I-84 Waterbury Ramp Closure Coming Wednesday and Thursday

Drivers heading east on I-84 through Waterbury should plan around a ramp closure next week. The Connecticut Department of Transportation announced that the Exit 21 on-ramp to I-84 eastbound in Waterbury will be closed November 4 through November 5, 2026.

Westbound drivers face lane closures too: additional left-lane closures are planned on I-84 westbound between the Union Street on-ramp and the Exit 19 off-ramp during the same period.

The advisory, dated October 30, gives no times of day for the closures, so drivers should check current conditions before traveling. The department points travelers to CTroads.org for real-time road information.

The Waterbury work is one of two I-84 corridor items on Brookfield commuters' radar next week. On Monday, November 2, roadway repairs are scheduled on Route 7 in New Milford — see the Current's earlier piece on the New Milford repairs.

Further out, the I-84 climbing-lane extension project in Newtown continues, with intermittent nightly lane closures from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. That project runs through October 2027 and affects the same east-west corridor many Brookfield drivers use daily.