DURHAM - The Maine Department of Transportation will be temporarily closing Route 125 at the Tracy Brook Bridge in Durham on Monday, December 19th. This full closure is scheduled to run from 7:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. This closure is required to allow crews to install the beams for the new bridge.

Vehicles traveling northbound on Route 125 should detour to Routes 125 and 9. Southbound vehicles should take Route 9 to Route 136. Detour routes will be signed.

On-site construction to replace the Tracy Brook Bridge, which carries Route 125 over Meadow Brook in Durham, began on April 3, 2023 and is expected to be finished by November 15, 2024. The contractor on this project is Shaw Brothers Construction of Gorham. The contract amount is $4.8 million.