Cedar Street in Lewiston and Broad Street in Auburn — at the approaches to the Bernard Lown Peace Bridge — will be closed for paving in the direction from Lewiston to Auburn on Wednesday starting at 6 a.m. The detour will direct vehicles onto Lincoln Street to Main Street in Lewiston and across the Longley […]
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DOT to close Bernard Lown Peace Bridge for paving Thursday night
The Bernard Lown Peace Bridge between Lewiston and Auburn is scheduled to be closed Thursday evening for paving by the Maine Department of Transportation. The bridge will be closed to traffic from 8 p.m. Thursday until 6 a.m. Friday. The Auburn Police Department asks motorists to seek an alternate route. The Bernard Lown Peace Bridge, […]
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Renovation to begin next week on Bernard Lown Peace Bridge
LEWISTON — After construction begins next week on the Bernard Lown Peace Bridge, the green trestle that spans the Androscoggin River between Lewiston and Auburn will no longer be four lanes. To many daily commuters using the narrow bridge, it will be a welcome change. While both cities announced the $6 million bridge overhaul last […]
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Man jumps from Longley Bridge, saved by rescuers
AUBURN — Police and firefighters rescued a man who jumped from the Longley Bridge early Monday evening. Four men from out of state were crossing the bridge from the Hampton Inn in Lewiston when a man, standing on the outside rail on the Great Falls side of the bridge, cursed them, they said. As the […]
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New Auburn redesign draft unveiled
AUBURN — Plans for a major New Auburn facelift, including moving the Bernard Lown Peace Bridge down river were presented to the City Council Monday evening. Last spring, New Auburn property and business owners began a series of meetings with a steering committee of city councilors to implement the city’s 2011 master plan of developing […]