History
The origins of Interstate 195 date back to the 1950s, when a freeway in Saco was planned as one of the state's original interstate highways, along with I-95 and I-295. Construction, however, was delayed for nearly three decades as the state finished construction projects on I-95, I-295, and the originally unsigned portion of the Main Turnpike. In 1980, construction on I-195 began; the freeway was re-envisioned as a link to the Saco Industrial Park and the resort town of Old Orchard Beach, and was named the Saco Industrial Spur.
In 1982, two years after construction began, the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) opened a 1.0 mile (1.6 km) segment of I-195 from the interchange with Industrial Park Road at Exit 1 to the interstate's eastern terminus at SR 5. Construction west of Industrial Park Road required the demolition of an existing partial cloverleaf interchange off the Maine Turnpike that connected to SR 112. The second segment of the freeway, which also included the construction of a new trumpet interchange with the Main Turnpike and a toll barrier, opened in 1983. An estimated daily average of over 20,000 motorists utilized I-195 in 2005.
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