Maine Turnpike Authority - History
In 1947, when the Authority cut the ribbon on the new road, the Maine Turnpike was the first superhighway built in the postwar era and one of only two modern toll highways in existence in the United States (the Pennsylvania Turnpike opened in 1940).
Maine Turnpike gateway sign, Kittery, 1947 - Maine Memory …
The Maine Turnpike opened on December 13, 1947 with four lanes from Kittery to Portland. The Maine Turnpike was the second toll super highway built in the United States. It cost 50 cents for a passenger car to travel the entire distance.
Maine Signs | RoadsideArchitecture.com
This page features photos and information about vintage signs in Maine. Included are neon, bulbs, and plastic signs.
OLD and NEW - Page 2 - AARoads
Apr 27, 2021 · The Maine Turnpike had a replacement project in 1996 & 1997 resulting in most MTA signs having the metric distances added to them (and since removed in this last round of replacements 20 years later).
Passing lane sign, Maine Turnpike, 1972 - Maine Memory Network
Frank Howe, Donald W. Hoffses--a member of the executive board of the former Maine Highway Safety Committee--and Richard Hamlin, Maine Highway Safety Committee executive director, stood at one of the new signs installed on the Maine Turnpike in 1972.
Installing overhead signs in... - Maine Turnpike Authority
Installing overhead signs in October of 1968 for this Throwback Thursday. #TBT.
Maine Road Signs - May 2011
Dec 6, 2011 · The road doesn't become the Maine Turnpike until just after Exit 7 in York. Meanwhile, here are a few more pictures. Starting with the "Exit 10" picture, it's from Saturday, May 7, 2011:
Maine Roads - I-95 - Alps' Roads
Here are some more typical shields you'll see along Maine Turnpike. Half of them are too wide, but all have the state name. Also, it seems that all of the shields were replaced without the banners on top, so the SOUTHs are in the old LeHay font.
SIGNS FOR SALE OR TRADE - AARoads
Mar 1, 2009 · I "rescued" (if you want to call it that) three signs from possible scrap. Two of them were the old secondary route signs in Florida and the third was an early generation CR shield which was getting replaced. But I really do want the kodachrome U.S. shields of Florida.
'Welcome Home' sign replaces decades-old 'The Way Life …
Jan 31, 2019 · The Maine Turnpike Authority installed a new Maine state border sign in Kittery reading 'Welcome Home' on Thursday, Jan. 31. The new sign, that replaces "Maine The Way Life Should Be" sign and Gov. LePage's "Open for Business", is between Exit 2 and Exit 3 on 1-95 North near the Kittery exit.