CUMBERLAND COUNTY - The Maine Department of Transportation is planning to fully close the southbound side of I-295 between Exit 10 and Falmouth and Exit 15 in Yarmouth during two overnight periods this week. The closures will occur on the nights of Tuesday, February 18th and Wednesday, February 19th. The closures will run from 10:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. the following morning. These closures are required so crews can safely install structural steel at the Johnson Road Bridge project at Mile Marker 12 in Falmouth.

Full closures of the northbound side of the interstate are scheduled for the nights of Thursday, February 20th and Monday, February 24th.

During these closures, the I-295 northbound on-ramp from the Falmouth Spur will also be closed.

The same detour route will be used for both southbound and northbound interstate closures. Traffic should use Route 1 and Bucknam Road to get between Exits 10 and 15 on I-295.

Construction schedules are weather-dependent.

The contractor on the project is Wyman & Simpson, Inc. of Richmond. The construction contract amount is approximately $7.8 million.