The crackdown comes after two state police cruisers were rear-ended while in breakdown lanes of the Maine Turnpike.
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Trooper injured after his cruiser was hit by a tractor-trailer on Maine Turnpike
Maine State Police say a trooper was injured shortly after 5 a.m. Friday after his cruiser was struck by a tractor-trailer near the Auburn line on the Maine Turnpike. Trooper John Davis responded to a report of two vehicles that slid off the northbound lanes near mile 70, according to a statement from Maine Public […]
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Maine Turnpike Exit 75 closures scheduled for Wednesday night
AUBURN — The Maine Department of Transportation announces intermittent closures scheduled Wednesday evening at the on and off ramps to the Maine Turnpike. From 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, crews will be installing equipment over the southbound on and off ramps at Exit 75. Each lane closure is expected to last about 20 […]
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Maine Turnpike Exit 75 closures scheduled for Wednesday night
AUBURN — The Maine Department of Transportation announces intermittent closures scheduled Wednesday evening at the on and off ramps to the Maine Turnpike. From 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, crews will be installing equipment over the southbound on and off ramps at Exit 75. Each lane closure is expected to last about 20 […]
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Lewiston man charged with OUI after turnpike crash
LEWISTON — A Lewiston man was charged with operating under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident, after a two-car crash that injured three people Thursday night on the Maine Turnpike. David Strout of Lewiston was heading north on Interstate 95 at a high rate of speed when he struck the guardrail at […]
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Maine Turnpike Authority awards $39.5 million contract for new York tollbooth
The Maine Turnpike Authority plans to begin construction of a new tollbooth plaza in York next month. Reed and Reed, a construction firm from Woolwich, was awarded a $39.5 million contract for the three-year project Thursday. The company will build a new tollbooth plaza about a mile and a half north of the present tolls […]
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MTA approves $140M plan to widen 5 miles of highway in Portland area
The Maine Turnpike Authority will move quickly to widen part of the four-lane highway in the Portland area. The authority’s board of directors on Thursday approved a scaled-back plan to add a travel lane in each direction to about 5 miles of the turnpike, which is Interstate 95, from Scarborough to about a mile beyond […]
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Major planned I-95 construction in southern Maine likely to cause headaches for years
A pair of major road projects will likely complicate travel on Interstate 95 in southern Maine for the next few years even as a record number of drivers are expected to be using the highway. Starting next spring, the Maine Department of Transportation will undertake a three-year, $30 million project to resurface the six-lane Piscataqua […]
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One person killed in Tuesday morning turnpike crash in Wells
One person was killed Tuesday morning in a crash on the Maine Turnpike in Wells. The crash was reported around 6:30 a.m. at mile 18 northbound in Wells. One person was killed in the single-car crash near the Wells-Ogunquit town line, said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. Maine State Police […]
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Man stopped on turnpike using cell phone as scooter headlight
KITTERY (AP) — Authorities say a man traveled from Massachusetts to Maine on a scooter using only his cell phone as a headlight. Maine State Police posted a photo and description of the incident on Instagram on Sunday. Police say a trooper stopped the motorized scooter on the Maine Turnpike in Kittery just before 1:30 […]