A driver had to be rescued using a fire department ladder truck after a crash along the Maine Turnpike Sunday afternoon. The ...

Motor vehicle crash at mile 52 in Falmouth causing traffic congestion between Exit 48 in Portland and Exit 63 in Gray.

Officials at Maine Turnpike Authority started discussing the project to expand the route’s capacity in the Portland area in 2005, but plans were put on hold when traffic numbers fell following ...

The Maine Turnpike Authority says a crash closed an exit in Wells on Sunday. The entering ramp for Exit 19 going northbound ...

Jul. 7—When Andre Briere became executive director of the Maine Turnpike Authority in April, he knew he was hired to fix it. After three months on the job, he's got a long to-do list and a two ...

The Maine Turnpike Authority is a state agency created by statute in 1941 to construct, maintain and operate the Maine Turnpike, which extends 109 miles from Kittery to Augusta. Copy the Story Link ...

YORK, Maine — As the Maine Turnpike Authority begins to look to a future with no cash tolling lanes, some residents are asking why now after pouring millions of dollars into a new toll plaza.

The Maine Turnpike doesn’t have the staff to manage such a huge operation. Even if it did, some Canadian provinces will not hand over driver information to allow their residents to be charged ...

Revenues increased 160% over the turnpike’s first four years. In its first year, 1.5 million vehicles traveled the turnpike; by 1964, annual traffic had reached 5 million. It doubled again by 1971.

In an effort to avert a large shortfall due to the COVID-19 pandemic, trucks and cars traveling the Maine Turnpike will pay a little bit more in tolls. The increase is effective Nov. 1.

Cash tolls on the Maine Turnpike are likely to become a thing of the past in coming years as highway officials experiment with new electronic collection systems. Drivers used to be familiar with ...