31-606: The Lord Mansion is a historic house at 20 Summer Street ( Maine State Route 35 ) in Kennebunk, Maine . The multi-part house includes a 1760 Georgian house as an ell to its main element, an 1801 Federal period structure. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 for its architectural significance; it is also a contributing element to the Kennebunk Historic District . The Lord Mansion
62-502: A posted speed limit of 70 mph (110 km/h) in the early 1970s, but, as Maine then had no law against traveling less than 10 mph (16 km/h) over the posted limit, the de facto speed limit was 79 mph (127 km/h). In 1974, as part of a federal mandate, the speed limit was reduced to 55 mph (89 km/h), with a new law including a "less than 10 over" violation. In 1987, Congress allowed states to post 65 mph (105 km/h) on rural Interstate Highways. Following
93-646: A quasigovernmental agency and to continue to collect tolls in order to fund the maintenance of the section of highway controlled by the MTA. There are eleven total rest areas on I-95 in Maine, five of which are full service plazas operated by the MTA. Five of the rest areas are accessible from northbound only, four are accessible from southbound only, and two are accessible from both directions. The rest stops are open 24 hours and all provide restrooms and visitor information. Food and fuel services as well as ATMs are available only at
124-792: A six-lane highway from New Hampshire on the Piscataqua River Bridge , which connects Portsmouth, New Hampshire , with Kittery. At mile 0.38, the highway becomes the Maine Turnpike. The highway runs in a general northeasterly direction, parallel with US Route 1 (US 1), at this point. I-95 bypasses the Biddeford / Saco area, with a spur route, I-195 , connecting to Old Orchard Beach . I-295 splits eastward from I-95 at mile 44 in Scarborough toward Portland Downtown, and Maine's Midcoast region. At this point, I-95 turns inland to
155-4890: A well-preserved section of the Cumberland and Oxford Canal approximately one mile (1.6 km) west of U.S. Route 302 (US 302) in North Windham. Junction list [ edit ] County Location mi km Destinations Notes York Kennebunk 0.00 0.00 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SR 9 / SR 9A west – Kennebunkport , Wells Southern terminus of SR 35 at SR 9. Eastern terminus of SR 9A at SR 9; eastern terminus of concurrency with SR 9A 3.5 5.6 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] US 1 north – Biddeford , Arundel Northern terminus of wrong-way concurrency with US 1 3.6 5.8 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] US 1 south / SR 9A west – Kittery , Wells Northern terminus of concurrencies with US 1 and SR 9A 5.3 8.5 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] I-95 / Maine Turnpike – Portland , Saco , Biddeford , Wells , Kittery , Boston Kennebunk Service Plaza. Exit 25 on I-95 (Maine Turnpike) Lyman 12.0 19.3 [REDACTED] SR 111 – Alfred , Biddeford Dayton 17.0 27.4 [REDACTED] SR 5 – Waterboro , Saco Hollis 21.3 34.3 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] US 202 / SR 4 / SR 4A north – East Waterboro , Bar Mills Southern terminus of SR 4A and concurrency with SR 4A 21.6 34.8 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SR 4A north – Bar Mills Northern terminus of concurrency with SR 4A 21.7 34.9 [REDACTED] SR 117 – Limington , Cornish 26.7 43.0 Moderation Street [REDACTED] [REDACTED] To SR 112 – West Buxton Buxton 29.5 47.5 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SR 22 east – Buxton , Portland Western terminus of SR 22 Cumberland Standish 33.3 53.6 [REDACTED] SR 25 – Cornish , Gorham 35.4 57.0 [REDACTED] SR 114 37.0 59.5 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SR 237 south – Gorham Northern terminus of SR 237 Windham 42.3 68.1 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] US 302 east / SR 115 east – Portland Eastern terminus of concurrency with US 302; western terminus of SR 115 Raymond 46.7 75.2 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SR 85 north Southern terminus of SR 85 47.2 76.0 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SR 121 north – Raymond Vil. , Casco Southern terminus of SR 121 Naples 54.9 88.4 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SR 11 north – Poland , Mechanic Falls Northern terminus of wrong-way concurrency with SR 11 55.8 89.8 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] US 302 west / SR 11 south – Bridgton Northern terminus of concurrencies with US 302 and SR 11 Harrison 66.9 107.7 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SR 117 north – Norway Northern terminus of wrong-way concurrency with SR 117 67.2 108.1 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SR 117 south – Bridgton Southern terminus of wrong-way concurrency with SR 117 Oxford Waterford 69.8 112.3 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SR 37 south – Bridgton Southern terminus of concurrency with SR 37 72.5 116.7 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SR 37 north – Norway Northern terminus of concurrency with SR 37 77.1 124.1 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SR 118 east – Norway Western terminus of SR 118 Albany Township 78.1 125.7 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SR 5 south – Lovell , Fryeburg Southern terminus of concurrency with SR 5 Bethel 90.8 146.1 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] US 2 / SR 5 north – Gorham NH , Bethel Northern terminus of concurrency with SR 5 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus References [ edit ] ^ "Maine DOT Map Viewer" . Maine Office of GIS . Retrieved September 15, 2017 . External links [ edit ] KML file ( edit • help ) Template:Attached KML/Maine State Route 35 KML
186-474: Is a toll road for all of its length except south of York and between Auburn and Sabattus . Flat-fee tolls are paid upon entering the turnpike and at toll barriers in York, New Gloucester , and West Gardiner . As of November 1, 2021 , it costs passenger vehicles $ 8.00 with cash and out-of-state E-ZPasses and $ 6.70 with a Maine issued E-ZPass to travel the entire length of the turnpike. The turnpike joined
217-412: Is adorned with pilasters at the corners and on both sides of the entrance, where they rise all the way to the roof line. The entrance is framed by sidelight windows, with a fanlight window above. A three-part window is on the second level above the entrance, and there is a gabled dormer-like section on the roofline, which has a decorative carved fan. The roof is encircled by a low balustrade. Attached to
248-2414: Is locally distinctive for its combination of well-preserved colonial and Federal period elements. Maine State Route 35 State highway in southwestern Maine, US [REDACTED] This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Maine State Route 35" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( September 2017 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) [REDACTED] State Route 35 [REDACTED] Route information Maintained by MaineDOT Length 90.91 mi (146.31 km) Existed 1964 (current alignment)–present Major junctions South end [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SR 9 / SR 9A in Kennebunk Major intersections [REDACTED] [REDACTED] US 1 / SR 9A in Kennebunk [REDACTED] [REDACTED] I-95 / Maine Turnpike in Kennebunk [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] US 202 / SR 4 / SR 4A in Hollis [REDACTED] US 302 in Windham / Naples [REDACTED] SR 11 in Naples North ;end [REDACTED] [REDACTED] US 2 / SR 5 in Bethel Location Country United States State Maine Counties York , Cumberland , Oxford Highway system Maine State Highway System Interstate US State Auto trails Lettered highways ← [REDACTED] SR 32 → [REDACTED] SR 37 [REDACTED] Northbound in Kennebunk State Route 35 ( SR 35 ) runs
279-410: Is located on the north side of Summer Street, opposite its junction with Park Street. The house consists of multiple sections, roughly oriented from west to east, set back from the road on landscaped grounds above a retaining wall. The main house is a roughly square two-story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof, and flushboard on the main (west-facing) facade and clapboards elsewhere. The front facade
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341-652: Is planning to reestablish the exit at this location by 2022 in order to relieve traffic congestion at the intersection of I-195 and Industrial Park Road, which can often back up to I-95. North of Augusta, there are two additional pairs of rest areas before I-95's northern terminus in Houlton. Separate facilities are located on each direction of I-95 in Hampden, just south of Bangor; and in Medway, about halfway between Bangor and Houlton. There are 24-hour restrooms at all four locations, while
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#1733093469259372-566: The Sebasticook River past Pittsfield to Newport . I-95 then continues east alongside US 2 from Newport to Bangor , where I-395 connects to the city of Brewer . The highway runs along the northern edge of Bangor's center, then turns northeast, following the Penobscot River past Orono and Old Town . (Prior to the early 1980s, I-95 was a super two highway north of Old Town). The highway continues north, still running near
403-537: The E-ZPass electronic toll collection network in 2005, replacing the former Maine-only system designated Transpass that was implemented in 1997. The tolls on the Maine Turnpike were not supposed to be permanent. Toll collections were to stop once the MTA paid off the debt from the road's construction. In the 1980s, the bonds were going to be paid off, but the Maine Legislature authorized the MTA in 1982 to continue as
434-482: The Hampden facilities each feature a state-operated Maine information center available during daytime hours. A final rest area, which also contained a state-operated Maine information center, was located in Houlton, and was accessible from both directions of I-95 by taking exit 302. The rest area has since been decommissioned and demolished as of mid-2022. In 2019, MaineDOT began signing emergency routes along roads near I-95. The routes generally lead from one exit to
465-706: The Kartographer extension Maine Turnpike Interstate 95 ( I-95 ) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs north–south from Miami, Florida to Houlton, Maine . The highway enters Maine from the New Hampshire state line in Kittery and runs for 303 miles (488 km) to the Canada–United States border at Houlton. It is the only primary Interstate Highway in Maine. In 2004,
496-641: The MTA increased on August 11, 2014. The sections from milemarker 2.1 in Kittery to milemarker 44.1 in Scarborough and the section from milemarker 52.3 in Falmouth to milemarker 109 in Augusta increased from 65 to 70 mph (105 to 113 km/h). The section from milemarker 44.1 in Scarborough to milemarker 52.3 in Falmouth increased from 55 to 60 mph (89 to 97 km/h). The Maine Turnpike
527-585: The MTA to change speed limits with the approval of the Maine State Police . Per that law, MaineDOT increased the 65-mile-per-hour (105 km/h) limit to 70 mph (110 km/h) on several sections of I-95 on May 27, 2014. These areas included the section from milemarker 114 just outside Augusta to mile 126 just before Waterville . In addition, the section from Fairfield (just north of Waterville) to Bangor also saw an increase to 70 mph (110 km/h). Speed limits on sections controlled by
558-588: The MTA. Today, this highway, which ends at Houlton instead of Fort Kent, is signed as I-95 throughout and the Maine Turnpike between the New Hampshire line at Kittery and the junction with US 202 near Augusta. In 2015, the MTA purchased the segment from the Piscataqua River Bridge to milemarker 2.2 of I-95 from the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT). The Maine Turnpike had
589-458: The Maine Turnpike (which was I-495 prior to 2004) through Gray to Auburn and Lewiston , bypassing the latter two cities to the south. The highway then runs in an easterly direction to meet the northern terminus of I-295 at Gardiner . From there, I-95 parallels the Kennebec River past Augusta and Waterville . The highway then crosses the river at Fairfield and then turns northeast along
620-740: The US following the October 1940 opening of the Pennsylvania Turnpike . For these reasons, the Maine Turnpike was named a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1999. In 1956, one year after the Portland–Augusta extension opened, Congress created the Interstate Highway System . The remaining sections to be built—from Augusta to Fort Kent—would be publicly funded freeways instead of toll roads under
651-471: The course of western Maine , from Kennebunk to Bethel . It passes through Oxford , Cumberland and York , Cumberland , and Oxford counties. It is known in its lower sections for both its unusually windy course as well as its notoriously poor paving, as a result of winter frost heaves. Its northern section leads to the famous ski resort, Sunday River . The route crosses the Presumpscot River and
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#1733093469259682-587: The five major plazas. The plazas are at the following locations: There is a rest area and tourist welcome center located on the turnpike northbound at milepost 3 in Kittery. There are weigh stations located on the turnpike northbound and southbound in York at milepost 4 (southbound) and milepost 6 (northbound). There are ramps to and from the northbound turnpike to the Saco Ramada Hotel and Conference Center in Saco at milepost 35. The ramps are from
713-485: The highway's route between Portland and Gardiner was changed so that it encompasses the entire Maine Turnpike (including the former I-495 between Falmouth and Gardiner), a toll road running from Kittery to Augusta . As an Interstate Highway, all of I-95 in Maine is included in the National Highway System , a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. I-95 enters Maine as
744-440: The next exit and are meant to be used when sections of the highway must be closed due to an accident or other disruption. In such an event, electronic signs will be activated and flaggers deployed to direct drivers to use the appropriate emergency route to lead them around the closure and maintain traffic flow. Northbound routes are designated with a single letter, while southbound routes are designated with double letters. This system
775-539: The north, bypassing Portland Downtown while providing access to Portland International Jetport . I-95 narrows from six lanes to four lanes at mile 49 near the Portland- Falmouth border. At mile 53 in Falmouth, the highway meets unsigned I-495 , also called the Falmouth Spur. Until January 2004, I-95 followed the Falmouth Spur and I-295 between Falmouth and Gardiner. I-95 continues north along its concurrency with
806-402: The original exit 5 which was replaced when I-195 was opened just to the north. The hotel was built on the site of the old toll plaza. Ramps connecting the hotel to and from the southbound turnpike were removed as part of the widening project in the early 2000s when hotel ownership opted not to pay nearly $ 1 million (equivalent to $ 1.55 million in 2023 ) to build a new bridge. The MTA
837-423: The rear (east) of this block is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story five-bay hip-roof block that is the oldest part of the house. The first portion of the house was built about 1760 by Jonathan Banks. He sold the house in 1789 to Jonas Clark, a local judge, who in 1801 built what is now the main portion of the house. The house was purchased in 1822 by William Lord, a shipbuilder, and has remained in his family. The house
868-473: The relaxation, Maine increased its speed limit. In May 2011, a bill was introduced to raise the speed limit on I-95 from Old Town to Houlton from 65 to 75 mph (105 to 121 km/h). It passed, with Maine the first state east of the Mississippi River since the 1970s to establish a 75-mile-per-hour (121 km/h) speed limit. A further law passed in 2013 by the Maine Legislature allowed MaineDOT and
899-643: The river, toward Howland . Near Lincoln , I-95 runs north through uninhabited forest land, crossing the Penobscot River at Medway . The highway goes northeast and east, passing a series of small Aroostook County farming towns before reaching Houlton , where it connects to US 2 and New Brunswick Route 95 at the international border. North of Bangor, traffic levels drop noticeably, with an annual average daily traffic of only about 5,000 in northern Penobscot County and going down to as low as 2,000 to 4,000 in Houlton. The Maine Turnpike Authority (MTA)
930-584: Was created by the Maine Legislature in 1941 to build and operate a toll highway connecting Kittery and Fort Kent . In 1947, the first section of highway, designated the Maine Turnpike, opened between Kittery and Portland . In 1953, the MTA began construction on an extension to the state capital at Augusta using the former right-of-way of the Portland–Lewiston Interurban railway from Portland through West Falmouth. The original turnpike
961-430: Was the largest construction project in the state's history until the construction of the extension, which opened to the public on December 13, 1955. The Maine Turnpike was the first highway in the nation that was funded using revenue bonds . It remains self-financed and does not receive funding from the state or federal government. When the first section opened in 1947, it was only the second long-distance superhighway in