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The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) is currently replacing the Western Avenue bridge on U.S. Route 202 over Interstate 95 in Augusta, located at the intersection of Western Ave. and Whitten Road. The new bridge will be constructed on alignment, featuring a twospan steel girder structure with a concrete deck, supported by concrete substructures anchored into bedrock. This replacement will address the aging, structurally deficient fourspan bridge that has served for 68 years and was nearing the end of its useful life. The new structure also will offer increased vertical clearance over I-95 to reduce the risk of over-height vehicle collisions. In addition, the project includes approximately 1,350 ft. of sidewalk construction and reconstruction along Western Avenue and Whitten Road, creating safer pedestrian access on both sides of these roads. see REED page 16
MaineDOT photo The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) is currently replacing the Western Avenue bridge on U.S. Route 202 over Interstate 95 in Augusta, located at the intersection of Western Ave. and Whitten Road.
Hartford’s 50-Year-Old XL Center Closes for Latest Renovation, Set to Cost $138M As of May 20, 2025, the XL Center on Trumbull Street in Hartford, Conn., is closed for construction to overhaul the arena — a project more than a decade in the making. That means Hartford’s XL Center will not host any games, concerts or other events this summer. “This is our troubled child of all the properties we manage,” Michael Freimuth, executive director of the Capital
Region Development Authority (CRDA), said to NBC Connecticut television affiliate WVIT in nearby New Britain. First opened in January 1975, the building was initially called the Civic Center. In its heyday, the venue was home to the National Hockey League’s Hartford Whalers and played see XL page 22