PORTLAND, Maine -- The Maine Turnpike will soon be going to the dogs.

That's because the Maine Turnpike Authority has chosen to hang original artwork of photographer William Wegman's well-known Weimaraners at three of the highway's travel plazas.

Turnpike officials selected Wegman for a public art project from a pool of about 50 artists who responded to a call last year for someone to produce art for the service plazas. Wegman is a New York artist who spends summers in Maine, according to the Portland Press Herald.

Wegman's photos, which will be about 5 feet tall and 22 feet wide, will adorn walls at the turnpike's north- and southbound plazas in Kennebunk. A third photo will be displayed in a new service plaza in West Gardiner when it opens next year.

Wegman has gained fame over the years for his photographs of Weimaraners -- medium-sized dogs with short gray coats and docked tails -- dressed in various costumes and poses.

Paul Violette, executive director of the authority, said hanging public art will entice more travelers to stop at the service plazas. The turnpike authority is paying Wegman $102,000 for the three pieces.

Although members of the selection committee wouldn't give details about the photos, Katy Kline, director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, said the pieces "will refer to the most beloved aspects of the Maine landscape in a very sly way."