FALMOUTH, Maine — Interstate 295 North has reopened after two accidents involving a total of 13 vehicles caused it to be closed temporarily.
The Portland Press Herald reports that the highway reopened shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday, about two hours after the northbound lanes were closed.
One accident involved a four-car pileup near Exit 10 in Falmouth. State Trooper Doug Cropper says a woman and her 7-year-old son are being treated at a hospital in Portland for injuries that are not life threatening.
The second crash involved nine vehicles and took place north of the Johnson Road overpass. Falmouth police are investigating it.
Those on and off ramps are too short!
So it’s the ramps fault?
ramps are not the problem it is the idots that don’t know what a yeild sign means!
Its like I have always said…a yield sign is NOT supposed to be the equivalent of the checkered flag at the Indianapolis 500
people are crazy out there.. tailgating, brake checking and road raging like it ain’t gonna hurt!
295 should be 3 lanes until Freeport.
Widening highways does not fix congestion, which isn’t even the problem here anyway.
If people would pay attention, follow the speed limit, maintain safe following distances and respect the right of way we wouldn’t have these crashes.
I do agree with your second paragraph, however why doesn’t widening a highway help fix congestion problems? That statement makes no sense.
I 287 through White Plains New York is four lanes in each direction. Guess what? Still congested, still dangerous.
Someone above said yield signs are obsolete. Watching our ever expanding population and ever dropping incomes, my guess is the private car is obsolete.
$3.60 a gallon, $800. a year for insurance, $200 to $850 a year excise tax. The outrageous price of the car, the sky-high cost of repairs, The cost to taxpayers for damage and injuries, and the endless urban sprawl created by the car culture
Pretty soon only Mitt Romney and the Clinton’s will be able to afford this lifestyle.
It’s just lack of attention; the roads are fine.
That entire stretch of road is a train wreck. Combine that with the majority of people who don’t know how to drive and you get accidents. Add another lane, lengthen the on/off ramps so cars can merge properly and get rid of the yield signs. They are obsolete.
They are “obsolete” because nobody bothers to pay attention to them.
you got that right…..but they are also not used in many states when it comes to merging on ramps that lead onto a major highway. If the on ramp is long, it is the responsibility of the driver to gain enough speed to merge with traffic. Shorter on ramps (like 128 in mass.) have stop signs.
Welcome to Maine…where YIELD means MOVE OVER IM COMING THRU.
Distracted drivers, tailgating, failure to yield, and speeding….speeding….speeding…come on people….
Okay, bring on the disagreements, but I just can’t help but voice my opinion here. It seems like nearly every accident report is followed by comments about the quality of the roads, the congestion on the roads, need for a new highway, dangerous intersection, dangerous street light etc. A good driver knows how to adjust their speed, driving tactics, awareness, etc. to compensate for less than perfect road conditions or traffic conditions and, accordingly, prepare themselves for potential dangers and hazards that they may not otherwise face on “perfect” roads. People need to learn how to drive or get the heck off the roads. No, a person can’t prevent every single accident, but they can sure as heck prevent “most” of them.
Thankfully the injuries in this particular crash don’t seem too significant, but this sure could have been much worse.