LISBON - The Maine Department of Transportation will be replacing a culvert on the Frazier Bridge, which carries Route 125 (Main Street) over Dearing Brook in Lisbon. The project is scheduled to begin on August 29th and end by November 30th. A section of Main Street between Gould Road and Summer Street will be closed to traffic for up to 45 days beginning at 6:00 a.m. on August 29th. The section of road is scheduled to reopen on or before October 12th. Signs will direct drivers to the detour route. The contractor on this project is St. Laurent & Son Excavation, Inc. of Sabattus.

BERWICK - The Maine Department of Transportation is replacing parts of a large culvert on Route 9 in Berwick. The project location is at the intersection of Route 9 and Old Sanford Road. Work began on August 22nd and is scheduled to be finished by October 15th. Drivers should expect an alternating, single-lane traffic pattern. The contractor performing this work is Sargent out of Fremont, New Hampshire. The contract amount is $532,205.

FAIRFIELD - The Maine Department of Transportation will be temporarily closing the northbound I-95 on- and off-ramps at Exit 133 in Fairfield tonight and tomorrow night to do paving work. These ramps are scheduled to be closed at 9:00 p.m. and to be opened at 6:00 a.m. the following morning. This work is weather-dependent. It is part of a contract awarded to Northeast Paving of Hermon. The total contract amount is $11,819,411.

An earlier version of this press release included the wrong exit number. We will be doing work at Exit 127. We're sorry for the error.

WATERVILLE - The Maine Department of Transportation will be temporarily closing the southbound I-95 on- and off-ramps at Exit 127 in Waterville between 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 1st and 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 2nd. This work is weather-dependent. It is part of a contract awarded to Northeast Paving of Hermon. The total contract amount is $11,819,411.

HAMPDEN - As part of the ongoing work on the Hampden Bridge Bundle Project, the Maine Department of Transportation will be doing overnight closures of Emerson Mill Road at I-95 from Tuesday, September 6th until Tuesday, September 20th. These closures will occur between 7:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. The contractor on this project needs to close the road to remove the temporary bridge structure.

FAIRFIELD - The Maine Department of Transportation will be temporarily closing the northbound I-95 on- and off-ramps at Exit 132 and 133 in Fairfield on Wednesday, 9-14-22 through Thursday, 9-15-2022 to do crack-sealing work. These ramps are scheduled to be closed at 9:00 p.m. Wednesday and to be opened at 6:00 a.m. Thursday. This work is weather dependent. This work is part of a contract awarded to Northeast Paving of Hermon. The total contract amount is $11,819,411.

WATERVILLE - The Maine Department of Transportation will be temporarily closing the southbound I-95 on-ramps at Exit 127 in Waterville on Monday, 9-12-22, and Tuesday, 9-13-22, to do milling work. The on-ramps are scheduled to be closed at 9:00 p.m. Monday, and will be reopened at 6:00 a.m. Tuesday morning. This work is weather-dependent. It is part of a contract awarded to Northeast Paving of Hermon. The total contract amount is $11,819,411.

ALTON - The Maine Department of Transportation is doing paving work on Route 16 in Alton. The project area begins approximately one-third of a mile south of Hatch Road and extends south for nearly two miles. Work began today and is scheduled to be finished by October 15th. Drivers may encounter a single-lane, alternating traffic pattern. The contractor on this work is Northeast Paving. The contract amount is $794,353.

PITTSFIELD - The Maine Department of Transportation is beginning a years-long project to perform work on four bridges that carry I-95 in Pittsfield. All four bridges are between mile markers 149 and 152. The department will be replacing bridge decks on the three southbound bridges that cross Madawaska Ave., the West Branch Sebasticook River, and Hartland Ave. (Route 152). MaineDOT will be replacing the superstructure on one northbound bridge that crosses Madawaska Ave. The department will also be doing roadway reconstruction on Madawaska Ave.

UPDATE: Weather conditions are pushing much of this schedule by one day.

ORIGINAL PRESS RELEASE FROM 9/22/22:

KENNEBEC COUNTY - The Maine Department of Transportation will be temporarily closing several I-95 ramps overnight next week to accommodate paving operations.

All closures will begin at 9:00 p.m. and end by 6:00 a.m. the following the day. Here is the current closure schedule: