Two Maine Turnpike Ramps to Temporarily Close in Kittery

Two ramps between Route 1 and the Maine Turnpike in Kittery are scheduled to shut for a couple of month beginning in September.

The primary to shut would be the Exit 3 ramp from the northbound Turnpike to Route 1 on Monday, September 12. As soon as the ramp closes the work of bridge repairs and repavement can start at a price of $975,000.

Drivers can get off the Turnpike at Exit 2 and journey south on Route 236 and be a part of Route 1 on the Kittery Visitors Circle.

Roughly 3,820 automobiles use the ramp day by day, in accordance with the Maine Turnpike.

Second closure per week later

The ramp from Route 1 south simply south of the Retailers at Kittery to the southbound Maine Turnpike will shut per week in a while Monday, September 19.  The estimated 4,440 automobiles that used the ramp day by day can be detoured off the ramp and south onto the Route 1 Bypass to Route 236. Drivers will then flip proper onto Route 236 north after which onto the southbound Turnpike.

The $700,000 undertaking contains pavement and membrane alternative, deck enlargement joint modifications and strategy work.

Each closures ought to final nearly a month.

Extra Work in 2023

The $2.4 undertaking contains an overpass closure and lane discount on two overpasses in 2023.

The Wilson Street Bridge can be closed for a month in the course of the summer time after the college yr ends. The closure will create a 7 mile detour for the roughly 4,640 automobiles that use the overpass day by day.

One lane of the Littlefield Street Bridge in Wells will shut in Spring 2023 for 2 months with alternating visitors managed by a sign.

Crews on each bridges will substitute pavement, restore enlargement joints and carry out strategy work.

Contact reporter Dan Alexander at Dan.Alexander@townsquaremedia.com or by way of Twitter @DanAlexanderNH

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