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If you are heading North out of Portland, there are two awkward places to get on I295-N. It is often better to forgo these options. Take the city bus, route 7, to Falmouth and get off on the last stop. The ramp to I295-N is 1/4 mile from the bus stop. There is less traffic there than in Portland, but the flow is still steady and there is more room to pull over. It generally take less than 20 minutes to catch a ride.
== Law ==
Title 29-A 2110 Hitchhiking Forbidden
:1. Definition. As used in this section, "hitchhike" means to endeavor by words, gestures or otherwise to beg, invite or secure transportation in a motor vehicle not engaged in carrying passengers for hire, unless the hitchhiker is known to the driver or a passenger.:2. Violation. A person commits a traffic infraction if that person hitchhikes on: ::(a) The traveled portion of a public way::(b) A limited access highway, including but not limited to the Maine Turnpike; or::(c) Any portion of a public way during the nighttime.:5. Posting. An area in which hitchhiking has been regulated or prohibited must be clearly identified by posted signs.:6. Forfeitures. For a violation of subsection 2, a forfeiture not to exceed $50 may be adjudged. It could be said that Maine has the most vague and bizarre hitchhiking laws of any state in America.To further complicate the issue, Maine does not seem to define the term "limited access highway" which can be interpreted many different ways based on other states' definitions of the term. The most common legal definition seems to be:"Limited Access Highway" a highway or street especially designed or designated for through traffic, and over, from, or to which owners or occupants of abutting land, or other persons, have no right or easement, or only a limited right or easement of access, light, air, or view by reason of the fact that their property abuts upon such limited access facility, or for any other reason to accomplish the purpose of a limited access facility. Such highways or streets may be parkways, from which vehicles forming part of an urban public transportation system, trucks, buses, or other commercial vehicles may be excluded; or they may be freeways open to use by all customary forms of street and highway traffic, including vehicles forming a part of an urban public transportation system. Due to the legality being highly open to individual interpretation, it is recommended that you avoid holding your thumb out to cars that may be troopers or police. Worst case however, they will fine you $50.== Personal experiences Experiences ==
''"Thumbed all around Maine. Very easy and friendly. Longest had to wait was an hour to get a ride. Bar Harbor area was the hardest for hitching due to high volume of tourist."'' - Anonymous hitchhiker.
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