Construction On International Span in Maine Reaches Its Halfway Point

Officials in charge of building the new international bridge connecting Madawaska, Maine, and Edmundston, New Brunswick, said recently that the project is on schedule and should reach its completion this fall.

In fact, the construction passed the halfway point in January, according to Greg LeTourneau, senior superintendent of Reed & Reed Inc., the project’s prime contractor. The company is based in Woolwich, Maine.

After a decade of planning, the new Madawaska/Edmundston International Bridge is replacing an old structure that lasted more than a century and was in extremely poor condition in its last page