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DOT: Q Bridge Cracks ‘Not A Safety Concern’

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The Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge, locally known as the Q Bridge, crosses over the Quinnipiac River in New Haven.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation says that cracks found on the structure of New Haven’s Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge are “not a safety concern.”

A recent state inspection graded the bridge a six out of nine, giving it a “satisfactory” rating.

The Pearl Harbor Bridge underwent a massive $550 million reconstruction that took a decade to complete.

Less than two years after it opened, the state then found several small cracks on the structure of the bridge.

A spokesman for the DOT told WTNH-TV that they are not ignoring the cracks. He said construction to fix them could last through 2021.