in each direction. The following is a brief summation of the events resulting in the prolonged duration of construction activities for this project.
The State Street Bridge Project began in May, 2009. Soon after work began, the project was impacted by an unexpected conflict with a 42” Water main that is property of the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority (RWA). This water main is a primary facility for the City of New Haven’s water supply. Due to the close proximity of the water main to the work area, concern over damage to the pipe from excavations and vibrations, required the RWA to relocate the 42” main a clear and safe distance. This relocation commenced in June, 2010 and was completed September 2010.
Following the relocation of the water main, C.J. Fucci, the Department’s Contractor, was able to re-start construction activities. Fucci began with drainage installation on and around State Street, while maintaining alternating one way travel lanes on the bridge during working hours.
In order to demolish the structure and reconstruct the new Bridge, the original State Street Bridge was closed in October, 2010. All these construction activities were supposed to be completed within 365 days (1 year) of closing the bridge.
Once the bridge was closed, the Contractor began with the removal of the superstructure, abutments and pier. This was followed by the installation of temporary sheet piling in order to construct a “cofferdam”, to dewater the work area, so the reconstruction of the substructure can be performed in “dry” conditions.
The Contractor encountered conflicts in February, 2011 during the installation of the sheet piling cofferdam with the existing Piles supporting the footings for the I-91 bridge structure. This conflict caused a delay because the cofferdam was unable to be constructed as per Plan. A re-design of the cofferdam was completed by our Designer and operations commenced by March 2011.

The Contractor began excavation for the existing east substructure in June, 2011. Immediately upon starting the excavation, it was determined that existing groundwater was contaminated and required additional treatment not included in the original design. Operations were halted on the East substructure while a remedy was being designed. To minimize a delay to the contract as a whole, direction was given to the Contractor to relocate and commence operations on the West substructure in order keep operations moving. Once the Contractor began excavating on the West side, more contaminated soil and groundwater was encountered. This lead to a stoppage to all operations until a complete redesign of the Handling Contaminated Groundwater along with Bridge Piles and Footings was complete.
A complete re-design for both proposed abutments was provided to the Contractor in January 2012 utilizing steel H-Piles. Test pile operations were performed in the month of July 2012 with results sent to design. The contractor was given pile order lengths and production piles started being driven at the west abutment in January 2013. During the driving of piles at the west abutment in February 2013, settlement of some of the surrounding structures resulting from seismic vibrations caused by pile driving became evident. This prompted the temporary stoppage of pile operations until the settlement could be addressed. The settlement was a very serious issue due to the concerns for the I-91 Bridge adjacent to the site, which was one of the structures that settled. In addition a significant water line supplying the city had to be shut down and a bypassed utilized. Design provided new pile driving guidelines and restrictions, as well as, a ramped up monitoring program to closely monitor any additional settlement. Pile driving operations resumed at the proposed west abutment at the end of April 2013 and were completed June 2013. The reset of the work to build the west abutment has been continuing and is progressing as we speak.
As result of the settlement to some of the surrounding structures, design provided new plans and specification on June 18, 2013 for the use of Micro Piles, which are drill in verses hammered in, in lieu of steel H-Piles at the proposed east abutment foundation. The contractor is currently coordinating with their subcontractor for the preliminary work associated with micro pile prices and plan submittals.
The contractor's new revised Project Schedule is being assembled for submission and review by the Department being they have received full direction on how to overcome the obstacles preventing construction of the bridge. It has preliminarily been forecasted that micro piles at the proposed east abutment could be completed in the spring of 2014 and that the bridge could be open to traffic in mid-summer of 2014 barring any further complications; with a Project Completion Fall of 2014.

Thank you for sharing this.

It is definitely impacting merchants. Just go down there and you see how dead the area is.

Delayed again! New story on it today.

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/state_street_bridge_to_open_..._in_2014/

You can also find information regarding the timeline by accessing ConnDOT's Interactive Travel Information Map. There is also information posted within the project details to inquire further.
here's a link to the map: http://www.dotdata.ct.gov/iti/master_iti.html

Here is the update from the referenced site:

Replacement of the State Street Bridge over the Mill River between Lawrence Street and James Street in New Haven

UPDATE- Completion of work extended to Fall 2014. DETOUR INFO- State Street closed to traffic between the intersections of Lawrence Street and James Street. Detour signs have been installed to assist motorists around the road closure. Truck traffic must follow posted detour route. Automobile and Pedestrian Detour: East Street to Lombard Street to James Street. Truck Detour: East Street to Grand Avenue to James Street to Lombard Street to Blatchley Avenue.

Could the community be using this time when traffic is halted to do some improvements to the area? Planting trees, shrubs, flowers, etc?

This issue is ConnDOT related, therefore it is being moved to the Other category. This issue will remain open, as the work has not been completed to date. To follow up with the bridge progress, use this link:
http://www.dotdata.ct.gov/iti/master_iti.html to view the mapped location with details on the project, including addtional contact information. Thank you.

This issue was recategorized from Other - city responsibility to Other.

How much more than the original bid is this bridge going to cost? Seems to me there could have been better planning. This is affecting peoples livelihoods. Mom and pop go out of business but the city and state engineers still get their pensions.

the cost is now 5x the "original" cost. The DOT is probably the most corrupt state agency - notorious for graft, bribery, fraud, substandard work, incompetent design, lack of vision, etc. When your world view is framed through a windshield, the solution to all of your transportation problems looks like a wider road. The pavement contractors are best buddies with the crooks up in Hartford.

Where is Mayor-Elect Harp on this issue?

It's amusing to see the City of New Haven running like stray cats caught in the rain on this one. As indeed they are. No responsibility? Really? The goons from DOT are allowed to drive in during the night and demolish a bridge without the city even knowing what's going on? Heads should be rolling in Hartford, and heads should be rolling in New Haven. As someone who has spent his life in construction, I can attest that one does not begin a major (huge, given its impact) project like this one without doing all the requisite tests, subterranean and otherwise, FIRST. Even the utility companies ask homeowners to "call before you dig". DOT is not required the same common sense? SHAME. SHAME SHAME and SHAME again. I hope the poor business owners along State Street, who must be losing a fortune, are having their days in court.

Issue 1106403 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue.

Issue 1092514 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue.

Issue 1404292 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue.

State St. Bridge Update:

Link to Recent NHI article: http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/state_bridge_set_to_reopen_in_2016_maybe/

Link to State St Bridge Construction Updates:
http://gm2inc.com/statestreet/

We are trying to delineate issues that are current and need the city's attention to resolve. Any issues prior to 2013 are being closed. If your issue remains and needs to be addressed by the city, please either re-open or open as a new See Click Fix issue. Thanks.

We are trying to delineate issues that are current and need the city's attention to resolve. Any issues prior to 2013 are being closed. If your issue remains and needs to be addressed by the city, please either re-open or open as a new See Click Fix issue. Thanks.