Each spring, MaineDOT evaluates potential damage to state and state-aid highways and determines whether weight restrictions should be imposed to prevent damage due to freeze/thaw action. Many municipalities undertake similar evaluations and restrictions on local road systems.
Below are links to three useful maps. The Cumulative Thawing Index from the Northeast Regional Climate Center tracks freeze/thaw data throughout the posted roads season. The yellow and maroon bands indicate areas where the ground is beginning to thaw, and where roads may become vulnerable.
The other two maps will bring you to MaineDOT's Map Viewer with layers turned on specifically to show roads that are currently posted, and roads that are expected to be posted based off historical data.
Preserving Maine's Roads
Roads represent a major public investment that must withstand New England’s challenging weather. Spring weight restrictions help protect them during thawing conditions, when they are most fragile.
By properly caring for Maine’s roads when they are most vulnerable, we can reduce damage and preserve this important infrastructure for years to come.
Are you curious to learn more about the posted roads process? Watch our informational video explaining how roads can get damaged, who determines what roads get posted, how to post roads, and more.
Application
- Locally Posted Roads
New Hampshire Posted Roads
Counties
- Hancock County, Maine (PDF)
- Penobscot County, Maine: Unorganized Territories (PDF)
For more information, please contact the Director of Unorganized Territory at (207) 942-8566
Cities/Towns
All Maine towns and cities have the authority to post weight restrictions on local roads. However, municipalities have no authority to post state or state aid highways within their borders (whether inside the urban compact or not). All municipalities are invited to share their listings with MaineDOT so that we can host them on this page.
Historical listings, also provided below, can still provide useful data to help predict future closures.
2026 Listings
Historical Listings
- Auburn, Maine (PDF)
For more information, please call Auburn Public Services at 207-333-6670 - Augusta, Maine (PDF)
For more information, please contact the Director of Public Works at 207-626-2435 - Bangor, Maine (PDF)
For more information, please contact the Public Works Director at 207-992-4501 - Bath (PDF)
For more information, please contact Bath Public Works at (207) 443-8357. - Biddeford, Maine (PDF)
For more information, please contact the Biddeford Public Works Department at (207) 282-1579 - Bradley, Maine (PDF)
- Bremen, Maine (PDF)
- Brewer, Maine (PDF)
For more information, please contact the Director of Public Works at (207) 989-7800 - Brunswick (DOC)
For more information, please contact the Director of Public Works at (207) 725-6654. - Brownville, Maine (PDF)
For more information, please contact the Public Works Department at (207) 965-2561 - Chelsea, Maine (PDF)
- Dallas Plantation, Maine (PDF)
- Denmark (DOC)
For more information, please contact the Director of Public Works at (207) 452-2310. - Eagle Lake, Maine (PDF)
- Falmouth, Maine (PDF)
For more information, please contact the Director of Public Works at 207-781-3919 - Fort Fairfield, Maine (PDF)
For more information, please contact the Director of Public Works at 207-472-3884 - Freeport, Maine (PDF)
For more information, please contact the Freeport Public Works Director at (207) 865-4461 - Frenchville, Maine (PDF)
For more information, please contact the Director of Public Works at 207-543-6402 - Gardiner, Maine (PDF)
For more information, please contact the Gardiner Public Works Department at 207-582-4408 - Gouldsboro (PDF)
For more information, please contact the Superintendent of Town Infrastructure at (207) 963-5589. - Gray, Maine
- Greenwood, Maine (PDF)
- Hollis, Maine (PDF)
- Houlton, Maine (PDF)
- Island Falls (PDF)
- Kennebunk, Maine (PDF)
For more information, please contact the Kennebunk Public Services Department at 207-985-4811 - Kennebunkport, Maine (PDF)
- Lamoine, Maine (PDF)
For more information, please contact Road Commissioner Stu Marckoon at 207-667-2242 - Lee, Maine (PDF)
- Lewiston, Maine (PDF)
- Lincoln, Maine (PDF)
For more information, please contact David Lloyd, Director, Town of Lincoln Public Works, at 207-794-6658, or the Lincoln Town Office at 207-794-3372 - Livermore Falls, Maine
- Ludlow, Maine (PDF)
- Manchester (PDF)
- Milford, Maine (PDF)
- Millinocket
- Naples (DOC)
- Newcastle (DOC)
- Norridgewock, Maine (PDF)
- North Yarmouth
- Norway - For more information, please contact the Road Foreman at 207-890-2639.
- Orono (PDF)
For more information, please contact the Director of Public Works at (207) 889-6101. - Oxford (XLS)
- Paris (DOC)
- Phippsburg, Maine (PDF)
For more information, please visit Phippsburg's Website - Pittston, Maine (PDF)
For more information, please contact the Town Office at (207) 582-4438 or the Road Commissioner at (207) 242-3838 - Presque Isle - Any comments, questions or concerns may be directed to Harley Carmichael Jr. at 207-764-2560 or submitted via email.
- Pownal, Maine (PDF)
- Raymond, Maine (PDF)
For more information, please contact the Director of Public Works at 207-653-3641 - Readfield, Maine (PDF)
- Rockland, Maine (PDF)
For further information, please contact the Public Services Department at 207-594-0320 - Rumford, Maine (PDF)
For more information, please contact the Rumford Town Manager at (207) 364-4577 - Saco, Maine (PDF)
- Scarborough, Maine (PDF)
For more information, please contact the Scarborough Public Works Department at (207) 730-4402 - Sidney (PDF)
For more information, please contact the Road Foreman at 207-547-3913. - Skowhegan, Maine (PDF)
- Standish (PDF)
- St. Agatha, Maine (PDF)
- Steuben, Maine (PDF)
- Topsham, Maine (PDF)
For more information, please contact Topsham Public Works at (207) 725-1728 - Union (PDF)
For further information please contact Director of Public Works at (207) 785-3411. - Vassalboro, Maine (PDF)
- Wells, Maine (PDF)
For more information, please contact the Wells Public Works Department at (207) 646-3014 - Windham, Maine (PDF)
- Winslow, Maine (PDF)
For more information, call Paul Fongemie, Public Works Director at (207) 872-1972 - Yarmouth, Maine (PDF)
- York, Maine (PDF)
- Tentatively Posted Roads
Cities and Towns that have removed the posted road designation.
Additional Information
Maine Statutes, Laws and Rules for posted roads are available on the "Resources" page
Chapter 308 Title 29-A M.R.S.A., Section 2395 (PDF)
Information on Heavy Loads and Local Roads in Maine
Maine State Statute Concerning Posted Roads
Helpful Climate Resources
Gray National Weather Service | Caribou Nation Weather Service