The empty lot is adjacent to the Donald F. The state DOT last fall also purchased a 1.11-acre property about a mile from the bridge to act as a staging area for $3.85 million. Water St.īefore the COVID-19 pandemic, the 564-foot-long bridge, which is part of Metro-North Railroad’s New Haven Line, transported about 175 trains and 125,000 riders daily, according to the program website. Last month, workers began deconstructing the Maritime Aquarium's former IMAX theater building located at 2 N. The project will also include relocating high-voltage transmission lines, working on embankments and upgrading signal systems, according to the project's website. The structure, which is not a pedestrian bridge, is called the Walk Bridge after the city of Norwalk. The project - which is expected to take about six years to complete once construction starts - will be a sweeping revitalization of the Walk Bridge. Road closures or detours are not planned." "On receipt of the USCG permit, work will occur east and west of the bridge in the Norwalk River, where commercial and recreational marine traffic will be maintained.
"This phase is for staging and foundation work ahead of the bridge’s major railroad track level, tower and superstructure work," he said. The first construction phase of the project will start this spring, Morgan said, once the department gets a permit from the U.S. In recent years, the swing bridge has failed on many occasions, interrupting train traffic. The 127-year-old bridge has far exceeded its 100-year life span.
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