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The Maine Department of Transportation, also known as MaineDOT (occasionally referred to as MDOT), is the office of state government charged with the regulation and maintenance of roads, rail, ferries, and other public transport infrastructure in the state of Maine. An exception is the Maine Turnpike, which is maintained by the Maine Turnpike ...
Public transportation in Maine is available for all four main modes of transport—air, bus, ferry and rail—assisting residents and visitors to travel around much of Maine's 31,000 square miles (80,000 km 2). The Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) has broken down the state's sixteen counties into eight regions: [1]
The Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) is based in Augusta, Maine's capital. Branch offices are located throughout the state. The BMV is part of the Department of the Secretary of State. They qualify and license drivers, and maintain records of driver history, as well as vehicle ownership and regulation.
The U.S. state of Maine first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1905. As of 2022, plates are issued by the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles, within the office of the Department of the Secretary of State. Front and rear plates are required for most classes of vehicles, while only rear plates are ...
State routes in Maine are highways within the Maine State Highway System that are signed and maintained by the Maine Department of Transportation, and not U.S. Routes or routes of the Interstate Highway System. Some parts of these roads are maintained by local government authorities. There are over 100 State routes.
Maine has one primary Interstate highway, I-95, within its borders, as well as four related routes: I-195, I-295, I-395, and the unsigned I-495.All Interstate highways in Maine are part of the National Highway System and, as such, receive some degree of federal funding.
The seal of the United States Department of Transportation. A department of transportation (DOT or DoT) is a government agency responsible for managing transportation.The term is primarily used in the United States to describe a transportation authority that coordinates or oversees transportation-related matters within its jurisdiction.
Maine (/ m eɪ n / ⓘ MAYN) [10] is a state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeastern most state in the Lower 48.It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and northwest, and shares a maritime border with Nova Scotia.