The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
Mill Plain Bridge
 Project Progresses
Construction Work Over Mad River Causes Detour
 Distance, However, Not Increased

Road conditions and detours in the state of Connecticut made necessary by highway construction and oiling announced by the Con- necticut Highway Department as of May 29.
 Closed for Construction Route No. IA
 Waterbury,. Constructing bridge over Mad river at Mill Plain. De- tour over city streets does not in- crease the. distance.
 No Route Number
 Beacon Falls. Steel truss bridge and approaches, spanning Nauga- tuck river at Depot street.
 Darien. Concrete slab bridge and approaches, spanning Stony Brook on Old Kings highway.
 Greenwich. Merritt highway. 51a miles grading, bridget construction and culvert work.
 Portland. Brownstone avenue. .15 of mile of concrete and pene- tration. Local traffic use detour over Silver street.
 Old Saybrook. F mile paving on Plumb bank road.
 Milford. Concrete arch bridge on old Boston Post road, spanning Wepawaug river. s} sf,,'
 Tru m b Il l. Merritt highway. Combination bridges over Pequon- mock river and miles grading and culvert work. Construction-Traffic Maintained Route No. U. $. 6
 West Hartford. Pennington ave- nue. 1h miles of sheet asphalt. Open to local traffic. Avoid if possible. Use boulevard. Route No. U. s.
 Norwalk. 1 mile of paving on Main avenue through the Winni- pauk section: slight inconvenience. Route No. fl
 Columbia. Columbia -Willimantic trunk line 8 inch reinforced con- crete pavement. Length about 2 miles. Traffic can pass. Route No. 16
 Colchester. Comstock Bridge Colchester trunk line. Bituminous macadam about Ia miles. Open to local traffic. Route No. 69
 Waterbury and Wolcott. 71s miles of paving, starting at Route No. IA. Open to traffic with slight inconvenience due to placing of stone.
 Route No. 70
 Meriden. South Meriden road. 1-6 mile of cribbing and gravel. No delay.
 Waterbury. One-half mile of paving at Rockville. No delays. Route No. 71
 Merlden- Berlin. Cat Hole pass road. 2 miles of bituminous ma- cadam. Open to local traffic. Avoid if possible.
 Route No. so
 Madison and Killingworth. 5h miles of grading and paving from one mile west of Route 79 to the intersection of Route No. S1. Pass able but rough. Advise optional route. tt. Route No. S4
 Groton, Stonington, North Ston- ington. Old Mystical. l. line road. Bituminous macadam about 10 miles. Traffic can pass. Route No. S5
 Bolton. West street and camp meeting road. 3% miles water bound macadam. Open to traffic.
 Hebron. North street. IF miles of waterbound macadam. Open to traffic. Avoid if possible. Route No. 1Ol
 Putnam. Pomfret street paving about # mile. Traffic can pass. Route No. no
 Monroe. 5 miles of grading and paving, starting at Route III and running east to the Housatonic river; passable but rough, advise optional route to avoid delay and 
 Route No. 131
 Roxbury. 1h miles of construc- tion at Roxbury Falls. Short de- lays.
 Route No. Ise
 Darien. Bridge and approaches being constructed over the 5 Mile river. A run-around is provided so that there is no. delay to traffic. Route No. 164
 Preston. Preston Plains Griswold road. Btu m ous macadam, length about miles. Open to local traffic.
 Route, No. f05
 Preston, Grlswold, voluntown. Preston-R. 1. trunk line. Bitu- mlnous macadam, length about l1is miles. Traffic should avoid iilis route. Route No. f83
 Colcbrook. 2 miles of construc- tion from unnna oh ,iaette line enuth-