Motorists who travel Route 139 in Fairfield should expect delays on Sunday as Maine Department of Transportation bridge maintenance crews will be patching the bridge decking of the I-95 overpass, necessitating a lane closure for much of the day.

Crews are expected to begin patching the bridge deck at 6 a.m. Sunday, August 26, and continue until 4 p.m. Crews will maintain one lane of one-way traffic regulated by flaggers during the construction period.

Drivers are asked to drive cautiously through the work zone.

Starting Tuesday, September 7, a section of Route 105 in Camden will be reduced to one lane of alternating traffic so MaineDOT bridge maintenance crews can repair the curbing on a small bridge that spans Bog Stream.

Traffic will be directed by ?Stop? and ?Proceed When Clear? signs at either end of the bridge. The bridge repairs are expected to take between four and six weeks to complete.

Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner David Cole, along with elected officials from the St. John Valley will formally dedicate Maine?s newest Scenic Byway, the St. John Valley Cultural Byway on Thursday, September 9 at 2 p.m. at the Acadian Village on Route 1 in Van Buren. Members of the public are encouraged to attend the ceremony.

A section of Route 136 just north of the Durham/Auburn town line has been closed as a portion of the riverbank has collapsed and slid into the Androscoggin River. Approximately 100? of the road and three utility poles have been damaged. A crane that was being utilized to stabilize the bank has slid down the bank and has fallen over. No injuries have been reported as a result of the river bank collapsing.

A section of Route 136 just north of the Durham/Auburn town line has been closed as a portion of the riverbank has collapsed and slid into the Androscoggin River. Approximately 100? of the road and three utility poles have been damaged. A crane that was being utilized to stabilize the bank has slid down the bank and has fallen over. No injuries have been reported as a result of the river bank collapsing.

MaineDOT is discontinuing the study primarily due to a lack of design and constructions funds, as well as potential adverse economic and environmental impacts. There also was a lack of community consensus towards the project as well.

Construction is set to begin on two different sections of Route 1 in Washington County. Crews will be repairing box culverts and pipe culverts before repaving sections of Route 1. Construction work is expected to continue until January, 2011, at which time crews will suspend work during the winter months, then resume work in May.

Starting the week of September 20, Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) bridge maintenance crews will begin work to replace part of the wearing surface on the MCRR Overpass Bridge on Route 1-A in Dedham.

Construction crews are set to begin work this Friday, September 17 on a plan to retrieve the crane and stabilize part of the Androscoggin riverbank along Route 136 at the Auburn/Durham town line. The crane slid down the riverbank when the slope collapsed on September 2. MaineDOT will also post signage directing motorists to a new, shorter detour route that utilizes Route 196 instead of the current detour on local roads.

The public is invited to attend the Grand Opening of the 85-mile multi-use Down East Sunrise Trail. There will be a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 21 at the trailhead at Washington Junction in Hancock.