Built in 1890, the Strawberry Hill Avenue Railroad Bridge supports four tracks of the New Haven Line (NHL). The bridge improvement project falls under the Connecticut Department of Transportation's (CTDOT) TIME (Track Improvement Mobility Enhancement) program, which is being executed along the NHL to reduce commuter travel times.

The Strawberry Hill Avenue Railroad Bridge project replaces the existing bridge superstructure and updates the
supporting structure underneath while maintaining the current vertical and horizontal clearances.

The superstructure replacement will be built in halves during the construction of the WALK Bridge, allowing work to be performed during planned two-track outages for the WALK Bridge replacement. This project is coordinated with the other TIME-2 railroad improvement projects at East Avenue, Fort Point Street, and Osborne Avenue in East Norwalk.

Site preparation, mobilization, and support of excavation have been completed. Construction activities on the north of the railroad bridge begin with the demolition of the superstructure in early April 2025 in advance of upgrades to the bridge later in 2025. Construction of the south side of the bridge is anticipated to start in 2026.

DETOUR INFO

Strawberry Hill Avenue, under the railroad bridge, will be closed in both directions, between Fitch Street and Winfield Street, from April 7, 2025, to October 2025. Traffic to points south of the bridge will be detoured via Fitch Street to East Avenue; traffic to points north of the bridge will be detoured via Winfield Street to East Avenue.