A crash on I-295 in Portland caused significant traffic backups during the Wednesday morning commute.

The crash occurred at mile 8 southbound on Tukey’s Bridge and was reported shortly before 8:30 a.m. A traffic alert from the Maine Turnpike Authority said a single lane was closed.

The incident caused traffic during the morning commute to back up to Falmouth. It also led to heavy traffic on Washington Avenue.


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