AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Transportation and its contracting partners will be fully closing the northbound side of I-95 in Augusta during several overnight periods this week and next. These closures are required as crews work to install the detour bridge for the project to replace the bridge that carries Western Avenue (Route 202) over the intestate.

This week's closure periods are scheduled to occur from Wednesday night into Thursday and again from Friday night into Saturday. Next week, closures are planned for Monday night into Tuesday and Tuesday night into Wednesday. Crews will be closing the left-hand lanes on the northbound side of the interstate at 10:00 p.m. Full northbound interstate closures will happen between 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. These full closures will occur for periods of no longer than 25 minutes each. All lanes of I-95 will be reopened by 6:00 a.m.

During the full closures, traffic can use the Exit 109 ramps as a detour.

The contractor for this project is Reed & Reed, Inc. of Woolwich. The contract amount is approximately $30 million. On-site work began in November 2023 and is expected to be completed in June 2026.