WATERVILLE/WINSLOW - The Maine Department of Transportation will be closing the Ticonic Bridge to all traffic during nighttime hours next week to accommodate ongoing construction work that requires access to the entire bridge. The Ticonic Bridge carries Bridge Street (Routes 137 and 201) over the Kennebec River between Waterville and Winslow.

These full closures are scheduled to run from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. They will begin on the night of Sunday, February 11th and end on the morning on Friday, February 16th. Full night closures will also occur the following week, running from the night of Sunday, February 18th through the morning of Friday, February 23rd.

All vehicles should us the posted detour south to the Carter Memorial Bridge. All pedestrian traffic should continue to utilize the Two Cent Bridge detour to the north. Detour routes will be signed.

The bridge will be open to two lanes of eastbound vehicular traffic during daytime hours; pedestrian traffic will continue to use Two Cen Bridge.

On-site construction to replace the Ticonic Bridge began in April 2023 and is expected to be finished by May 2027. The contractor on this project is Cianbro of Pittsfield. The construction contract amount is $52.9 million. This project is the recipient of a 2020 Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for $25 million.