UConn Officials: Expect Detours Getting To Dairy Bar

STORRS, CT - It will be a little more complicated getting to those famous UConn Dairy Bar flavors through the end of the summer.

That's because a nearby construction project is prompting traffic detours around the University of Connecticut Campuses. The summertime work involves replacing aging steam and water distribution lines that serve several UConn academic and residential buildings on the eastern side of the campus.

UConn officials said several areas will be inaccessible to vehicle traffic during the construction, including the intersection of Route 195 and Horsebarn Hill Extension, which has been the primary access to the Dairy Bar for years.

The detours are expected to continue into August, depending on progress at the construction sites, but will conclude before the start of the fall semester on Aug. 29, UConn officials said.

The Dairy Bar is one of UConn’s most popular visitor destinations year around, serving ice cream, cheese, eggs and other products from UConn’s animals. More than 200,000 visitors stop by each year, university officials said. Families visit regularly and children's groups make field trips for the ice cream and to visit UConn's farm animals.

As part of the detours, regular traffic and buses traveling on Route 195 to the Dairy Bar will enter on the eastbound access road just north of UConn’s Bio Science Complex. The road will be limited to one-way traffic.

Click here for a list of flavors, a detour map, tour information and Dairy Bar hours.