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BANGOR - The Maine Department of Transportation will be performing a southbound lane closure on I-95 where it passes over Broadway in Bangor on Monday, March 3rd. This closure is scheduled to run from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. This closure is required to accommodate the set-up of equipment and the safety of workers. Southbound traffic will be reduced to a single lane through the work zone. Northbound lanes will not be affected.
BANGOR - The Maine Department of Transportation will be performing a southbound lane closure on I-95 where it passes over Broadway in Bangor on Monday, February 24th. This closure is scheduled to run from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. This closure is required to accommodate the set-up of equipment and the safety of workers. Southbound traffic will be reduced to a single lane through the work zone. Northbound lanes will not be affected.
AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Transportation has now completed shifting Western Avenue (Route 202) traffic in Augusta to a temporary bridge. This is part of the ongoing work to replace the bridge that carries Western Avenue over I-95 at Exit 109.
Through traffic is narrowed to two lanes: one eastbound lane and one westbound lane, with a third lane on the bridge specific to the westbound off-ramp traffic. Vehicles will continue to use the temporary bridge until the new permanent bridge is constructed and opened at the end of this year.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY - The Maine Department of Transportation is planning to fully close the southbound side of I-295 between Exit 10 and Falmouth and Exit 15 in Yarmouth during two overnight periods this week. The closures will occur on the nights of Tuesday, February 18th and Wednesday, February 19th. The closures will run from 10:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. the following morning. These closures are required so crews can safely install structural steel at the Johnson Road Bridge project at Mile Marker 12 in Falmouth.
AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Transportation expects to begin shifting Western Avenue (Route 202) traffic in Augusta to a temporary bridge this weekend as part of the ongoing work to replace the bridge that carries Western Avenue over I-95 at Exit 109.
ALBION - The Maine Department of Transportation is replacing the Puddle Dock Bridge in Albion. The bridge carries traffic over Fifteenmile Stream on South Freedom Road. The current structure was installed in 1933 and is past its useful life. The new bridge will be 104-feet-long and have 11-foot-wide travel lanes with three-foot-wide shoulders. Work began this month and is anticipated to be completed in November. The road will be closed until all work has been completed. Signs direct drivers to a detour route. The contractor on this project is CPM Constructors of Freeport.
AUGUSTA - The First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Boston has affirmed the U.S. District Court's decision supporting MaineDOT's replacement of the Frank J. Wood Bridge. The Circuit Court decision, issued on Friday, upholds a District Court decision that was issued in January 2024.
BANGOR - The Maine Department of Transportation will be performing work on the bridges that carry I-95 traffic over Broadway in Bangor. We will be reducing traffic to a single lane on Broadway beginning on Wednesday, January 15th and extending through Friday, January 17th. This closure will occur between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Work dates will be weather-dependent.
AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Transportation has selected Maine Switching Services (MSS) of Unity to take over operations and maintenance of the Rockland Branch Railroad.
MSS is a privately owned, railroad services company that provides rail car repair in Unity and industrial rail car switching for paper mills in Rumford and Skowhegan. The company already operates on the state-owned Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad in cooperation with the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railway.
AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Transportation will be shifting Western Avenue (Route 202) traffic in Augusta to a temporary bridge over I-95 later this month. Through traffic will be narrowed to two lanes: one eastbound lane and one westbound lane, with a third lane on the bridge specific to the westbound off ramp traffic. This traffic shift is necessary while crews demolish the existing structure and continue construction of a new bridge to carry Western Avenue over the interstate at Exit 109.
