Description
The recently revised traffic pattern at the traffic light located on Bridgeport Avenue (state hwy. 714), in Shelton, at the exit 13 interchange has really messed up traffic. The traffic pattern on the northbound side of Bridgeport Avenue, at the Route 8 on ramp, was revised from two lanes of through traffic traveling northbound to one lane of through traffic and a turn only lane onto Route 8. By reducing the number of through traffic lanes by half it has severely affected the traffic flow at this location. Now with only one lane of through travel it has created a bottle neck that has cars backup for almost a half a mile. It has also created a safety concern on the old Bridgeport Avenue access road, which parallels this main road, and the commuter lot there because a lot of cars use them to bypass the light and the backup.
2 Comments
art (Guest)
What time of day do people start cutting through on
Old Bridgeport Road (the street running from Ryan Honda to the Wiffle Ball plant)? Is this something that happens for 5 minutes a day when everyone wants to get onto route 8 at the same time? Are the people cutting through on Old Bridgeport people wanting to go down into Shelton?
The current configuration has been like this for a LONG time - the right turn only arrow on the ground is almost completely worn away.
The description is a bit confusing. At the spot on the map, the Northbound right lane of Bridgeport Ave turns onto Southbound Route 8, and the left lane moves to the right in a single lane to accommodate the dedicated left turn only lane for Southbound traffic which is very necessary given the southbound volume and the congestion in the area (otherwise you get complete gridlock).... the traffic then splits into a right turn lane to cross the bridge at Constution (only some of which will be entering Route 8) - and a straight only ("through") lane to go down the hill to downtown Shelton.
Closed Fred (Guest)