75 years later, the Maine Turnpike speed limits are higher, the highway is wider, and tolls are collected electronically. It wasn't always that way, though.
If you've ever been caught in traffic on the Maine Turnpike crossing over the Piscataqua River Bridge between Maine and New Hampshire, this is good news.
In the 111 years that the Turnpike has been around there have been a lot of changes. One of those changes closed a pedestrian tunnel under they highway.
A Lewiston man was killed early Friday morning when the SUV he was driving went off the Maine Turnpike in Falmouth and crashed into a concrete bridge abutment.
State Police say a Maine man was killed on the Interstate in Litchfield Thursday evening after crashing into an RV, being thrown from his pickup truck and struck by two other vehicles.
Maine State Police say a large box truck full of packages crashed in the northbound lanes of the Maine Turnpike in Portland early Saturday morning, sending the driver to the hospital.