ELIOT - The Maine Department of Transportation will be replacing a culvert on Beech Road in Eliot. The new culvert will be bigger than the existing one to increase the resiliency of this infrastructure.

This work requires the full closure of part of Beech Road from 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 7th until 5:00 a.m. on Monday, October 10th. The closure area is between Harold L. Dow Highway (Route 236) and State Road, approximately one quarter of a mile west of the intersection with Harold L. Dow Highway.

Detoured traffic should use Dow Highway, Old Post and Dennett Roads in Kittery, and State Road Eliot. MaineDOT has set up message boards to notify drivers of the closure and detours.

The contractor on this project is Pratt & Sons, Inc. of Mechanic Falls. The contract amount is $265,000.