A lane closure is coming to Broadway in Bangor next week.
That will allow crews to complete work underneath the new bridge carrying Interstate 95 over Broadway, the city said Friday morning.
The southbound side of Broadway will be reduced to one lane where Broadway and I-95 meet from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday to Friday.
Drivers should avoid the area or expect delays because the lane closure will slow traffic through the area.
It’s the latest step toward the eventual replacement of the aging bridge carrying Interstate 95 traffic over Broadway. The 152-foot steel girder bridge, built in 1960, is crossed about 50,000 times daily and is in “poor condition,” transportation officials have told the Bangor Daily News. The Maine Department of Transportation expects to complete that work by late next year.
The project will cost more than $30 million.
In recent years other I-95 bridges in Bangor have been replaced, including the Ohio Street bridge in 2020 and the Union Street bridge in 2016, while a yearslong project is underway to redo the Hogan Road interchange.