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Historic Covered Bridge Reopens After Sustaining Severe Damage
One of the last covered bridges in Connecticut has reopened to traffic after suffering severe damage when a person towed a backhoe through it. Earlier Report - One Of Last Covered Bridges In CT Severely Damaged By Backhoe The West Cornwall Covered Bridge in Litchfield County, located in West Cornwall by the intersection of Route 128 and Route 7, reopened to traffic on Tuesday, Jan. 17, according to the Connecticut Department of Transportation. The bridge was originally closed on Friday afternoon, Dec. 23, when someone towed a backhoe through the structure, severely damaging several wood…
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Storms Knock Out Power To Thousands In Connecticut: Here's Latest
Thousands in Connecticut are still without power a day after thunderstorms and possible tornadoes ripped through the East Coast. As of 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, 19,464 of Eversource’s 1,281,459 Connecticut customers were still reporting outages, while United Illuminating crews were responding to 330 outages impacting another 14,155 customers. Related story - Eversource Says It's Ready For New Round Of Severe Storms With Damaging Winds Among the hardest-hit municipalities was Branford, which lost power to nearly all Eversource customers. “Our crews were prepositioned throughout the st…
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Wire Damage Causes Lengthy Metro-North Delays During Morning Commute
This story has been updated. Metro-North New Haven Line westbound service experienced delays of 45 to 50 minutes during the height of the morning commute on Monday, June 17. The delays, reported just before 8 a.m., were due to single-tracking as a result of wire damage between Bridgeport and Stratford, the MTA said. Eastbound service operated from Grand Central Terminal to Bridgeport. Substitute bus service was provided from Bridgeport to New Haven due to wire damage between Bridgeport and New Haven.