CUMBERLAND COUNTY - The Maine Department of Transportation is working with Pan Am Railways and the Cities of Portland and Westbrook to reconstruct two railroad crossings. The Portland crossing is on Route 25 (Rand Road), just west of Pine Tree Industrial Parkway. The Westbrook crossing is on Larrabee Road between Saunders Way and Terminal Street. These two railroad crossings will be reconstructed one at a time. This work will involve road closures and traffic detours. All local businesses will remain open and accessible during this work.
Work will begin at the Portland location at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, July 19th. Traffic will be detoured along Route 25B (Brighton Avenue/Main Street) to Larrabee Road to the Westbrook Arterial. Exit 47 of the Maine Turnpike will remain accessible from the Westbrook Arterial. Traffic exiting the Maine Turnpike at Exit 47 will be limited to left turns onto the Westbrook Arterial. Maine Turnpike motorists headed to downtown Portland are encouraged to use Exit 48.
As soon as work at the Road Road site is complete, Larrabee Road will be closed to traffic to accommodate work on the second railroad crossing site. Traffic will be detoured along the Westbrook Arterial to Rand Road to Route 25B (Brighton Avenue/Main Street) to Larrabee Road. We expect all work to be complete at both crossings by the end of July.
These rail improvements are being completed in conjunction with a $1.4-million roadway resurfacing project. The contractor on this project is Shaw Brothers Construction, Inc. of Gorham.