Wire Mill Bridge In Stamford Reopens To Traffic, City Announces

STAMFORD, CT — Reconstruction of the Wire Mill Bridge in Stamford is now complete, and the roadway is open to vehicular traffic, the city announced this week.

There are a few minor remaining items for the contractor to address, the city said, noting some of these items are temperature dependent and will be addressed in the spring.

Eversource is responsible for relocating the temporary gas main to the bridge structure and tying it into the underground service connections. This is dependent on Eversource’s schedule, and will take place at a later date.

Temporary lane striping has been applied and will be replaced by permanent striping in the near future, also weather dependent, the city said.

The bridge work cost approximately $2.6 million and was 100 percent federally funded. Work began this past May.

The Wire Mill Road bridge was built circa 1957, and had a total structure length of 25 feet, with a span length of 22 feet and a curb-to-curb width of 30 feet.

The overall condition of the bridge was rated to be "poor" in a Connecticut Department of Transportation inspection.