Looking Back: Slattery Helps Build Connecticut Turnpike

Mon July 08, 2019 - Northeast Edition #14
Edgar A. Browning – Special to CEG

Slattery Contracting Corp. of Maspeth, N.Y., was awarded Connecticut Turnpike Contract No. 302- 02 in Greenwich, Conn. for $7,269,353. The project began at the N.Y. state line and extended east for 3.8 mi. Excavation included 805,00 cu. yds. of solid rock to drill, shatter and move. The extremely close proximity of homes and buildings as well as four live New Haven Railroad RR tracks conspired to add difficulty to this complex job. The equipment spread included four Northwest 80-D shovels, five Euclid 22-ton trucks, and 5 LeTourneau Westinghouse B Tournarockers. CEG

The equipment spread included four Northwest 80-D shovels, five Euclid 22-ton trucks, and 5 LeTourneau Westinghouse B Tournarockers. (HCEA : Letourneau Collection photo)

A Northwest 80-D shovel flanked by Euclid 22-ton end dumps excavates a rock cut near James Street in Greenwich, Conn., on June 20, 1956. The cut dozer in the foreground is a Caterpillar D8. A pair of Jaeger 600 cfm air compressors power rock drills on top of the cut. (CTDOT photo)

A P&H truck crane equipped with a clamshell bucket is framed by a stone arch RR overpass. (CTDOT photo)

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