UPDATE: This traffic shift will now take place on the night of Friday, July 24th.
HAMPDEN - Beginning on July 22nd, the Maine Department of Transportation will be shifting northbound traffic on I-95 in Hampden to a temporary diversion roadway at the East Bridge over the Souadabscook Stream. This is the first of four temporary diversion roadways we are using in the median of I-95 to accommodate interstate bridge work. The interstate speed limit will be reduced to 55 MPH through the diversion for the duration of its use. We encourage drivers to drive carefully, observe signage, and obey speed limits while passing through work zones.
The Hampden Bridge Bundle Project involves rebuilding eight bridges and rehabilitating a ninth bridge along a four-mile stretch of I-95 in Hampden. The eight bridge replacements are happening on both the northbound and southbound sides of the interstate at four sites between Exits 174 and 180. Three of these bridge pairs cross the Souadabscook Stream and one pair crosses Emerson Mill Road and the Central Maine & Quebec Railway. The one bridge rehabilitation involved in this project is happening at the Exit 180 off-ramp on Cold Brook Road over I-95.
Northbound traffic on I-95 will be shifted to the remaining three diversion roadways throughout the rest of this year. MaineDOT will issue additional advisories once we know the details about the timing of those traffic shifts. We plan to divert southbound traffic to these temporary roadways in 2021.
The contractor on the Hampden Bridge Bundle Project is Cianbro Corporation. The contract amount is $44.8 million. The estimated completion date of the project is November 30th, 2022.