Thanksgiving Traffic Builds On I-95, Merritt, I-84 Across Fairfield County

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — Traffic was building Wednesday afternoon on the major highways across Fairfield County as the Thanksgiving travel rush began.

Traffic is moving but congested on I-95 in Westport on Wednesday afternoon.
Photo Credit: *Connecticut Department of Transportation*

Daily Voice

11/25/2015 3:15 p.m.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation was reporting these major northbound backups as of about 3:15 p.m.:

I-95 northbound is congested for 27 miles between Exit 2 in Greenwich and Exit 27.
Merritt Parkway northbound is congested for 30 miles between Exit 28 in Greenwich and Exit 51 in Trumbull.

DOT reported these major problems southbound:

I-95 southbound is congested for 4 miles between Exits 9 in Stamford and Exit 5 at the Greenwich-Stamford border.
I-95 southbound has 4 miles of delays also from Exit 18 to 16 in the Norwalk-Westport area..
The southbound Merritt has backups for 4 miles from Exit 52 to Exit 48 in Trumbull.

For drivers farther north, I-84 eastbound in Danbury is congested for 3.5 miles between Exits 4 and 7.

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