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The old bridge lasted 51 years. The new one will last twice that long. General Contractors Walsh-PCL Joint Venture II has begun Phase Two of the Moses Wheeler Bridge Project, a 1.5-mi. (2.4 km) steel marvel to replace the one that connects the towns of Milford and Stratford, Conn. crossing over the Housatonic River. Begun in August 2009 and originally planned with an Oct. 31, 2017 completion date, the new bridge timetable has been revised by WPCL II to Aug. 31, 2016. Along with its protracted schedule, the estimated $320 million project will come in some $40 million under Connecticut Department of Rotator at pier six. Transportation (ConnDOT) projections, something almost unheard of in major bridge construction work in this century. Moses Wheeler — who emigrated from England in 1638 and moved to Stratford in the 1640s — operated a simple ferry across the river through the 1670s. It would be impossible for him to imagine that a huge manmade bridge would be built to span that same waterway. He would be mystified to find out it was named after him. He would be incredulous at knowing the one built first in 1958 would eventually carry 130,000 vehicles per day. According to James J. Pelletier, Jr., a project engineer at ConnDOT, The Moses-Wheeler Bridge consists of, in its main spans: girder/floorbeam/stringer approaches: With multi-girder 4-inch bituminous wearing surface over a 7.25in. (18.4 cm), reinforced concrete deck. “The bridge is set up with two primary carrying beams,” said Pelletier. There are two separate bridge structures. The
current bridge has two lanes in each direction, north and south. The two main girders have supplemented smaller girders running through the middle of the structure. The project is actually two projects in one. According to Pelletier, The Foundations Project was completed in November 2011 by O&G Industries of Torrington, Conn. The current Superstructure Project (the steel work itself attached to the foundations) was started on Aug. 22, 2011 by a joint venture of Walsh and PCL. The total approximate cost of both projects is about $320 million, Pelletier added, but, “Direct construction cost will amount to approximately $240 million,” he said. There are many subcontractors on the bridge, Pelletier added. The primary subcontractors on the Foundations see BrIDgE page 6