PORTLAND (AP) — A new bridge connecting South Portland and Portland is opening after two years of construction.
The new Veterans Memorial
Bridge is opening to traffic this afternoon following a morning ceremony attended by Maine’s transportation commissioner, the federal highway administrator, first lady Ann LePage and the CEO of Reed & Reed, the lead contractor on the project.
The bridge, which cost $63 million to build, is a primary connector between Interstate 295 and Portland’s West End, carrying more than 20,000 vehicles a day over the Fore River.
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