(The following appeared on the Newsday website on June 30.)
NEW LONDON, Conn. — Amtrak has resumed regular service between New York and Boston after completing work on a 90-year-old bridge in Connecticut.
Workers installed a new vertical lift span on the Thames River Bridge between New London and Groton last week. Amtrak says upgrading the bridge was one of its largest-ever engineering projects, which spanned several years and cost $83 million.
Last year, more than 2 million people crossed the bridge, which serves up to 36 passenger trains and two freight trains a day. The drawbridge span opens for marine traffic more than 1,600 times a year.
Amtrak says the bridge is scheduled to open to marine traffic by July 10.