Maine State Library Digital Maine Transportation Documents Transportation 9-1999 A Technical Report on a East-West Highway in Maine Maine Department of Transportation Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalmaine.com/mdot_docs Recommended Citation Maine Department of Transportation, "A Technical Report on a East-West Highway in Maine" (1999). Transportation Documents. 13. https://digitalmaine.com/mdot_docs/13 This Text is brought to you for free and open access by the Transportation at Digital Maine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Transportation Documents by an authorized administrator of Digital Maine. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. A Technical Report On An East-West Highway in Maine Prepared By Maine Department of Transportation September 1999 • Table of Contents Page Introduction 1 Chapter I - Travel Demand and Travel Characteristics 3 Chapter II - Improving Existing East-West Highways 16 Chapter Ill - Concept of a 4-Lane Limited Access East-West Highway 48 Chapter IV - Innovative Financing Opportunities for Maine's East-West Highway 64 Application For Funding Under The National Corridor Planning and Development and Coordinated Border Infrastructure Programs . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 74 Appendix 78 - Introduction Public Laws of1997, Chapter 643, Part BB Introduction As ~encktl by PubJic Laws of 1999', Chapter 4, Part J Sec. B&,1, 81;udy. The CQDIJIJissjoner ofTransp0rtation shalls'tudy and develop a west-euthighway~ ~·State. The cQDIJIJissjoner shall make a prelintln8.ry report tO the iOint·stancijJlg cotnmittee .of the LegislatJire having Jurisdiction QVer ~iltion matteiil by J~ 1, 19'99 and aJinal report by July 1; 1999 on Jlllliters inclµding, but iwt limited to: . This report has been prepared in response to a law enacted by the 11 Sth Maine Legislature requirtng the Maine Department of t.