What has become a major traffic issue in downtown Shelton is now a priority for the Connecticut Department of Transportation and local law enforcement.  State Sen. Jason Perillo, state Reps. Amy ...

The state Department of Transportation said it will pay for additional officers and signage to help direct traffic near the ...

Hatch Ltd., Charter Project Delivery Inc., and T.Y. Lin International Canada Ltd. were recently given the 2023 Award of Excellence for a gusset plate repair on the Taylor Bridge. The Taylor Bridge ...

An important section of Route 8 is under repair. The Commodore Hull Bridge, which connects Shelton and Derby over the ...

Immediate repairs began Monday on the Commodore Hull Bridge, officials with the Connecticut Department of Transportation said ...

The Commadore Hull Bridge, a section of Route 8 that connects Shelton and Derby, is getting repairs after a discovery was ...

The bridge consists of two structures ... The crack started at a connection between the web, horizontal cross-bracing, vertical stiffener, and horizontal gusset plate. For the emergency inspections, ...

In 1975, the east girder on the southbound bridge fractured. This caused a 7-inch dip in the ... The cause of the fracture was a fatigue crack that started in a weld between a lateral gusset plate and ...

The Emergency Declaration signed allows CTDOT and its contracting partners to move forward with permanent repairs more ...

Maintenance costs: The state would have had to pay more to maintain the concrete decks, gusset plates, supports and rivets, which were rusting, than to replace the old bridge. Modern engineering ...

This is a side-by-side comparison of the same gusset plate on the bridge, pictured in 2024 and 2025. The steel is rusting and getting progressively worse, prompting safety concerns that led WSDOT ...