CORNISH/HIRAM - The Maine Department of Transportation will be rehabilitating the Hiram Bridge, which carries Bridge Street over the Ossipee River between Cornish and Hiram. Some elements of the bridge are experiencing advanced deterioration. The bridge is currently posted at 22 tons. Rehabilitation work will extend the life of the bridge and may allow for a less-restrictive bridge posting. This work will require the bridge to be closed to traffic from June 14th until August 25th. Detoured traffic should use Durgintown Road and South Hiram Road. The detour length is approximately five miles. Before and after the bridge closure, drivers may encounter a single-lane, alternating traffic pattern until September 30th. All on-site construction work is expected to be finished by September 30th. The contractor on this project is CPM Constructors of Freeport. The contract amount is $493,145.