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HAMPDEN - As part of the ongoing work on the Hampden Bridge Bundle Project, the Maine Department of Transportation will be closing the Emerson Mill Road at I-95 during some overnight hours next week. Road closures will occur, as needed between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. between the night of Sunday, July 31st and the morning of Saturday, August 6th.
BIDDEFORD - The Maine Department of Transportation will be doing bridge work on the South Street Crossing West Bridge in Biddeford. Work is scheduled to begin on August 8th and be finished on September 2nd. Daily work will occur between 6:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Traffic will be controlled with lights. Crews of MaineDOT's Bureau of Maintenance & Operations will be performing this work.
PERU - The Maine Department of Transportation will be doing paving work on part of Route 108 in Peru. The project area begins at River Road and extends northwest for 5.5 miles. Work is scheduled to begin on August 8th and end by November 9th. Drivers may encounter a single-lane, alternating traffic pattern. The contractor on this project is Pike Industries of Westbrook. This work is bundled with other highway work in Oxford County into a single contract in the amount of $10,492,099.
WESTBROOK - The scheduled activation of the signals in the Cumberland Mills Rotary in Westbrook will be postponed while crews work to finish up the striping of lines. It is anticipated that the signals will be activated on Thursday, August 4th.
BREWER - The Maine Department of Transportation will begin work on the next phase of construction for the Brewer Riverwalk on Monday, August 8th. Work will begin at Hardy Street and continue for 900' south along the Penobscot River. Work includes paving a new, ten-foot-wide multiuse path, lighting, WiFi, benches, and trash receptacles. During construction, the shoulder of Route15/South Main Street will be closed. This work will provide enhancements to the existing Riverwalk. Work is anticipated to be completed on 9-20-22. The contractor in Maine Earth out of Hampden.
WATERVILLE - The Maine Department of Transportation will be temporarily closing the northbound I-95 on-ramp at Exit 130 in Waterville, to replace a high mast light tower. The ramp is scheduled to be closed from 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 18th and reopen as soon as work is completed on Friday, August 19th.The contractor for this job is Cote Crane.
NEW GLOUCESTER / AUBURN - The Maine Department of Transportation will be doing paving work on part of Route 202. The project area begins 0.20 miles south of the New Gloucester/Auburn town line and extends north 3.78 miles. Work is scheduled to begin on August 8th and end by November 24th. Drivers may encounter a single-lane, alternating traffic pattern. The contractor on this project is Northeast Paving of Bangor. The contract amount is $1,675,326.00.
JACKMAN - The Maine Department of Transportation has closed a section of Route 6/15 in Jackman after two days of heavy rainfall led to a culvert failure. The upstream shoulder and half of the travel lane have been washed out.
MaineDOT is setting up a detour that involves taking Route 201 to Bingham and Route 16 in Abbot. The total detour length is 143 miles. This section of Route 6/15 in Jackman serves nearly 800 vehicles on an average day. A large percentage of this traffic is trucks.
HAMPDEN - As part of the ongoing work on the Hampden Bridge Bundle Project, the Maine Department of Transportation will be shifting southbound interstate traffic back to the existing I-95 highway at the Emerson Mill Road Bridge in Hampden on the night of Wednesday, August 17th. Inclement weather may push this traffic shift to the night of Thursday, August 18th. This is the final traffic shift of the Hampden Bridge Bundle project.
FARMINGDALE - The Maine Department of Transportation will be replacing a failing culvert on Maple Street in Farmingdale next week. Work will begin on Tuesday, August 16th and be finished on Wednesday, August 17th. The culvert is located approximately 200 feet north of the Maine Turnpike overpass. Crews will have to close the road to accommodate this work. Traffic will be detoured to Granite Hill Road and Hallowell Litchfield Road. The detour length is approximately four miles. This work will be done by crews from MaineDOT's Bureau of Maintenance & Operations.
