PORTLAND - The Maine Department of Transportation is repainting two bridges on I-295 in Portland: Tukey's Bridge carries the interstate over Back Cove, and Franklin Bridge carries the interstate over Franklin Street. Crews will be removing the old paint from both bridges (stripping it down to the steel) and then reapplying three new coats of paint to each bridge. This routine maintenance work will help extend the lives of these critical bridges. This project will involve periodic overnight lane closures of I-295 while crews set up and break down their equipment. Pedestrians using the walking path under Tukey's Bridge may experience delays (no more than five minutes) while crews install equipment for painting the bridge. These pedestrian impacts are only expected during the first two weeks of the project and the last two weeks of the project. Work began this week and is scheduled to be finished in October or November. The contractor on the job is Saffo Contractors, Inc. from Wilmington, North Carolina. The contract amount on this project is $2,956,500.