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Photography by PETER CASOLINO Cas080909 New Haven, Connecticut-- 9/9/08-- A view of the Ferry Street Bridge from the Buchanan Marine, LP shipyard in New Haven. The bridge will be open Saturday after a repair project spanning several years. Photo-Peter Casolino

biz-bridge-ag-7/10/08 The Ferry Street Bridge in New Haven is photographed under construction on 7/10/2008. Photo by Arnold Gold AG0266E

(Peter Hvizdak - New Haven Register) Ferry Street Bridge will closed for a full week starting Monday, July 20, 2015 through Sunday, July 26, 2015 to allow the United Illuminating Company to complete an electrical upgrade. Closure of the Ferry Street Bridge over the Quinnipiac River will force all traffic to use alternate routes. Monday, July 20, 2015.

NEW HAVEN — The Ferry Street Bridge will be closed for most of the day Wednesday to allow for the replacement of a faulty sensor, according to New Haven police.

Officer Scott Shumway said in an email that the bridge would be shuttered from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. He said the work would allow for workers to “change a sensor that has caused previous closures.”

“The new sensor is intended to be more reliable. Please avoid the area tomorrow during those hours,” said Shumway.

The Ferry Street Bridge was built in 1940, according to Connecticut Public Radio, which spoke to city bridge tenders in 2018.

It was rehabilitated beginning in 2002, according to the New Haven Independent, then re-opened to traffic in 2008.

Ben Lambert covers police and public safety for the Register. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, he has worked on the behalf of the Valley Advocate, MassLive, The Register Citizen, and now, the New Haven Register. He spends far too much time thinking about the Boston Celtics.