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New $107M Connector Road Opens in Brewer, Linking I-395 to Highway 9 The long-awaited Interstate 395/Maine Highway 9 Connector finally opened to traffic June 27, 2025, after years of construction. The 6-mi. stretch of road had been in the planning stages for more than two decades and under construction since 2017 north and east of the town of Brewer, across the Penobscot River from Bangor. Officials of the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) and Orono-based Sargent Corp., the project’s prime contractor, were on hand for a ribbon-cutting ceremony prior to the road’s debut, reported the Bangor Daily News. The $107 million project was developed to complete a “missing link” between I-395 and Maine Highway 9, the latter of which runs from the United States-Canada border at the town of Calais — in the eastern part of the state — to the border with New Hampshire in the west.
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Progress is being made on the Clewleyville Road Bridge, July 2023.
Billion-Dollar Amtrak River Rail Bridge Replacement Project Under Way in Conn. O&G Industries of Torrington, Conn., and Tutor Perini/Los Angeles are the Joint Venture O&G Industries of Torrington, Conn., and Tutor Perini of Los Angeles are joint venture partners on the $1.37 billion Connecticut River bridge replacement project. Construction began on Aug. 5, 2024, with completion scheduled for July 16, 2030. Amtrak is the project sponsor, with primary funding provided by an $826.6 million Federal Railroad Administration grant. The remaining costs are being covered by Amtrak and the State of Connecticut. According to ogind.com, the project “will involve building a two-track, electrified and resilient movable bridge structure equipped with new track, signal, catenary, power, communication, controls and security features.”
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