Part of Route 1 in South Portland will close overnight for construction from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Traffic will be detoured to the I-295 southbound ramp at Exit 3. Read More

SOTH PORTLAND, ME (WGME) - A road closure goes into effect starting Sunday, impacting Route 1 and I-295. Read More

PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) - A Maine man who has a history with police was arrested in connection with the death of a 21-year-old, according to authorities. Police charged 58-year-old Glen Rodney, of ... Read More

An early-morning crash on Interstate 295 in South Portland, Maine, caused traffic delays on Monday. Around 4 a.m., Maine State Police said they responded to a report of a rollover involving a box ... Read More

The crash happened Thursday evening at the intersection of Marginal Way and Franklin Street, according to Portland fire. Read More

A chain-reaction crash on I-295 in Yarmouth was apparently caused by a Vermont driver using an emergency crossover. Read More

Maine State Police responded to the multi-vehicle crash on I-295 in Yarmouth around 7 a.m. on Friday. Read More

BRUNSWICK, Maine (WGME) -- The I-295 off-ramp at Exit 24, which is located near the town line between Freeport and Brunswick, was briefly closed after a tractor-trailer crash on Friday morning. State ... Read More

UPDATE: Maine State Police say both lanes are now open, but traffic is still expected to be slow. FALMOUTH, Maine (WGME) -- Maine State Police say a car fire on I-295 has stopped traffic. Police say ... Read More

A woman from Bath is accused of leading police on multiple chases and intentionally crashing into cruisers.Brunswick police say officers tried to stop Emily Schroder, 33, just before 11 a.m. Thursday ... Read More

Police say speed and alcohol contributed to the Friday night crash; three people were treated for minor injuries. Read More

Jacob Brown, an assistant principal at Scarborough High School in Maine, was killed in a horrific car crash Saturday after leading police on a wild chase down the highway. Read More

A car fire on I-295 in Falmouth stopped traffic near Mile Marker 12. The fire was in the southbound lane. No one was injured. Troopers said drivers should avoid the area until the road could be ... Read More

Police say a trooper arrived on the scene within minutes and was advised by a witness that the vehicle was submerged ... Read More

A Maine man was able to escape from his car and swim away after crashing into the Cobbosseecontee Stream on Sunday morning. According to Maine State Police, 27-year-old Brandon Nale of Winslow drove ... Read More

Police say a car drove off Interstate 295 in Maine Sunday morning, landing in a nearby stream, after the driver fell asleep at the wheel. State police responded to a report of a vehicle that had ... Read More

FALMOUTH, Maine (WGME) -- Maine State Police say a car fire on I-295 has stopped traffic. Police say the fire is on the southbound lane in Falmouth around Mile Marker 12. There are no injuries ... Read More

Cameras are to be installed along I-295 in Falmouth, Cumberland and Freeport. Several cameras will also be implemented along I-95 in, and north of, Augusta. Read More

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) - Police say an 86-year-old Maine man who was driving the wrong way on I-295 was killed after colliding with a tractor-trailer in the South Portland area. Read More

A crash on the southbound side of interstate 295 was causing significant backups during the morning commute on Wednesday.The crash was near the Falmouth Spur. A Maine's Total Coverage employee ... Read More

Drivers heading south over the Veterans Memorial Bridge in Portland are adapting to new traffic patterns this week as the ramp to Interstate 295 south ... for the Maine Department of ... Read More

The project will add southbound access to I-295 at Exit 4 in an effort to relieve traffic congestion on Broadway and increase highway efficiency. Read More

Navigate to 57 Chamberlain Road, Scarborough. With four custom ... and Interstate-295 and Interstate-95 / Maine Turnpike. This area of Chamberlain Road is bordered by a nature preserve and a disc ... Read More

FREEPORT, Maine - A crash in the southbound lanes of Interstate 295 caused major delays Monday morning in Brunswick and Freeport. The single-vehicle rollover crash happened in the area of southbound ... Read More

Slippery travel conditions caused several slide offs and crashes on the Maine Turnpike and Interstate 295 Saturday morning. Around 10 a.m., Maine State Police said on Facebook troopers were responding ... Read More

FALMOUTH, Maine (WGME) -- A person is dead after a vehicle crashed into a traffic light pole in Falmouth and caught fire. Police say a vehicle crashed into a traffic light pole and caught fire at ... Read More

File Photo / Courtesy Maine Department of Transportation In 2022, construction crews in Portland worked round-the-clock over a weekend to replace an Interstate 295 bridge that's one of the ... Read More

GARDINER (WGME) -- A tanker truck hauling sewage crashed on I-295 in Gardiner on Wednesday. State police say the driver of the truck failed to move over for a maintenance truck that had slowed down. Read More

The restaurant, which can be seen from Interstate 295, opened in 1976. Owners of the landmark Yarmouth restaurant Muddy Rudder announced Thursday on social media that it would be closing '?indefinitely ... Read More

By 8:30 a.m., traffic was backed up for about three miles with traffic reported at being a near standstill all the back south to the Exit 17 ramp.State Police said the driver of a white GMC work van, ... Read More

A South Portland woman is accused of driving the wrong way on I-295 before crashing into a construction site.Police responded after getting reports that a driver was driving northbound on the ... Read More

Tatiana Bisimwa, 28, made it about 12 miles before crashing into a construction site near mile 22 in Freeport, Maine State Police said in a news release Sunday night. The car landed in between ... Read More

If you're looking to get away from all the hustle and bustle of people and cars in Maine (here's looking at you, traffic-congested I-295), there's one road that will provide a quiet trip and a ... Read More

T he Exit 8 southbound off-ramp on Interstate 295 in Portland was closed Monday morning due to a crash. That is the exit for Washington Avenue. Police told Maine's Total Coverage at about 9 a.m. the ... Read More

Among his noteworthy jobs he blasted for the Bush family tennis courts in Kennebunkport, demolition of the Gardiner-Randolph bridge, Kennebec river ice jams and numerous highway developments including ... Read More

The southbound lanes of I-295 in Freeport are backed up Wednesday morning as officials respond to a crash. Read More

The state said it could start moving people living in tents around exits 5, 6 and 7 along Interstate 295 in Portland as soon as Friday.The Maine Department of Transportation gave people in the tents a ... Read More

Three people were killed Wednesday after a car traveling the wrong way on the Maine Turnpike in Portland crashed into two other cars at high speed, officials said. Around 9:40 p.m., a Honda Civic ... Read More

They are taking pics even when they shouldn't. From the sound of it, this is what happened on I-295 in Portland on Saturday afternoon. While Maine State Troopers were dealing with a crash on the ... Read More

A single-vehicle, rollover crash on Interstate 295 in Portland Saturday left one person injured. Just before 2:30 p.m., Maine State Police were called to the area of mile marker 4 on I-295 northbound ... Read More

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Work is also underway on the construction of the intersection at Desert Road and the I-295 northbound ramps ... installed a traffic signal mast arms at the intersection with the south bound ramps and ... Read More

But 295 in Brunswick yesterday truly looked like something out of an ... highway with drivers either visibly annoyed or walking around the highway. NEWS CENTER Maine via YouTube NEWS CENTER Maine via ... Read More

FALMOUTH - Both directions of Interstate 295 between Exit 9 and Exit 10 will be closed for four hours each morning through Thursday, June 20. The Maine Department of Transportation said detours ... Read More

Maine State Police said a Gardiner man has died after his car "went out of control" in Freeport on Interstate 295. Officials said 50-year-old Raymond Bisson, of Gardiner, collided with a car in ... Read More

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Augusta - On March 27, 2017, the Maine Department of Transportation will be lowering the speed limit on Interstate 295 from Falmouth to Topsham from the current 70 mph to 65 mph.Since the speed limit ... Read More

The Department of Transportation turns to humor as one possible way to make busy I-295 a little safer. Read More

According to Maine State ... near Exit 10 of I-295 has stalled southbound traffic during the busy morning commute. The crash was reported shortly after 8 a.m. Thursday. Falmouth public safety ... Read More

AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine's Transportation Department would get the authority to raise the speed limit on Interstate 295 to 75 miles ... Democrat of Saco - told the Transportation Committee ... Read More

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Maine transportation officials say an 84-mile highway-improvement project's been completed along Interstate 295. After nearly six months, orange barrels that have become a ... Read More