Downtown Searsport Route 1 Reconstruction

TRAFFIC ADVISORY | DETOUR

Beginning on March 1st, 2024, there will be a longer southbound traffic detour, involving Mortland, Old County, and Prospect Roads. This longer detour is expected to run until November 15th, 2024.


Two-Week Work Schedule
July 22nd - August 2nd, 2024

Monday July 22nd

Continuing brick sidewalks downtown. Continue Drainage and box-cutting Dollar General North. Loaming lawns downtown. Curb Prep Black to Trundy.

Tuesday July 23rd

Continuing brick sidewalks downtown. Continue drainage and boxcutting north of the dollar general. Loaming lawns downtown. Curb Prep Black to Trundy. Pave Black, Summer, and Navy St.

Wednesday July 24th

Continuing brick sidewalks downtown. RCP Crossing at Irving Station. Loaming lawns downtown. Raising rims on the south end of the project.

Thursday, July 25th

Continuing brick sidewalks downtown. Drainage and box-cut South of the Irving Station. Loaming downtown, and raising rims. Install Slip-form Curbing from Black Rd to Trundy Ave.

Friday, July 26th

Complete brick sidewalks downtown. Loam and hydro-seed lawns downtown. Continue drainage, boxcut and gravel south of Irving Station. END OF DETOUR

Monday July 29th

Continue drainage and boxcut and gravel north of Birgfeld's. Fine Grade Trundy Rd and US 1 north of Trundy Rd. Build sidewalks Black Rd to Navy St.

Tuesday July 30th

Continue drainage, boxcut and gravel south of Birgfeld's. Fine Grade roadway North of Trundy Rd. Build Sidewalks from Black to Navy St.

Wednesday July 31st

Continue drainage boxcut and gravel north of Yardarm. Fine Grade Roadway north of Maritime Farms. Build Sidewalks from Navy St to Trundy Rd.

Thursday, August 1st

Continue boxcut and gravel around Station Ave. Complete fine-grading sidewalks from Black to Trundy Fine Grade Roadway from Birgfeld's bike to Station Ave.

Friday, August 2nd

Complete boxcut and gravel around station Ave. Pave sidewalks from Black Rd to Trundy Rd. Fine Grade Station ave and North of Irving station.

The Maine Department of Transportation is beginning work on a project that involves rehabilitation and reconstruction of Route 1 in downtown Searsport.
View the Searsport Construction Plans (PDF)

The work area begins at Savage Road and extends north for nearly two miles to Station Avenue. The project involves the addition of a center left-turn lane between Trundy Road and Station Avenue. This work will also involve eliminating gaps in sidewalks to create a continuous accessible route downtown for pedestrians. MaineDOT is working with the town to install pedestrian lighting and brick sidewalks.

The on-site construction work is beginning today and will continue through the winter. This work will be weather dependent. From June 15th until October 15th of this year, southbound traffic will be detoured onto Black, Union, and Mortland Roads.

Project work will resume in spring 2024. There will be a longer south bound traffic detour, involving Mortland, Old County, and Prospect Roads. That longer detour is expected to run from March 1st, 2024 to November 15th, 2024. The anticipated construction completion date for all work in June of 2025.

The contractor on this project is Gordon Contracting of Sangerville. The contract amount is $17,758,548. This project is recipient of $9.2 million in Congressionally Directed Spending.