Ticonic Bridge Project
The Maine Department of Transportation will be replacing the Ticonic Bridge (#2854) located on Route 201 over the Kennebec River at the Waterville-Winslow town line.
The Ticonic Bridge will be replaced on alignment, with a new two span, steel girder with concrete bridge deck structure. A single concrete pier will be built in the river to support the new bridge. This new structure will replace the aging Ticonic Bridge, portions of which are over 100 years old and at the end of their useful life. The new bridge will carry five lanes of traffic similar to the existing bridge, feature widened shoulders for bicyclists, and include sidewalks on both sides of the bridge.
The new Ticonic Bridge will be built one half at a time. During construction limiting the number of lanes on the bridge will be necessary to provide the space needed by the Contractor to demolish the existing bridge and to build the new one. While construction is underway, two lanes of eastbound traffic will be maintained across the bridge with westbound traffic detoured south to the Carter Memorial Bridge. During the first half of construction, pedestrians will be detoured to the nearby Two Cent Bridge pedestrian crossing. The bridge will be closed to all traffic and pedestrians for up to 25 weeks during construction to support the safe and efficient completion of critical construction activities.
The contractor on this project is Cianbro. The contract amount is $52.8 million.
Below are the target dates for various phases of the MaineDOT Ticonic Bridge construction project.
- March 2023: Begin construction.
- Late August/early September 2023: Detour Westbound traffic over Carter Memorial Bridge while Eastbound stays on the existing bridge.
- Early September 2023: Detour pedestrians to Two Cent Bridge.
- November 2024: Detour Eastbound and Westbound traffic over Carter Memorial Bridge (full bridge closure, no traffic Eastbound or Westbound on Ticonic Bridge).
- April 2025: Return to Eastbound traffic and pedestrians on Ticonic bridge while Westbound traffic remains detoured over Carter Memorial Bridge.
- September 2026: Open both Eastbound and Westbound traffic on the new bridge.
- May 2027: Construction complete.
Information supplied by Mark Parlin, MaineDOT Project Manager