CEG - Wed December 23, 2020
Unilateral Slide Building Method to Be Used on Portland, Maine, Bridge
A century-old bridge in Gardiner, Maine, recently was replaced using 21st-century technology that accelerates the construction process. The town's Bridge Street Bridge, which carries U.S. Highway 201 over Cobbosseecontee Stream, became the second bridge in Maine to utilize the unilateral slide method....
The Camden Herald - Mon November 02, 2020
Drainage Project in Downtown Camden, Maine, to Conclude in 2021
A Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) project to improve drainage and sidewalks in downtown Camden is under way on the Public Landing and harbor walkway connecting to Main Street. The state agency has provided oversight of the infrastructure upgrades in the town, situated on Penobscot Bay....
MaineDOT - Thu November 12, 2020
Nine I-95 Bridges Being Rebuilt or Repaired in Hampden, Maine
An effort to rebuild and rehab a total of nine deteriorating bridges along four miles of Maine's portion of Interstate 95 currently is under way, with a completion set for late 2022. The Hampden Bridge Bundle Project, valued at $44.7 million, consists of four northbound/southbound bridge pairs at four different sites along Interstate 95 between Exit 174 and Exit 180 in Maine's mid-south near Bangor....
Mainebiz - Mon October 05, 2020
Acadia Gateway Center's $23M Phase 2 Construction Set for 2021
The National Park Service (NPS) is poised to start the second phase of construction of its Acadia Gateway Center, on Route 3 in Trenton, Maine, due to a $9 million infusion of cash from the federal government....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu May 21, 2020
Maine Uses Design-Build Approach for Nine Spans Over Four-Mi. Stretch
Dump truck drivers will be busy in the coming months on a bridge project in Hampden, Maine. Their task: hauling 160,000 cu. yds. of fill material for the replacement of eight bridges and repair of one on I-95 just south of Bangor....
CEG - Thu January 16, 2020
Beset By Funding Challenges, Maine Releases New Plan
The Maine Department of Transportation has released the 2020 Edition of its Three-Year Work Plan. This Work Plan includes all capital projects and programs, maintenance and operations activities, planning initiatives, and administrative functions for calendar years 2020, 2021, and 2022....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu October 10, 2019
Working Together: DOTs Collaborate on Piscataqua River Bridge Project
Crews working on a $53 million bridge repair over a New England river are getting a big assist from a piece of equipment never before used in Maine. Working in collaboration with the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT), the Maine DOT (MDOT) is repairing the I-95 bridge over the Piscataqua River....
MaineDOT - Wed July 03, 2019
DOT Ramps Up Roadside Brush Management Across Maine
The Maine Department of Transportation has begun controlling brush along selected state roads. This is part of an ongoing, integrated approach that includes mowing, hand removal or the use of herbicides to control roadside vegetation....
Maine DOT - Wed July 03, 2019
Maine Provides I-95, Piscataqua River Bridge Construction Update
The Maine Department of Transportation began making traffic changes to accommodate work on the I-95 Piscataqua River bridge, Maine's vital connection to New Hampshire and the rest of New England. The I-95 Exit 1 southbound on-ramp at Dennett Road in Kittery will be closed to facilitate construction activities....
MaineDOT - Thu June 06, 2019
MaineDOT Addresses High Costs With Revised Schedule
The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) is revising its construction advertising schedule as part of its efforts to reconcile surging construction costs with available funding. "[In early May], we announced that we were making a course correction....
