DURHAM - The Maine Department of Transportation will be implementing an emergency road closure and detour at 7:00 p.m. due to the failure of a culvert on Route 9 in Durham.

The closure area is between Royalsborough Road (Route 136) and Pinkham Brook Road (Route 125), just east of the intersection with Route 136.

Detoured traffic should use Route 136 and Route 125 in Durham and Freeport. The total detour length for through traffic is approximately 17 miles. MaineDOT is installing message boards to notify drivers of the closure and detours.

AUGUSTA - In partnership with the other northern New England states, the Maine Department of Transportation launched an updated New England 511 website today. This new site includes improved features to help drivers navigate daily commutes or weekend trips through Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.

DURHAM - Route 9 is expected to be closed between Royalsborough Road (Route 136) and Pinkham Brook Road (Route 125) in Durham for as long as two weeks while the Maine Department of Transportation replaces a culvert that failed at Dyer Brook.

Detoured traffic should use Route 136 and Route 125 in Durham and Freeport. The total detour length for through traffic using state roads is approximately 17 miles, though there are shorter detours that use local roads. MaineDOT has installed message boards to notify drivers of the closure and detour.

CLINTON - The Maine Department of Transportation is replacing two culverts on River Road in Clinton. The project area is approximately 0.3 miles north of Tardiff Road. Work started earlier this week and is expected to be finish the end of this week. There is a detour in place. This work is being performed by crews from MaineDOT's Bureau of Maintenance & Operations.

YARMOUTH - Night construction work will be impacting traffic on Route 1 in Yarmouth during the second week of November as part of the ongoing project to replace the two bridges that carry I-295 over Route 1 near Exit 17. Crews will be placing the steel bridge beams onto the recently constructed substructure west of the existing interstate.

T3 INDIAN PURCHASE - The Maine Department of Transportation is closing the Detective Campbell Detour Bridge in T3 Indian Purchase to perform maintenance on the structure. The bridge carries Route 11 over the West Branch of the Penobscot River. It is located at Wiley's crossing suspension bridge. This work will require two, separate closures during the day on Thursday, November 3, each lasting approximately 30 minutes in length. The work will be completed and will be reopened to traffic the same day.

AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Transportation today announced it has awarded a $387,200 grant from the Workforce Transportation Pilot Program to Sunday River of Newry. The grant program, an initiative of Governor Mills' Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan, supports local and regional pilot projects that connect workers to employers through ridesharing, vanpools, and other transit options.

AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Transportation will be performing work at the intersection of Western Avenue and Armory Street in Augusta that will impact traffic later this week and all next week.

The work is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, November 9th and end by Friday, November 18th. Much of this work will be daytime work occurring between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Drivers should expect lane closures on the westbound side of Western Avenue (the side closer to the Armory and heading toward I-95).

FALMOUTH - The Maine Department of Transportation is replacing the bridges that carry Bucknam Road and Johnson Road over I-295 in Falmouth. The existing bridges date back to the creation of the interstate. They were built in 1960 and are approaching the end of their useful service lives.

The Bucknam Road Bridge replacement is happening first and will occur in two phases. On-site work began in September.

UPDATE: This work is finished, and the weight restriction has been lifted.

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