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Portland, Maine ? The Veterans Memorial Bridge in Portland (Route 1A) continues to undergo night work to install cables beneath the paving each night this week from 7:00pm to 6:00am through Saturday October 29, 2011. Detour signs will continue to be in place to alert motorists to alternate routes.
Pipe Repair in Brunswick
Brunswick, Maine ? Route 1 at the Brunswick/Freeport town line will be closed starting at 6:00pm tonight (WED) for an emergency replacement of a pipe due to failure. Detour signs will guide motorists from Exit 24 to Exit 28 on Interstate 295. The road will be open to local traffic on either side of the repair location.
Crews anticipate the work to be completed by 5:00am Thursday, October 27, 2011.
Brunswick, Maine ? Route 1 in Brunswick continues to have unanticipated issues with a pipe failure running beneath the roadway. Crews have initiated single lane traffic through today, with night work beginning at 8pm, closing the road except for local traffic on either side of the project.
On Sunday, October 30, full road closure will take place to change the pipe and repave the area. It is anticipated work will be completed Monday morning, October 31, 2011.
Brunswick, ME - The Maine Department of Transportation has re-opened the Brunswick Park & Ride Lot located on Cedar Street for public use. Since last winter, the lot had been used as a staging area for construction materials and construction vehicles related to rail line improvements necessary for expanding Downeaster passenger rail service into Brunswick.
Brunswick, Maine ? Safety improvements and pedestrian enhancements at the intersection of Maine Street.and Route 24 in Brunswick have been completed for the winter. Contractor H.C Crooker and Sons have finished drainage work and tree stump removal. In April of 2012, crews will return to the area to install a traffic island as well as incidental work on Cleveland Street.
I-295 Project Officially Finished For This Year
Improvements Enhance Safety On One of Maine?s Most Important And Frequently Traveled Highways
Portland, ME - Maine motorists, tourists, and truck drivers may notice something missing on Intersate 295 this week. After nearly six months and some 84.14 lane miles of fresh pavement, the orange barrels have disappeared from the southernmost stretch of I-295 indicating that Maine Department of Transportation?s $22.4 million highway improvement undertaking is officially done for this year.
Freeport ? Motorists need to be aware of the closure at Exit 22 in Freeport this Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be message boards in place to detour drivers to either Exit 20 or Exit 24.
The closure is needed to repair electrical conduits attached to the overpass located just before the off ramp.
This is a four hour event, and therefore not expected to affect the morning or afternoon commute.
Governor LePage, MaineDOT and Indian Township Announce Partnership On Federal Highway Money
Augusta ?In a ceremony Tuesday at the State House, Governor LePage and MaineDOT Commissioner David Bernhardt were presented with two checks from Chief Joseph Socobasin of the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indian Township, Maine, totaling $1,900,000
Freeport ? The 2011 Northeast Transportation Safety Conference was held Nov. 8th and 9th at the Hilton Garden Inn in Freeport hosted by the Maine Transportation Safety Coalition. In attendance were transportation safety specialists from the Northeast discussing the 4 ?E?s? of safety- Enforcement, Education, Emergency services and Engineering. MaineDOT Commissioner David Bernhardt delivered welcoming remarks along with Brian Lawrence from the Federal Highway Administration, Colonel Robert Williams, Chief of the Maine State Police and Senator Bill Diamond of Windham.
Westbrook ? With recent approval from the Westbrook City Council, crews will be closing the ?Little Bridge? on East Bridge Street, from Monday, November 14 through Friday, November 18 from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. This temporary night closure will allow work crews to accelerate earthwork and paving so the project can be completed and open to two-way traffic by December 7th. East Bridge Street is adjacent to Route 302.
