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Kennebunk Fire Rescue says a tractor-trailer truck crash on the turnpike between Kennebunk and Biddeford on Wednesday.
On Saturday, May 3, 2025, at approximately 7:58 AM, Maine State Police Troop G responded to a report of a tractor-trailer crash near mile marker 30 northbound on the Maine Turnpike in Arundel.
ARUNDEL, Maine — Police are investigating a crash on the Maine Turnpike early Saturday morning, where a tractor-trailer struck a guardrail and caught fire. Maine State Police Troop G was ...
On Friday, the MTA says Miles the Maine Turnpike Moose will greet tourists at the Kennebunk northbound plaza from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Miles will be available for photos.
You've probably seen the confrontation happen as you're traveling down the Maine Turnpike or I-295. A driver is coming down the on-ramp to enter the highway just as someone in the left lane is ...
Revenues increased 160% over the turnpike’s first four years. In its first year, 1.5 million vehicles traveled the turnpike; by 1964, annual traffic had reached 5 million. It doubled again by 1971.
The original 47-mile turnpike officially opened on Dec. 13, 1947. The toll from Kittery to Portland was 50 cents.
For Florida drivers coming off the turnpike, Yeehaw Junction is a pit stop with a couple of gas stations. But the area has a rich history, with the Desert Inn as the centerpiece along State Road 60.
And work continues to improve the Maine Turnpike today, with the opening of the open toll road in Kittery that alleviates a lot of traffic backups and the widening of the Turnpike to three lanes ...
YORK, Maine — As the Maine Turnpike Authority begins to look to a future with no cash tolling lanes, some residents are asking why now after pouring millions of dollars into a new toll plaza.
YORK, Maine — As the Maine Turnpike Authority begins to look to a future with no cash tolling lanes, some residents are asking why now after pouring millions of dollars into a new toll plaza.