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Huge Traffic Jams Greet Fairfield County Commuters On Friday Afternoon

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- If you are looking to get somewhere in lower Fairfield County on Friday afternoon, you are probably stuck in traffic. 

Traffic is jammed on I-95 at the East Avenue exit in Norwalk on Friday afternoon.

Traffic is jammed on I-95 at the East Avenue exit in Norwalk on Friday afternoon.

Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Transportation
It's bumper to bumper on I-95 at Saugatuck Avenue in Fairfield on Friday afternoon.

It's bumper to bumper on I-95 at Saugatuck Avenue in Fairfield on Friday afternoon.

Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Transportation

It doesn't matter where you are or where you are headed, delays are reported on major roads in every direction before 4 p.m. Friday. 

Traffic delays may be heavier than normal because many train commuters may have switched to their cars after service was stopped for more than three hours Friday morning because of a suspicious package that turned out to be a middle school project. 

On Friday afternoon, the Connecticut Department of Transportation reported the following delays:

  • On the Merritt Parkway southbound for 7.5 miles from Exit 42 in Westport to Exit 37 in New Canaan.
  • On I-95 southbound for 17.8 miles from Exit 19 in Fairfield to Exit 5 in Greenwich 
  • On I-95 northbound for 23.3 miles from Exit 3 in Greenwich to Exit 23 in Fairfield.
  • On the Merritt Parkway northbound for 27.8 miles from Exit 31 in Greenwich to Exit 51 in Trumbull. 
  • On I-84 eastbound for 4.1 miles between Exits 3 and 7 in Danbury

 

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