Closed Rest Area Not Going to Reopen ; the Mdot Is Looking at a New Location Near the Maine Turnpike and I- 295 in the West Gardiner Area.

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An Interstate 95 rest area that was closed to make way for access to the new north Augusta bridge will not reopen, and state transportation officials are looking at locations for a new rest stop. Some locations for a new rest area are being scouted near the intersection of the Maine Turnpike and Interstate 295 in the West Gardiner-Gardiner area, said assistant state traffic engineer Stephen Landry.

Sites for new rest areas here and elsewhere are part of a larger need identified in a 2003 study of truck transit in Maine, said Maine Department of Transportation spokesman Herb Thomson.

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Closed Rest Area Not Going to Reopen ; the Mdot Is Looking at a New Location Near the Maine Turnpike and I- 295 in the West Gardiner Area.

One of the conclusions of that report, Thomson said, wa...

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