Code of Maine Rules › 99 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES › 420 - MAINE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY › Chapter 1 - RULES GOVERNING THE USE OF THE MAINE TURNPIKE › Section 420-1-1 - Speed Limits

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Except where an exception is provided for by this rule, the
				  maximum speed of motor vehicles on the Turnpike shall be limited to seventy
				  (70) miles per hour, and the minimum speed shall not be less than forty-five
				  (45) miles per hour. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum speed of motor
				  vehicles on the following portions of the Turnpike shall be as
				  specified:
On any portion of the Turnpike lying south of mile
					 marker.7, the maximum speed shall be fifty-five (55) miles per hour.
									On any portion of the Turnpike lying north of mile
					 marker.7 and south of I-95 mile marker 2.1 the maximum speed shall be
					 sixty-five (65) miles per hour.
									On any portion of the Turnpike lying north of mile
					 marker 44.1 and south of mile marker 52.3 the maximum speed shall be sixty (60)
					 miles per hour.
									On the Falmouth Spur the maximum speed shall be sixty
					 (60) miles per hour. The Falmouth spur, for purposes of this section, is
					 defined as the segment of highway owned by the Maine Turnpike Authority between
					 the median opening at mile marker F3.8 to the Railroad Bridge overpass at mile
					 marker F0.5 near the ramps connecting that segment of the highway to the
					 Turnpike mainline.
The Authority may designate different maximum speeds for
				  construction, transitional or other reduced speed zones where operational
				  conditions warrant, and during periods of adverse atmospheric or weather
				  conditions. Maximum speeds within construction, transitional or reduced speed
				  zones or during any period of adverse atmospheric or weather conditions shall
				  be in accordance with signs displayed for such zones. All regulatory and zoning
				  signs displayed on the Turnpike shall be obeyed.
Speed zones through toll plaza lanes where toll booths are
				  present are reduced speed zones and shall be defined as the area 75 feet in
				  front of a toll booth and shall continue to a point 75 feet beyond the rear of
				  a toll booth. The maximum speed through these zones shall be ten (10) miles per
				  hour.
Regulatory signs for reduced toll plaza speed zones shall be
				  placed in advance of, at the beginning, and at the end of the defined speed
				  zone. All regulatory signs displayed at the toll plaza shall be obeyed.
The Authority may designate specific lanes where tolls or
				  information necessary for the collection of tolls are collected but which do
				  not allow for physical payment of a toll in cash from that lane as electronic
				  toll collection only lanes. The maximum speed in electronic toll collection
				  only lanes shall be ten (10) miles per hour unless otherwise signed by the
				  Authority, in which case the maximum speed shall be as signed.
Motor vehicles shall not be driven in excess of the
				  mechanical limits of vehicles or tires. If traffic, weather, pavement or other
				  conditions render the maximum allowable speed hazardous, the speed of motor
				  vehicles shall be reduced consistent with such conditions.