Casco Bay Bridge

Talk about nerve-racking!

avel over the Casco Bay Bridge a couple times every day and I very rarely get stuck with it up. When I do, I take advantage of the few extra minutes to grab a coffee at Dunkin there in Mill Creek. That said, maintenance can be disruptive.Bridges need sealing against water and salt and according to the Portland Press Herald, next week the overnight work will begin from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m..

Several hundred cars a day use the Casco Bay Bridge, but not too many people have noticed what's under the bridge.

On my way into work last week I was waved to a halt on the Casco Bay Bridge by two nice ladies helping a mama duck and her nine ducklings cross to the water. I was so touched to see the little family getting an assist by human friends. The little ones couldn't make it up onto the curb to follow mama, but the good citizens helped them...

I drive over the Casco Bay Bridge at least twice a day, and I usually travel unharassed because the bridge is down. That will change starting today and continuing through March 5th, because beginning March 1st, Florida Drawbridges, Inc...