Full Scale Hazmat Exercise to Take Place in Gray
Gray ? On Friday and Saturday, October 14th and 15th, the Cumberland County Emergency Management Agency will be conducting a full scale hazmat exercise on Depot Road in Gray at the railroad crossing.
Gray ? On Friday and Saturday, October 14th and 15th, the Cumberland County Emergency Management Agency will be conducting a full scale hazmat exercise on Depot Road in Gray at the railroad crossing.
Please note the time change
Kittery ? As the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge (SML) replacement project continues, crews are dismantling the ?old? bridge.
On Friday, October 14th, the center lift span will be removed and floated out.
The current schedule, which is subject to change, is as follows:
4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. ? Final preparation work will be performed to remove the ends of the lift span and make final preparations as the barge moves into position.
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. ? The rising tide will lift the span off the bearings.
Waterville - As part of the Trafton Road girder replacement project, Trafton Road and Interstate 95 southbound will be closed to traffic for two nights; Monday, October 24 and Tuesday, October 25 from the hours of 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
Trafton Road traffic will be routed around the project using Webb, Town Farm, Middle and West River Roads. Interstate 95 southbound traffic will be routed around the project using Kennedy Memorial Drive, West River and Lyons Roads.
Motorists are advised to use caution when traveling through the work zones.
Plymouth ? I-95 southbound at mile 160 in Plymouth is closed due to a crash.
A pickup towing a camper rolled over and is taking up both lanes of southbound travel.
State Police are on the scene and expect significant delays for some time.
Motorists are advised to seek an alternate route.
Latest update from Public Safety:
One northbound lane just reopened in Augusta at the site of a tractor trailer crash this morning on I-95.
The road had been shut down for about an hour to remove the wreckage.
The second northbound lane should be open by 1pm, after some final cleanup.
From Public Safety:
State Police say the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 in Augusta have been shut down in order to a remove a wrecked tractor trailer truck. The truck, hauling U.S. mail to Bangor, overturned on its side at mile 114 about 5:15 this morning. The mail has now been off loaded onto a second truck, which will complete the delivery of the mail to Bangor.
Augusta ? A tractor trailer carrying US mail has overturned at mile 114 northbound on I-95. One lane of travel is currently open. Motorists should expect delays.
Crews at the scene continue to wait for another federal truck to arrive so the off-loading of the cargo can begin. Once the load is transferred, the overturned truck will be set upright. During that process, State Police will close both lanes of travel northbound until the truck can be safely towed away.
The detour will direct traffic to Exit 113 onto Route 104 then back to I-95 at Exit 120.
From the Department of Public Safety:
A tractor trailer carrying paper has rolled over on Route 27 in Coburn Gore, south of border crossing into Quebec.
The truck collided with a bridge as State Police, MaineDOT Bridge Inspectors & DEP are currently on scene.
Commercial Traffic was stopped and held at the port of entry for about 1 hour until the DOT Bridge could clear access over the bridge. That has now just been cleared and traffic is rolling again.
Brunswick ? Due to a crash at mile 26 in Brunswick on I-295 southbound, travel has been reduced to one lane.
Because debris is scattered across the highway, one lane has also been closed northbound.
Motorists traveling in the area will experience significant delays as one lane both north and southbound are closed.
Emergency personnel are on the scene and expect delays for some time.
Motorists are advised to seek an alternate route.
Boston - Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner David B. Bernhardt, PE, has been chosen by the Board of Directors of AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) to serve as its next president for 2017.
AASHTO is a nonprofit, nonpartisan association representing highway and transportation departments in the fifty states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Its primary goal is to foster the development, operation and maintenance of an integrated national transportation system.