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During World War II, Battery Steele was constructed in Portland on Peaks Island, making Fort Preble obsolete. Battery Steele itself was abandoned after the war ended. Port of Portland in July 2012. From 1970 to 2008 the Port of Portland was connected by a seasonal (summer only) international ferry service to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
The last of the eight sailings leaves Portland at 9.15 PM. The Wabanaki runs each service from 3.00 PM onward. [5] The Sunrise Run departs daily at 5.00 AM and takes around 2.5 hours. [8] The Diamond Pass Run departs daily at 1.00 PM and takes around two hours and passes Little Diamond Island, Great Diamond Island and Peaks Island. [9]
Building the terminal facility cost about $20.5 million, of which $9 million came from a bond issue by the state of Maine, $6 million from the federal government and the remainder from a mix of local, state and federal sources. [5] The building was formally opened on 2 May 2008 in a ceremony attended by about 200 people.
The now-defunct South Portland Bus Service running the route 24A, in front of Greater Portland Metro's route 3 (Westbrook Crosstown), at The Maine Mall (2023) Greater Portland Metro runs fifteen routes: route 1 serves Congress Street (from Portland Transportation Center to Munjoy Hill); [21] route 2 runs along Forest Avenue to Pride's Corner ...
The Metro Breez (stylized METRO BREEZ) is an express bus service in Southern Maine, United States, provided by Greater Portland Metro.It runs thirteen times on weekdays and six times on Saturdays between Portland, the state's largest city, and Brunswick, around 30 miles (48 km) to the northeast, [1] with stops in Yarmouth and Freeport.
The station is open from 4:30 AM to 12:15 AM and from 2:45 AM to 3:15 AM. [5] Portland Transportation Center is located in Portland's Libbytown neighborhood, [6] about a half mile west of the former site of Portland Union Station. It is located next to Pan Am Railways' Mountain Branch, formerly the Mountain Division of the Maine Central Railroad.
The Casco Bay Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Fore River, connecting South Portland and Portland, Maine, United States. The bridge carries four lanes (two in each direction) of State Route 77 , a bike lane in each direction, and a pedestrian sidewalk on the east side of the span.
The Chebeague Island Ferry (also known as the CTC Ferry) [1] is a passenger ferry which runs between Chebeague Island and Cousins Island in Maine, United States. [2] Operated by the Chebeague Transportation Company (CTC), the route was formally established in 1975, [3] although boats have carried passengers between the two islands since the late 1950s.