YORK (AP) — An old wood-piling bridge in southern Maine has reopened after being shut down for a year to be reconstructed. The Portsmouth Herald says Sewall’s Bridge over the York River in York opened to traffic on Friday. The new bridge replicates the features of the former bridge, with 13 pier structures and a […]
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Several dozen Maine bridges get double red flags
PORTLAND (AP) — The Maine Department of Transportation insists all state-owned bridges are safe despite a review of federal data indicating dozens of them have multiple red flags. Chip Getchell, who is in charge of bridge planning for Maine DOT, said he is satisfied the bridges are safe because the state is aggressive in terms […]
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Many U.S. bridges old, risky and rundown
WASHINGTON (AP) — Motorists coming off the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge into Washington are treated to a postcard-perfect view of the U.S. Capitol. The bridge itself, however, is about as ugly as it gets: The steel underpinnings have thinned since the structure was built in 1950, and the span is pocked with rust and crumbling […]
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Manslaughter charge filed in Hudson boat crash
PIERMONT, N.Y. (AP) — A deadly nighttime speedboat crash on the Hudson River hurled a bride-to-be and her fiance’s best man into the water and left the groom and three others injured, including a friend charged with vehicular manslaughter on Saturday, just two weeks before the couple was to exchange their vows. Six friends were […]
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Bridge construction to close Hotel Road for 45 days
AUBURN — The replacement of the Littlefields Bridge spanning the Little Androscoggin River will force the closure of Hotel Road for about 45 days beginning Monday, July 29, according to a news release from the Maine Department of Transportation. Signs will help guide motorists along the 8-mile detour that will be in place starting in […]
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Richmond archaeological dig to continue
RICHMOND (AP) — An archaeological dig at the site of the new bridge across the Kennebec River between Richmond and Dresden will be allowed to continue even as construction starts. Archaeologists had feared that their work on two colonial-era forts on the Richmond side would be interrupted by construction. Leith Smith of the Maine Historic […]
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Pennesseewassee Stream bridge to be set next month
NORWAY — A footbridge to span Pennesseewassee Stream from Water Street to Main Street is expected to be on site in mid-August. Town Manager David Holt said the prefabricated bridge is due to arrive Aug. 19 and will be placed on the foundation of a previous bridge. “It weighs a lot,” Holt said. A crane […]