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Fact Book / Doing Business in Maine
I N F R A S T R U C T U R E / D I S T R I B U T I O N
BRIDGE UP: The Casco Bay Bridge opens up for a freighter
to pass through en route to the Turners Island terminal
of the Port of Portland, a spot on the infrastructure map
since the construction of a rail link in 1847. The four-lane
drawbridge is of newer vintage: it was built in 1997 to
improve cargo access in Portland harbor.
FLYING HIGH: Dating back to grass runways first used
in the 1920s, Portland International Jetport is Maine's
largest airport, with nonstop flights to hubs primarily in
the eastern U.S. As airlines add back connections that
were canceled during the pandemic, traffic in 2022 is
heading back toward the peak of 2.2 million passengers
that was recorded in 2019, the jetport says.
D R I V E T I M E : Maine boasts 365 miles of interstate
highways, running from Kittery in the south to Houlton on
the Canadian border. Tolls apply on a roughly 100-mile
stretch operated by the Maine Turnpike Authority. The
last section of the highway network was completed in
1981. This photo shows traffic near Falmouth, close to
the first section that opened in 1957.
