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Corinth
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Weston
Rome
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Medford
Dedham
Lagrange
Palermo
Embden
Medway
Steuben
Hudson
T10 SDBPP
Osborn
Skowhegan
Riley Twp
T32 MDBPP
Monroe
Parkman
Carmel
Hartland
Bowdoin
Starks
Palmyra
Kingfield
Corinna
Belfast
Old Town
Mariaville
Enfield
T39 MDBPP
Farmington
BancroftTwp
Boothbayothbay
Durham
T40 MDBPP
Stow
Littleton
Cedar LakeTwp
Montville
Parsonsfield
T35 MDBPP
T41 MDBPP
Deblois
Whitefield
Berwick
T22 MDBPP
Stetson
Do
Foxcroft
Bradford
T16 MDBPPTemple
Northfield
Alfred
T2 R9 NWP
Garland
Houlton
AmherstBangor
Jackman
Franklin
Greene
Cornville
Madawaska
Alna
PerhamR
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ond
Winslow
T28 MDBPP
Baldwin
Drew Plt
Hermon
Brunswick
T34 MDBPP
Holden
Eliot
Greenville
Smyrna
Guilford
Atkinson
Burnham
Alexander
Carroll Plt
Litchfield
Oqiton Twp
Willimantic
Levant
Hope
Limington
Woodville
Codyville Plt
Tremont
Harmony
Cooper
Dixmont
Newport
Brownfield
Princeton
Hodgdon
Masardis
Strong
Sherman
Moro Plt
Westfield
Oakfield
Brownville
Albany Twp
Grafton Twp
Pittston
Windsor
Dallas Plt
Vassalboro
Big Te n Tw p
Greenbush
Woodstock
Bowerbank
Winthrop
Canton
Liberty
Fayette
Baileyville
Howland
T6 ND BPP
Crawford
Buckfield
Sakom Twp
Cherryfield
Shapleigh
Kibby Twp
Benton
Indian Twp
Winter Harbor
Freeport
Edinburg
Mars Hill
Lewiston
Ripley
Harrison
Centerville
Chapman
Bingham
Forest Twp
Gouldsboro
Carrabassett Valley
Kossuth Twp
Livermore
Limestone
Bar Harbor
Mercer
Hampden
Ta lmadge
Holeb Twp
Newfield
Lake View Plt
Industry
Penobscot
Columbia
Wellington
Hammond
Monticello
New Sharon
Appleton
Phi
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OxbowNorthTwp
Saint Albans
Charleston
Rangeley Plt
Norridgewock Eastbrook
Attean Twp
Saint John Plt
Mapleton
Wa
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Greenw
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Dyer Tw p
Charlotte
Scarborough
Woolw
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Staceyville
Monmouth
Seboeis Plt
Wallagrass
Sweden
Big Six Twp
Haynesville
Wayne
Vienna
Portl
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Springfield
Brooks
Big Twenty Twp
Carthage
BigLakeTwp
Searsmont
Lisbon
T7 SDBPP
CathanceTwp
Township C
Island Falls
Lincoln Plt
Magallow
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Plt
Sullivan
Castle Hill
Lincolnville
Lang Tw p
Sangerville
TB R11 WELS
Madrid Twp
Devereaux
Marion Twp
T3 R1 NBPP
Eagle Lake
Jonesboro
Highland Plt
Woodland
Garfield Plt
Topsham
Hamlin
Coplin Plt
Winterport
Dyer Brook
Grand Isle
Washburn
Brighton Plt
Elliottsville Twp
Kingsbury Plt
Limerick
Stoneham
E Twp
Machiasport
Oakland
West Forks Plt
T4 R9 NWP
Davis Twp
Beddington
T13 R16 WELS
Plymouth
Mexico
Washington
Van Buren
Mayfield Twp
New Portland
Readfield
Stockholm
Bridgewater
Connor Twp
Moose River
Chesterville
Skinner Twp
T3 R4 WELS
Falmouth
Webster Plt
T2 R8 WELS
Glenburn
Biddeford
Long A Twp
Orono
Criehaven Twp
Kennebunk
Misery Twp
T3 R7 WELS
The Forks Plt
Pownal
Ludlow
Dudley Twp
T4 R7 WELS
Detroit
Arundel
Jackson
T2 R4 WELS
Mount Vernon
T37 MD BPP
T11 R17 WELS
Summit Twp
Brassua Twp
T1 R5 WELS
Hebron
T4 R3 WELS
Richmond
T16 R14 WELS
Sabattus
Waldo
Newburgh
Gilead
T1 R6 WELS
Lobster Twp
Searsport
Blanchard Twp
T19 ED BPP
T2 R9 WELS
DayBlockTwp
Greenlaw
Chopping
Twp
New Gloucester
Cranberry IslesCranberry Isles
T24 MD BPP
Blaine
Forsyth Twp
Brooksville
T7 R9 NWP
Harrington
T7 R9 WELS
Cross
Twp
T4 R11 WELS
T4 R14 WELS
T8 R9 WELS
T14 R5 WELS
BerryTwp
ScopanTwp
Glenwood Plt
T3 R8 WELS
T5 R7 WELS
T5 R9 WELS
T5 R8 WELS
Comstock Twp
T16 R5 WELS
Prentiss Twp
T4 R9 WELS
T4 R8 WELS
T4 R12 WELS
T7 R5 WELS
T30 MD BPP
T9 R5 WELS
T15 R5 WELS
East Machias
T11 R7 WELS
T9 R4 WELS
T36 MD BPP
StoningtonStonington
T18 R10 WELS
T19 R11 WELS
T9 R3 WELS
T43 MD BPP
Brooklin
T10 R3 WELS
TC R2 WELS
Cornish
T8 R6 WELS
T3 R3 WELS
T6 R8 WELS
Ebeemee Twp
Nashville Plt
Long Island
Tim Pond Twp
T7 R8 WELS
Plymouth Twp
New
castle
WintervillePlt
TD R2 WELS
T4 R13 WELS
T8 R5 WELS
T8 R8 WELS
T42 MD BPP
T7 R6 WELS
Sedgwick
T11 R4 WELS
T13 R5WELS
Soldiertown Twp
T7 R7 WELS
T4 R10WELS
Rainbow Twp
T8 R7 WELS
T8 R3 NBPP
Mount Chase
T9 R7
WELS
Orrington
T6 R1 NBPP
T14 R7 WELS
T19 R12 WELS
T9 R9 WELS
Brookton Twp
T25 MD BPP
New Canada
T9 R8
WELS
Concord Twp
Morrill
T8 R10 WELS
Redington Twp
Orneville Twp
T7 R11 WELS
Lexington Twp
T7 R10 WELS
Frankfort
T7 R14 WELS
Lily Bay Twp
Shaw
town
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T7 R19WELS
Saint Agatha
T8 R3 WELS
Lynchtown
Twp
T6 R10 WELS
Long Pond Twp
T10 R7 WELS
T9 R16 WELS
North Berwick
T7 R15 WELS
T6 R15 WELS
T1 R9 WELS
T6 R11 WELS
T6 R7 WELS
T8 R11 WELS
T2 R10 WELS
T7 R13 WELS
T9 R10 WELS
T7 R16 WELS
Great Pond Plt
Oxbow Twp
T7 R18 WELS
Wales
Pembroke
Dennistown Plt
T12 R7 WELS
T8 R14 WELS
T9 R17 WELS
Molunkus Twp
Edmunds Twp
Frenchville
T18 MD BPP
T3 R13 WELS
Dead River Twp
T6 R14 WELS
T7 R12 WELS
Township
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T5 R11 WELS
T8 R18 WELS
T8 R16 WELS
T16 R9 WELS
Jim Pond Twp
T4 R17 WELS
Westm
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T6 R18 WELS
T6 R12 WELS
T10 R9 WELS
T7 R17 WELS
T9 R15 WELS
Mount Desert
T8 R15 WELS
T11 R9 WELS
T6 R6 WELS
T1 R11 WELS
TA R11 WELS
T3 R10 WELS
T6 R17 WELS
Eddington
T5 R14 WELS
T16 R8 WELS
T9 R13 WELS
New Sweden
T5 R12 WELS
T9 R11 WELS
T10 R6 WELS
T11 R8 WELS
T13 R8 WELS
T10 R8 WELS
Robbinston
Northport
New
Vineyard
T12 R9 WELS
T9 R14 WELS
T8 R17 WELS
T6 R13 WELS
Portage Lake
Dayton
T14 R8 WELS
T2 R12 WELS
T3 R12 WELS
T13 R7 WELS
T10 R10 WELS
T12 R8 WELS
T14 R6 WELS
Argyle Twp
T14 R9 WELS
T1 R12 WELS
T11 R10 WELS
Hancock
T13 R9 WELS
T2 R13 WELS
T1 R10 WELS
Madawaska
LakeTwp
T9 R12 WELS
Thorndike
TA R10 WELS
SinclairTwp
Mattawamkeag
FletchersLanding
Twp
Dre
sden
Beaver Cove
Rockport
Flagstaff Twp
Fowler Twp
Saint Croix Twp
T5 R15 WELS
Smithfield
T2 R8 NWP
T15 R9 WELS
Dole Brook Twp
T15 R6 WELS
T5 R17 WELS
T12 R10 WELS
Greenfield Twp
Saint John Twp
Seboomook
Twp
T5 R18 WELS
Frde
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T4 R15 WELS
T15 R8 WELS
T1 R13 WELS
Herseytown
Twp
T16 R6 WELS
Township E
T12 R17 WELS
Bow
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Freeman Twp
Hammond Twp
East Moxie Twp
T10 R11 WELS
T14 R10 WELS
Pierce Pond Twp
Thorndike Twp
Stetsontown
Twp
T17 R3 WELS
T13 R10 WELS
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Grand Falls Twp
T3 R11 WELS
T13 R11 WELS
T12 R11 WELS
T11 R13 WELS
T14 R11 WELS
Grindstone Twp
T15 R10 WELS
Eagle Lake Twp
T11 R12 WELS
T11 R11 WELS
T10 R16 WELS
T18 R11 WELS
Chelsea
T10 R13 WELS
T14 R13 WELS
T12 R12 WELS
T13 R15 WELS
T12 R13 WELS
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T13 R14 WELS
Lowelltown Twp
T13 R13 WELS
T10 R12 WELS
T11 R16 WELS
T10 R15 WELS
Monhegan Island Plt
T11 R15 WELS
T12 R15 WELS
T17 R13 WELS
T18 R12 WELS
T15 R13 WELS
ClaytonLakeTwp
T13 R12 WELS
Trout Brook
Twp
T15 R11 WELS
T17 R12 WELS
T12 R14 WELS
T16 R13 WELS
Cary Plt
T12 R16 WELS
T15 R14 WELST15 R15
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T10 R14 WELS
T3 R5 BKP WKR
T14 R12 WELS
T14 R14 WELS
T16 R12 WELS
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Saint Francis
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Parkertown Twp
WebbertownTwp
T14 R15 WELS
Maxfield
T15 R12 WELS
Richardsontown
Twp
Camden
Swanville
Sandy River Plt
Sapling Twp
Cumberland
Squaretown
Twp
T26 ED BPP
Cushing
South
Berwick
T8 R4 NBPP
West Paris
Frenchtown
Twp
Big Moose
Twp
T1 R8 WELS
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Somerville
T18 R13 WELS
Brewer
T3 R4 BKP WKR
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Chain of Ponds Tw p
ForkstownTwp
Trescott Twp
Grand Lake
Stream Plt
Alder Brook Twp
Chesuncook
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Macwahoc Plt
Chase
Stream Tw p
T5 R6
BKP WKR
Seven Ponds
Twp
Lamoine
Salem Twp
Lambert Lake Twp
Vanceboro
Prospect
Spencer Bay Twp
Matinicus Isle Plt
T19 MD BPP
King &
Bartlett Twp
Tomhegan
Twp
Bremen
Mason Twp
Bow
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Twp
TB R10 WELS
Cape Elizabeth
Russell Pond Twp
Barnard Tw
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Upper Cupsuptic
Twp
BathBath
Man
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Sandy Bay Twp
Kennebunkport
Parmachenee
Twp
Nesourdnahunk
Twp
Appleton Twp
Pittston Academy
Grant
Bowmantown Twp
Northeast
Carry Tw
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WSL
West Gardiner
Moosehead
Junction
Kingm
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Frie
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Elm Stream
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Mount Katahdin
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Soper Mountain
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T4 Indian
Purchase Twp
Cambridge
Upper Enchanted Twp
Millinocket
Lower Enchanted
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Belmont
Moxie
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Marshfield
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Machias
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Town Twp
Johnson Mountain
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Mount Abram Twp
Wyman Twp
Cas
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Wes
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Colum
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Falls
T14 R16 WELS
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Katahdin Iron
Works Tw p
Lower Cupsuptic
Twp
TA R7 WELS
Passadumkeag
Bald Mountain
Twp T4 R3
TA R2 WELS
Beattie Tw
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T9 S
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New Limerick
William
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Parlin Pond Twp
Wat
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T5 R7 BKP WKR
T17 R14 WELS
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Rockland
Bigelow Twp
Milton
Twp
Benedicta
Twp
North Ya rmouth
Kenduskeag
BowdoinCollege
Grant East Twp
Pukakon
Twp
Livermore
Falls
Pleasant
Ridge P
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West Middlesex
Canal Grant
Bowdoin College
Grant West Twp
T3 Indian
Purchase Tw
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Dennysville
Whitneyville
Arrow
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Sorrento
Ogunquit
Yarmouth
T8 R
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Verona
Meddybemps
East Middlesex Canal Grant Tw p
Silver
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Stockton
Springs
West BathWest Bath
Andover North
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KP
Coburn Gore
Gorham
Gore
Unity Twp
Damariscotta
Batchelders G
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T11 R3 NBPP
Days A
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Grant Tw
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Indian Stream
Twp
Eastport
Thom
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Farmingdale
Hanover
Merrill S
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Upper Molunkus Twp
North Haven
Roque Bluffs
South Portland
Carrying
Place Tw
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Hopkins
Academy
Grant Tw p
Sandwich
Academy
Grant Tw p
Mattamiscontis
Twp
Owls Head
Southwest
Harbor
Mechanic Falls
Massachussets
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Pe
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Hallowell
Forest
City Twp
South Thomaston
South Thomaston
Taunton & Raynham
Academy Grant Twp
Blake Gore
North YarmouthAcademy Grant
Twp
East
Millinocket
Veazie
Andover
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Surplus Tw
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Misery Gore Tw p
Old
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Beac
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Little W Twp
Boothbay Harbor
Boothbay Harbor
Rockwood Strip
T1 R1 NBKP
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T2 R1 NBKP
Washington
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Randolph
Kineo
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Harfords Point Tw p
Pleasant Point Indian Reservation
Cove Point Twp
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Wilton, ME 04294207-562-4228
Midcoast Region66 Industrial Drive
98 State House StationAugusta, ME 04333-0098
207-624-8200
Southern Region51 Pleasant Hill Road
Scarborough, ME 04070-0358207-885-7000
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MaineDOTRegions
“Posted Roads” in MaineDuring the winter and spring, some of Maine’s roads weaken and they need to be protected. Astemperatures warm and the ground thaws, soil under the pavement becomes saturated with water, making the pavement unstable. As a result, many roads cannot support heavy loads.
This means that a road carrying a 15-ton load in thesummer or winter may only be able to carry a 5-ton load in the spring when it thaws. A posted state road’s maximum weight limit is 23,000 pounds. The posting is temporary and is designed to protect a road while it is vulnerable. Repairing or rebuilding a road is expensive, at times costing over $1 million per mile.
Many roads have been posted for years and these roads are well-known to those who use them. However, as roads age and deteriorate, posting is one maintenance strategy to protect them and extend their life.
Why we postAsphalt roads are at their weakest when the ground begins to thaw and the materials underneath a road’s surface are saturated with moisture. Travelling over roads that have a saturated base underneath can cause cracking, potholes, and rutting. Heavy trucks cancompletely break through asphalt and severely damage a road.
Travel over posted roadsIn some instances, you may travel over posted roads. When a posted road is “solidly frozen,” you may drive over the road. A road is considered “solidly frozen”
when the air temperature is 32oF or below and there is no water showing in the cracks of the road. Alternatively, if the air temperature is 32 degrees Fahrenheit or below and there is water showing in the cracks of the highway, the highway will be considered “frozen” if the adjacent gravel driveways, shoulders, or lawns remain frozen.
Posted roads versus non-posted roadsNot all roads are the same. If money was not an issue, all roads would be built to carry the heaviest legal loads. In Maine, many roads have been built to these modern standards.
However, there are also many miles of road that weren’t built to tolerate heavy trucks and the day-to-daydemands of modern traffic. Since dollars are limited, MaineDOT prioritizes construction on roads and bridges that have the most traffic and offer the most economic benefit to the state. Unfortunately, it may be many years before some smaller, less-traveled roads are rebuilt. In the meantime, we must post roads in order to protect and extend thier life.
State law permits posting roadsIn order to protect the state’s road infrastructure, the Maine Legislature has authorized MaineDOT to post roads. Title 29-A, Chapter 21, Subchapter 3 states that “the Department of Transportation may restrict the weight or passage of any vehicle over any way when, in its judgment, such passage would be unsafe or likely to cause excessive damage to the way or bridge.”Municipalities and counties are also authorized to enact rules on roads under their jurisdiction.
For more information visitmainedot.gov/postedroads/