BLUE HILL - The Maine Department of Transportation will be closing the Falls Bridge in Blue Hill to traffic from Tuesday, August 1st through Friday, August 11th. This closure is part of the ongoing construction to replace the bridge that carries Route 175 over the Salt Bond Outlet. Contractors will be mobilizing a second crane and setting girders and beams during this closure. Traffic will be detoured to Routes 175 and 172. Following this full closure, traffic will go back to using the on-site temporary detour bridge that has been constructed just west of the existing bridge.

On-site work to replace the Falls Bridge began in March 2022. The existing bridge had been in place since 1926. The concrete arch structure on stacked granite abutments is being replaced using the existing abutments and a concrete structure that will have arched facia panels on both ocean and salt pond sides. All work is schedule to be finished in June 2024.

The contractor on this project is Cianbro Corporation of Pittsfield. The contract amount is $9,456,460.00