Augusta ? Crews will be back reconstructing Mount Vernon Avenue in Augusta on Monday, April 4th.
Mount Vernon Avenue is being completely reconstructed as part of a $2.9 million project. The work requires one-way alternating traffic with flaggers that will assist motorists through the work zones.
Lewiston ? Crews will be performing maintenance work on the Wiseman Bridge on Chestnut Street in Lewiston beginning Monday, April 11th.
This work will necessitate a short detour for vehicular traffic utilizing Canal Street, Cedar Street, Lincoln Street and Main Street.
During the approximately four week closure, pedestrian access to the bridge will be maintained as crews work to repair the concrete on the arches of the bridge as well as repairing the sidewalk, curbing and bridge deck.
Due to a severe crash involving multiple vehicles, Route 302 in Casco is closed.
Emergency personnel are detouring traffic from Route 302 to State Park Road onto the Songo School Road then back to Route 302.
First responders along with the Maine State Police are on scene reconstructing the crash and expect the closure to last several hours.
Commuters are encouraged to seek an alternate route.
Kittery ? Crews will be performing bridge testing on the Piscataqua River Bridge in Kittery beginning on Monday, May 2nd.
The activity will be on the approach to the bridge on the Maine side. Travel will be restricted to two lanes both north and southbound between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The project will take place from Monday, May 2nd through Thursday, May 5th.
Motorists are advised that slight delays are possible.
The Piscataqua River Bridge carries Interstate 95 over the Pascataqua River connecting Kittery, ME. and Portsmouth, NH.
Bangor ? CPM Constructors continues to work on Interstate 95 during the overnight hours on the Union Street Bridge project over I-95 in Bangor. This work involves closing one lane of traffic at a time northbound and/or southbound to allow for construction to take place safely between the hours of 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Work will be phased to allow for only one lane to be shut down at a time. The current closure schedule for the week of May 1st is as follows:
Sunday, May 1st: The southbound travel lane, southbound on-ramp and the northbound travel lane will be closed.
BANGOR - Representatives from the S.E. MacMillan Co. announced today that they have chosen the upcoming May 6 weekend to close a section of Interstate 395 and replace the Webster Avenue Bridge. The contractor will seal off the section of the highway between I-395?s Exit 1 and Exit 2 starting Friday at 8 PM. Conditions permitting, the contractor plans to reopen the I-395 stretch at 7 AM on Tuesday, May 10.
Sabattus ? Crews will be reconstructing 0.42 of a mile of Pleasant Hill Road in Sabattus as well as repairing a slope failure along the westerly side of the road beginning on Wednesday, May 4th.
An update from the Department of Public Safety:
Northbound traffic on Interstate 95 continues to be backed up in Waterville as crews begin work to remove the tractor trailer that has blocked the northbound side.
Troopers say it appears the truck?s driver ? 54 year old Paul Casona of Epping, NH was distracted and the truck struck the guardrails on both sides of the road and then jack-knifed on the KMD overpass.
State police say a tractor trailer has overturned on Interstate 95 in Waterville.
The wreck is on the Kennedy Memorial Drive overpass and one lane is blocked. No injuries have been reported, but there is considerable debris in the road and traffic will be affected for the rest of the afternoon. The crash was reported at 10:19 a.m.
Troopers are now planning to detour all northbound traffic at the KMD exit while the wreck is cleared. Northbound motorists should expect significant delays through the afternoon. The wreck took place in the northbound lane on the overpass.
Rumford ? Beginning on Monday, May 9th, a $2 million bridge re-decking project will begin on the Upper Canal Bridge on Bridge Street in Rumford that will require a full closure and detour. At the same time, a nearly $1.6 million painting project will begin nearby on the Morse Bridge, also located on Bridge Street.
The Morse Bridge project will allow a single lane of westbound traffic only. Heavy truck traffic will be detoured onto Route 2 which will add about 1.6 miles. One sidewalk will be maintained on the bridge for pedestrians.