Ramp B (Route 196 eastbound to Route 1 northbound) of the Merrymeeting Bay Bridge in Brunswick will be closed to all traffic starting Thursday, June 23rd at 7 PM, and continuing through the night until Friday, June 24th at 6 a.m.

Crews plan to complete their work during the Thursday night closure, but if it is not completed Thursday night, Ramp C will close again Friday night.

Traffic will be detoured onto the Frank J. Wood Bridge (Route 24) and then onto Route 1 during the closure.

MaineDOT is partnering with Wiscasset to provide two uniformed officers to improve traffic flow in the village this July and August. US Route 1, which is Main Street in Wiscasset, serves as "a vital transportation route for tourists, as well as for commercial traffic in the Midcoast region" according to Gerry Audibert, Special Projects Engineer for the Maine Department of Transportation. "Yet it is a vibrant and charming village with restaurants, shopping and other services. We will be monitoring to see if uniformed officers can minimize traffic delays."

Crews are set to begin construction on Tuesday, July 5 on the Riverside Street and Warren Avenue intersection in Portland.

Crews will be improving the busy intersection with roadway widening, additional lanes, new sidewalks, improved signal lights and new guardrail. Over 22,000 vehicles a day utilize the intersection.

Motorists who utilize I-95 Southbound in Augusta need to be aware of upcoming nighttime ramp closures that will begin Wednesday July 6, and continue until Monday, July 11.

Construction crews must close the ramps in order to remove deteriorating pavement and then repave the ramps. While crews can remove pavement if it rains, the weather must be dry in order to pave, so the schedule is weather-dependent and subject to change.

Starting Monday, July 11, MaineDOT bridge maintenance crews will begin repairs on the C.P. Railroad Bridge which carries Routes 6 and 15 over the rail line in the town of Greenville.

Crews will be repairing the bridge joints and seals as well as the deteriorating concrete. Traffic will be limited to one-way, alternating traffic controlled by temporary signal lights.

If construction proceeds as planned, repairs should be completed within five weeks.

Starting Friday, July 15, crews are set to begin construction on a 3.8-mile section of Route 1 in Whiting.

Crews will be removing a portion of the existing pavement, then repaving this portion of Route 1 that stretches from the intersection of Route 1 and the Gardner Lake Road north 3.8 miles to the Halls Mills Road. Construction plans also call improving drainage and replacing a large culvert along this stretch of Route 1.

Motorists who utilize Route 26/100 in Falmouth should be aware of possible delays on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week (July 12-15) as construction crews must close the Falmouth Railroad Bridge in order to offload steel beams that will be utilized in the construction of the new bridge.

The Topsham Park and Ride lot, located in the Topsham Fair Mall off Route 196 and I-295, is scheduled to close on July 15.

MaineDOT previously leased parking space from the Village Candle Company at the mall in order to provide parking spaces for the Topsham Park and Ride lot. The new tenant in the Topsham Fair Mall opted not to renew the parking lease.

MaineDOT has been working with the town of Topsham, GoMaine, and area businesses in order to find a replacement lot, but currently, a new location for the Topsham Park and Ride has not been secured.

PORTLAND, Maine ? MaineDOT officials advise motorists that shifting travel lanes and temporary on- and off-ramp closures associated with repair work on Interstate 295 will mean that travelers should pay special attention to informational signs approaching the work zone.

BRUNSWICK/TOPSHAM, Maine -- MaineDOT engineers have completed an in-depth inspection of the Black Bridge that connects Brunswick and Topsham over the Androscoggin River and will keep the bridge closed until options are discussed with Topsham and Brunswick.

By utilizing a railway underbridge inspection truck to access the underside of the bridge, it was discovered that portions of the pressure-treated wooden bridge deck, pressure-treated beams and steel floor beams have deteriorated and would no longer be safe or prudent for continued motor vehicle use.