Maine Turnpike

A Massachusetts driver died Friday night after crashing his pickup truck on the Maine Turnpike over the Saco River, officials said. Nathan Kennedy, a 21-year-old from Halifax, Mass., was thrown from his Ford pickup truck after it hit a guard rail on the highway driving south over the Saco River bridge, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety. The…

A man was seriously injured after two trucks crashed in Kittery, Maine, on Thursday morning, officials said. A box truck that was traveling southbound on the Maine Turnpike rear-ended a fully loaded cement truck near the New Hampshire border, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety. The box truck’s driver, Boston resident Manuel Depina-Gonolves, 22, was severely injured in…

Detours, noise and a decent amount of traffic are on the way for people planning a trip through a certain section of Maine highway this weekend. Beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday evening, all lanes of Interstate 295 will close as the approximately 60-year-old Veranda Street Bridge, which roughly 55,000 to 75,000 travelers use daily, is demolished and replaced. That…

A trip on the highway to most places in Maine just got a little more expensive.