The new Ticonic Bridge is now open to two-way traffic.
The Maine Department of Transportation has replaced the Ticonic Bridge (#2854) located on Route 201 over the Kennebec River at the Waterville-Winslow town line.
The Ticonic Bridge was replaced on alignment, with a new two span, steel girder with concrete bridge deck structure. A single concrete pier will be built in the river to support the new bridge. This new structure replaced the aging Ticonic Bridge, portions of which were over 100 years old and at the end of their useful life. The new bridge has five lanes of traffic similar to the existing bridge, feature widened shoulders for bicyclists, and includes sidewalks on both sides of the bridge.
The new Ticonic Bridge was built one half at a time. During construction limiting the number of lanes on the bridge was necessary to provide the space needed by the Contractor to demolish the existing bridge and to build the new one. While construction was underway, two lanes of eastbound traffic were maintained across the bridge with westbound traffic detoured south to the Carter Memorial Bridge. The bridge was closed to all traffic and pedestrians for up to 25 weeks during construction to support the safe and efficient completion of critical construction activities.
The contractor on this project is Cianbro. The contract amount is $52.8 million.