Fresh snow falls in the early morning on Wednesday as a man walks his dog near the Reiche School in Portland.

Traffic backs up on the Casco Bay Bridge during a snowy morning commute on Wednesday.

Nancy Cunningham, 5, waits out in the snow with her mother, Jessica Koundry, who is a crossing guard near the Reiche Community School, for her school to start.

Erica Robertson of Portland plays with her dog, Gatsby, at Harborview Memorial Park on Wednesday. Robertson, who works at UNE, had a delayed start due to the weather, so she was able to take snow-loving Gatsby for the morning play session.

Fresh snow covers the branches of trees in Portland early Wednesday morning. Speed limits were reduced to 45 mph for the entire length of the Maine Turnpike and several schools were closed or delayed.

A snow plow gets to work in an industrial yard near the Portland waterfront on Wednesday.