Interstate 295 in Portland reopened this morning after utility lines across the roadway forced it to be shut down in both directions overnight.
State police say the lines fell after an excavator struck a utility pole at a construction site near the highway at about 1 a.m. today. No one was hurt. The road reopened at about 6 a.m.
On Thursday, I-295 was the scene of six crashes involving 15 vehicles after a microburst obscured vision between Portland and Falmouth. No major injuries were reported.
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