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  • Fairfield's resident sign craftsmen, Wes and Jason, install the pre-formed thermoplastic pavement markings for No Thru Trucks in the lanes that lead to Ross Road
  • The new 'tattoo' pavement guide markings are displayed on the Diversion Road
  • Aerial View
  • Aerial View
  • Aerial View
  • Aerial View
  • Finished: Route 4 and Bypass looking North
  • Finished: Bypass looking North at southbound double right
  • Finished: Bypass between Route 4 and Port Union looking North
  • Finished: Diversion Road looking toward Route 4
  • Finished: Bypass and Diversion looking toward Route 4
  • Finished: Route 4 and Bypass Intersection
  • Finished: Route 4 looking towards Route 4 and Diversion
  • Finished: Bypass and Route 4 looking North
  • Finished: Bridge looking East
  • Finished: Port Union looking East
  • Finished: Port Union Looking West
  • End in sight: Diversion Road gets the last layer of pavement
  • Preparations for final paving
  • Bridge shows off its fresh coat of paint
  • After completing the new deck, the bridge's parapets were poured and are shown being water cured
  • The bridges get a fresh coat of paint
  • The finished deck on the original Bypass bridge
  • Concrete is poured over reinforcing steel
  • Final touches are given to the reinforcing steel
  • Port Union Road begins to take shape to the west of the Bypass
  • Crews work on the form work and rebar for the new concrete deck on the original Bypass bridge
  • New asphalt is put down along Port Union Road facing the Bypass
  • Construction Inspector Bill Heatherton, a Fairfield High School Hall-of-Famer, adjusts the placement of an orange barrel on Port Union Road
  • Work to raise the existing bridge continues
  • Earthwork on the east side of Bypass 4
  • The remaining steel structure after the concrete bridge deck was removed
  • Disassembling the concrete deck as part of the rehabilitation of the old bridge
  • Rehabilitation work on the existing Bypass 4 bridge
  • Aerial image of the intersection of Route 4 and Bypass 4 with the new Diversion Road in operation
  • Aerial image of the new bridge above the railroad
  • Message boards will remain in place for several weeks to help motorists get used to the new roadway configuration
  • The new pavement is now in use as crews begin work on the old roadway
  • Crews worked late into the night to safely switch traffic onto the new pavement
  • Making final preparations to open the Diversion Road
  • The Diversion Road work continues
  • The new bridge nearing completion
  • Crews stand on the finished bridge deck to pour the forward approach slab
  • Crews pour concrete for the bridge deck
  • Looking North along the bypass
  • Current state of the Bypass project looking South
  • Current progress on bridge deck
  • Workers install steel beams for the new bridge over railroad tracks
  • A crane hoists the first steel beam into place for the new bridge
  • Pile driving for the bridge abutments
  • Crews pave along Port Union on the west side of the Bypass
  • Construction crews perform cement stabilization - a process that strengthens the soil beneath the pavement
  • Completed soil embankment at Bypass 4 bridge over railroad awaits the construction of bridge abutments
  • New curb and subgrade preparation looking west along Port Union
  • Completed bridge pier stands in front of new soil embankment
  • Formwork for reinforced concrete is placed in prior to pouring concrete
  • Formwork is installed over reinforcing steel in preparation for concrete
  • Preparing reinforcing steel for formwork and concrete
  • Placing reinforcing steel cage
  • Excavation for bridge foundation
  • Workers preparing to pour concrete for the bridge foundation
  • Reinforced concrete for the foundation hardens
  • Reinforcing steel for the bridge structure
  • Preparation work for placing the crane used to construct the new bridge
  • Recent aerial photograph looking North from the intersection of Route 4 and the Bypass
  • Boring under the Bypass to install a new water main
  • New pavement on Bypass 4, North of Port Union Road
  • Embankment work for additional lanes and new bridge over the railroad
  • Earthwork progressing along Bypass 4 looking North from Route 4
  • Looking South along the Bypass from the intersection with Port Union Road
  • Embankment work for additional lanes and new Diversion Road along the existing Bypass looking North

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