LEBANON - The Maine Department of Transportation will be resurfacing the Milton Bridge in Lebanon from September 11th to September 13th. The bridge carries Garage Way/Prospect Hill Road over Salmon Falls River. Drivers should expect an alternating single-lane traffic pattern during this work. Shaw Brothers Construction, Inc. of Gorham is the contractor on this job.

PORT CLYDE - The Maine Department of Transportation will be detouring traffic along Route 131 in Port Clyde to accommodate a cross culvert replacement. The work area is near the intersection of the northern end of the Drift Inn Road and Route 131. The detour will begin at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, September 16th and last until 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 19th. Any work outside the detour time will require an alternating one-lane traffic pattern. The contractor on this work is Farley and Son, Inc. of Rockport. All work on this project should be finished by September 21st.

BATH - The Maine Department of Transportation will be closing the Congress Avenue off-ramp on the southbound side of U.S. Route 1 in Bath on the night of Sunday, September 15th to accommodate overnight paving work. The off-ramp may be closed after 9:00 p.m. on Sunday and will be open by 6:00 a.m. on Monday. We don't expect to have the ramp closed during the entire time frame. A detour route will be marked. Northeast Asphalt Paving of Wilton is the contractor on this job. This off-ramp work is part of the U.S. Route 1 paving work through Brunswick, West Bath, Bath, and Woolwich.

BRUNSWICK-TOPSHAM - The Maine Department of Transportation will be performing a routine safety inspection of the Frank J. Wood Bridge that connects Brunswick and Topsham. The work will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 17th and could run as late as 7:00 p.m. During the inspection work, traffic will be allowed from Topsham to Brunswick, but traffic from Brunswick to Topsham will be detoured using Routes 1 and 196. This bridge is inspected every two years. Its last inspection was in September 2017.

MOUNT VERNON - The Maine Department of Transportation will be replacing a culvert on North Road in Mount Vernon next week. The exact location of the work is near the fire station. The work will start on September 23rd and run through September 28th. Drivers should expect an alternating one-way traffic pattern during this work. Emery Lee & Sons Inc. of Millinocket is the contractor on this job.

AUGUSTA - New rates for the Maine State Ferry Service will take effect on October 1st. The rulemaking process was officially completed on September 19th. That months-long process involved public hearings, conversations with community members, and island visits by Maine Department of Transportation staff.

AUGUSTA - MaineDOT Chief Engineer Joyce Taylor is the recipient of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' 2019 President's Special Award of Merit. AASHTO presents this award to someone "who has made outstanding and exemplary contributions to the work of the Association."

GARDINER - The Maine Department of Transportation will be replacing the Maine Avenue Bridge, which carries Route 24 over the Cobbosseecontee Stream in Gardiner. This work will require a full closure of the bridge beginning Friday, October 18th at 12:01 a.m. The new bridge is scheduled to reopen at midnight on Friday, November 1st at 11:59 p.m. Crews will be working around the clock during more than half of the 15-day-long construction window. Detour routes will be clearly marked during the full closure. There will be minimal impacts to parking.

LEBANON - The Maine Department of Transportation is working on a project that will require the temporarily closure of Prospect Hill Road in Lebanon later this week as crews continue their work on the railroad crossing there. The affected area is immediately east of the border with New Hampshire. Prospect Hill Road turns into Garage Way when it crosses into Milton, NH. The full road closure will happen for approximately three hours either on Friday, October 18th or Saturday, October 19th depending on the progress of other work.

MADAWASKA - The Maine Department of Transportation will be using a helicopter to help conduct geotechnical explorations in the St. John River between Madawaska and Edumundston, New Brunswick next week. The purpose of the geotechnical exploration work is to determine the location and quality of bedrock in the river for the future placement of bridge abutments and in-water piers for the new Madawaska-Edmundston International Bridge.