Keywords: Cumberland Turnpike
Item 104765
Maine Turnpike widening and modernization ground breaking, South Portland, 2000
Contributed by: Maine Turnpike Authority Date: 2000-05-09 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 104640
Crosby Farm on Payne Road, South Portland, ca. 1947
Contributed by: Maine Turnpike Authority Date: circa 1947 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis
"The turnpike first opened in 1947 from Kittery to Portland, and extended through Lewiston in 1955. When that happened, all of a sudden 250,000…"
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway
"The turnpike, the first in New England, ran straight across the marsh from Oak Hill to Dunstan, the current path of Route 1, and was funded by tolls…"
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4
"… between Dunstan and Oak Hill, the Cumberland Turnpike was the first turnpike in New England. Dr."
Story
ROCK AND ROLL CONCERTS OF SOUTHERN MAINE
by Ford Reiche
A story about Rock and Roll in Maine, 1955-1977
