Maritime Alert – August 23, 2024
The Connecticut Department of Transportation announces that the current USGC deviation for the East Haddam Swing Bridge expires this Saturday, 8/31. (bridge openings for 8/30 and 8/31 will be 10am, 2pm, and 5pm)
Beginning Sept. 1st, between 6am-8pm daily, the swing bridge will open for recreational vessels on the hour only.
Please note that on days when gusts are 25 mph or higher, swing span openings will be canceled. Mariners intending to pass through the bridge are encouraged to monitor the wind forecast on their navigation day and call the bridge operator.
Mariners are advised that the contractor’s suspended scaffold previously removed to provide additional clearance for vessels is scheduled to be reinstalled in early September.
The tide clearance board is recommended as the best reference for gauging clearance at time of passage, the board is located on the bulkhead at Goodspeed, it has been adjusted to reflect the vertical clearance to the contractor’s suspended scaffold.
A tide board WEBCAM for monitoring the clearance is viewable from our project website homepage on Camera 3.
The bridge operator can be reached at 860-218-4973.