AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Transportation is replacing the Rines Hill Bridge on Water Street over the Maine Central Railroad in Augusta. The current bridge is more than 90 years old and at the end of its useful service life.

Construction efforts will begin in early March, with anticipated traffic impacts beginning on March 13 with periodic, daytime lane reductions expected. A detour will go into effect beginning on March 20. Beginning this date all traffic traveling North will be reduced to a single lane. Southbound traffic will follow a detour utilizing Winthrop and State Street. This new traffic pattern will be maintained until Spring of 2024.

The contractor on this project is New England Infrastructure, Inc. of Hudson, MA. The contract amount is $5,210.787.00