#Nearest rest area on i 95 series#
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. Near Lincoln, I-95 runs north through uninhabited forest land, crossing the Penobscot River at Medway. The highway continues north, still running near the river, toward Howland. (Prior to the early 1980s, I-95 was a super two highway north of Old Town).
The highway runs along the northern edge of Bangor's center, then turns northeast, following the Penobscot River past Orono and Old Town. I-95 then continues east alongside US 2 from Newport to Bangor, where I-395 connects to the city of Brewer. The highway then crosses the river at Fairfield and then turns northeast along the Sebasticook River past Pittsfield to Newport.
From there, I-95 parallels the Kennebec River past Augusta and Waterville. The highway then runs in an easterly direction to meet the northern terminus of I-295 at Gardiner. The highway continues north along the Maine Turnpike (which was I-495 prior to 2004) through Gray to Auburn and Lewiston, which the turnpike bypasses to the south. Until January 2004, I-95 followed the Falmouth Spur and I-295 between Falmouth and Gardiner. At Falmouth, the highway meets unsigned I-495, also called the Falmouth Spur. The highway turns north, serving Portland International Jetport and bypassing Portland to the west. I-95 bypasses the Biddeford/ Saco area, with a spur route, I-195, connecting to Old Orchard Beach.Īt Scarborough, I-95 meets the southern terminus of I-295 and narrows to four lanes. The highway runs in a general northeasterly direction, parallel with US Route 1 (US 1), at this point. At mile 0.38, the highway becomes the Maine Turnpike. I-95 enters Maine as a six-lane highway from New Hampshire on the Piscataqua River Bridge, which connects Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with Kittery. Route description Entering Maine from New Hampshire on the Piscataqua River Bridge Northbound in Kittery In 2004, 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. It is the only primary Interstate Highway in Maine. The highway enters Maine from the New Hampshire state line in Kittery and runs for 303 miles (488 km) to the Canadian border in Houlton. Interstate 95 ( I-95) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs north–south from Miami, Florida to Houlton, Maine. York, Cumberland, Androscoggin, Kennebec, Somerset, Waldo, Penobscot, Aroostook Route 95 / US 2 at the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing I-95 Toll / Blue Star Turnpike in Portsmouth, NH
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