SOUTH PORTLAND - The Maine Department of Transportation will be performing bridge maintenance work on the southbound side of I-295 in Portland. This project involves the bridges that carry the interstate over Westbrook Street (at Exit 3) and Route 703 (Exit 1). The first phase of work at Exit 3 is scheduled to begin on September 14th. Two lanes of traffic will be maintained during this phase. The rest of the work at Exit 3 and all the work at Exit 1 will not begin until after the Columbus Day weekend. During this second phase, traffic will be reduced to one lane. All work will be finished by the end of the year. All I-295 exits will remain open during construction. The contractor on this project is CPM Constructors of Freeport. The contract amount on this project is $799,365.