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Exit 4 on I-295 in South Portland to be closed for construction
['Dana Richie', 'More Dana Richie', 'Staff Writer']
The Portland Press Herald
The ramp of Exit 4 of I-295 in South Portland will be temporarily closed from Aug. 9 through Aug. 11 as part of the ongoing construction project to add a new, two-way overpass to the highway.
The new overpass is expected to be completed this fall, about a year and half after construction began.
The $12.4 million project will make the overpass a two-way road, adding southbound access to I-295 from Main Street in an effort to ease traffic on Broadway — the main, cross-town artery.
There is currently no southbound access from that interchange to I-295, and many drivers normally access the highway through Exit 3.
The project will also include a new off-ramp from Veterans Memorial Bridge to I-295 to allow southbound access.