The bridge has to be lifted and rotated to allow shipping to pass but has become stuck twice in the last week. “Every time this 118-year-old bridge fails to close properly, our customers suffer the consequences of decades of delay and neglect,” said MTA chairman Thomas Prendergast. “We are working closely with our partners in Connecticut to support their efforts to make temporary repairs to keep this bridge operating while they pursue federal funding to replace it with a modern bridge.”

Governor Dannel Malloy, Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) commissioner James Redeker, and officials from MTA and Metro-North announced that ConnDOT and MTA will conduct an operational review in order to minimise the risk for failure in the future. The goal is to deliver their findings by mid-July.