A bundle of bridges in Hampden is just one of the Maine Department of Transportation projects keeping construction crews busy in northern Maine.
Pittsfield-based Cianbro Corp. won the Maine Department of Transportation contract for a $44.8 million bridge renovation project in Hampden, a town of 7,400 about 5 miles south of Bangor. Work began in late July with an expected completion date of Nov. 30, 2022.
The Hampden Bridge Bundle Project entails rebuilding eight bridges and rehabilitating a ninth along a 4-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Hampden.
Among other MDOT projects in the region, spokesman Paul Merrill says that construction work is continuing on the Bangor Ohio Street Bridge Replacement Project, with a new structure expected to open in September.
On the Route 395-Route 9 Connector Project in Brewer, contractor Wyman & Simpson Inc., of Richmond, is starting to mobilize equipment on the $10.7 million Wilson Street Bridge project with utility work expected to start soon. The rest of the project is still in the design stage, according to Merrill.
He also says that the Madawaska/Edmundston International Bridge Replacement Project is scheduled to go out to bid near the end of the year.
