Maine Turnpike
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| Maine Turnpike maintained by Maine Turnpike Authority |
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| Length: | 109 mi (175.4 km) |
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| Formed: | December 1947 |
| South end: |  I-95 near Kittery. |
| Major junctions: |
 I-195 near Saco I-295 near S. Portland ME-25 near Westbrook  I-295/US 1 at Portland I-295 at Gardiner |
| North end: |  US 202/I-95 at Augusta |
The Maine Turnpike runs from Kittery to Augusta and is a toll road for all of its length except for a short section in Kittery and York. As of January 2004, it is signed entirely as Interstate 95. Flat-fee tolls are paid upon entering the turnpike and there are also barrier tolls in York, New Gloucester, and Gardiner. As of February 1, 2005, the former Transpass electronic toll collection system has been discontinued and the turnpike joined the E-ZPass network.
[edit] Exit list
The turnpike had 15 original interchanges, not counting the southern terminus at US 1 in Kittery. 4 interchanges have been added since, and the Gardiner interchange was modified and split to accommodate a connection to I-295.
| County | Exit | Location | Road(s) Crossed | Toll | Notes |
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| Turnpike begins at milepost 2 in Kittery, where the highway continues south as free Interstate 95. | |||||
| York | 7 | York | Chases Pond Road to (US 1) |
none | |
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$1.75 auto toll | ||||
| 19 | Wells |   (ME 9/ME 109) |
60 cent NB entrance toll. | Former exit 2 | |
| 25 | Kennebunk |  (ME 35) |
60 cent entrance toll | Former exit 3 | |
| 32 | Biddeford |  (ME 111) |
60 cent entrance toll | Former exit 4 | |
| 35 | Saco | Hotel & Conference Center Access | no toll | Original exit 5, NB exit and entrance only | |
| 36 | Saco | (I-195) |
60 cent entrance toll | Former newer exit 5 | |
| Cumberland | 42 | Scarborough | to (US 1) |
60 cent entrance toll | Former exit 6 |
| 44 | Scarborough | (I-295) |
60 cent entrance and exit toll | Partial interchange: NB exit/SB entrance only. Former exit 6A | |
| 45 | South Portland | South Portland connector highway | 60 cent entrance toll | Former exit 7 | |
| 46 | Portland - Jetport |  (ME 9/ME 22) |
60 cent entrance toll | Former exit 7A. | |
| 47 | Westbrook | Westbrook Arterial/Rand Road to (ME 25) |
60 cent entrance toll | Interchange opened in 2001. Former exit 7B | |
| 48 | Portland | Riverside Street to  (US 302) |
60 cent entrance toll | Former exit 8 | |
| 52 | Coastal Highway | Falmouth Spur to (I-295/US 1) |
60 cent entrance and exit toll | Former exit 9. Former route of I-95. Unsigned I-495. | |
| 53 | Falmouth |   (ME 26/ME 100) |
60 cent entrance toll | Former exit 10 | |
| 63 | Gray |   (US 202/ME 4/ME 115) |
60 cent SB entrance toll | Former exit 11 | |
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$1.25 auto toll | ||||
| Androscoggin | 75 | Auburn | (US 202/ME 4/ME 100) |
none | Former exit 12 |
| 80 | Lewiston |  (ME 196) |
none | Former exit 13 | |
| 86 | Sabattus | (ME 9) |
none | Interchange opened in 2004. Barrier toll north of this interchange. | |
| Kennebec |
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$1.00 auto toll | |||
| 102 | Gardiner |  (ME 9/ME 126) |
none | Partial interchange: NB exit/SB entrance only. Former exit 14. | |
| 103 | Gardiner | (I-295) |
60 cent entrance and exit toll | Partial interchange: SB exit/NB entrance only. | |
| 109 | Augusta |   (US 202/ME 11/ME 17/ME 100) |
none | Former exit 15. | |
| Turnpike ends at interchange 109. Highway continues north as free Interstate 95. | |||||
[edit] Service Areas and Rest Areas
There are six service areas on the turnpike, 3 in each direction. All are open 24 hours and provide food and fuel services. They also have ATM machines. Some have small gift shops. The plazas are at the following locations:
- Kennebunk plazas - Northbound and southbound at MP 25 - Food, fuel, gift shop. Original 1972 plazas were replaced during the winter of 2006-2007. Both service plazas open with "food court layout featuring Starbucks coffee, Burger King, Hershey’s Ice Cream, a Z-Market convenience store and a Popeye’s Chicken on the northbound side and Sbarros Pizza on the southbound side." Turnpike Press Release
- Gray plaza (NB)/Cumberland plaza (SB) - Northbound and Southbound at MP 58 - Food and fuel. Both plazas have been replaced with new service plazas with a Starbucks and a Z-Market convenience store.
- Lewiston plaza - Southbound only at MP 83 - Food, fuel, gift shop.
- Litchfield plaza - Northbound only at MP 98 - Food, fuel, gift shop -- To be replaced by a new plaza under construction at the I-95/I-295/ME 126 intersection near Gardiner, which will be accessible by both directions of I-95 and I-295.
There is a Rest Area / Tourist Welcome Center located on the turnpike Northbound at MP 3 in Kittery.
There are Weigh Stations located on the turnpike Northbound and Southbound in York at MP 4 (SB) and MP 6 (NB).
There are ramps to/from the northbound turnpike to the Saco Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Conference Center in Saco at MP 35 (Old MP 33 before the southern extension). The ramps are from 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/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 to build a new bridge.
