There’s a month-long detour coming to CT’s Route 72. It’s a $7.5 million project.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation said Wednesday that Route 72 will be detoured between Waterbury Road and West Street, also known as Route 69, in Bristol starting July 31, in order to reconstruct and realign of Route 72 between Tulip Street and Divinity West Street.

The work, know as DOT Project No. 0017-0187 was awarded to Richards Corp. at a cost of $7.5 million on Nov. 15, 2022, according to the DOT.

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The Bristol work is scheduled to be completed Nov. 30, 2025, the agency said in a statement, noting it is administered by the DOT’s Office of Construction, District 1 in Rocky Hill.

Detour information:

Route 72 will be closed between the intersections of Tulip Street and Divinity Street (just west of the West Street/Route 69 intersection) from July 31 through Sept. 27, 2023.

Traffic will be detoured onto Divinity Street and back onto Route 72 at the east and west ends of Divinity Street.

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By road, river and rail, travelers in Connecticut are finding the state’s construction season is well underway.

Whether it’s road construction on Interstate 95, Route 9, the Haddam swing bridge over the Connecticut River or a new railroad station in Windsor Locks, the state Department of Transportation has been out working on improvement projects — and holding up road and river traffic at times.

Here are the top five DOT construction projects in Connecticut underway this summer. Projects are largely financed with 80% federal funds unless otherwise noted, including money from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed in 2021