MOUNT DESERT - The Maine Department of Transportation is replacing Babson Bridge, which carries Route 3 and Route 198 over Kitteredge Brook located 0.09 miles East of Route 102 in Mount Desert.

On-site clearing operations began on Monday, March 17th. This clearing was necessary to construct a temporary detour which will carry traffic throughout the project's duration. While the contractor is on-site conducting clearing operations and construction of the temporary detour, traffic on Route 3 may be reduced to a single lane of alternating, one-way traffic maintained by flaggers between the hours of 6:30 A.M. and 4:00 P.M.

On-site construction of the new bridge will begin on Tuesday, August 5th and is expected to be completed in the summer of 2027. Construction will take place Monday through Friday between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 6 P.M. No weekend work is planned. Throughout construction there will be a lane width restriction of 11 feet.

The contractor for this project is T-Buck Construction of Turner. The contract amount is approximately $5.2 million.

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