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Diverging Route wrote:Diverging Route's office looks at the project. It's pretty neat!Will you be posting pictures? They would be much appreciated!
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Diverging Route wrote:Diverging Route's office looks at the project. It's pretty neat!Will you be posting pictures? They would be much appreciated!
Mbta fan wrote:Diverging are u gonna post pictures here?Diverging Route is traveling for a few weeks. Check back in April
Overnight Closures of Longfellow Bridge, November 2 – 6Diverging Route will be away for a bit, but when he returns, he will post pictures of the progress from his Tower above the work site.
MassDOT’s contractor, White-Skanska-Consigli JV (WSC), will close the Longfellow Bridge overnight to all vehicular traffic from Monday, November 2 through Friday, November 6. The closure will begin at 11:00 PM each night and the bridge will reopen to vehicular traffic at 5:00 AM the following morning. The closures are necessary for preliminary preparations for the installation of the temporary MBTA Red Line track on the downstream roadway. Boston-bound vehicles should use the inbound detour routes described below. Bike and pedestrian traffic will be maintained across the bridge at all times. No closures will be implemented within one hour before and after all events at TD Garden to minimize traffic impacts at Leverett Circle.
Rescheduled: The previously announced traffic shift on the Longfellow Bridge, will now begin on Monday, November 9 and last for three months. MassDOT's contractor will shift vehicle, bike, and pedestrian travel spaces on the bridge to accommodate modified Stage 2 early construction of the Red Line temporary track on the downstream roadway. From November 9, 2015 through January 2016, WSC will also close the Longfellow Bridge to all vehicular traffic overnight, Mondays through Fridays from 9:00 PM each night to 5:00 AM the following morning. The closure may extend to Saturday nights, if needed. Bike and pedestrian access will be maintained at all times. For more information, read the Modified Stage 2 Advisory. View the Modified Stage 2 Graphic and the Stage 3 Graphic for new travel space configurations.
kieran wrote:...Red Line track being constructed on the roadway. This is pretty crazy.Why? There were originally tracks in the same position in both directions, and this won't be the first time rapid transit cars traveled over the roadway either.
CRail wrote:Temporary shift during Phase 2 of the Longfellow Bridge rehab project. Phase 2 replaces the steel and concrete deck supporting the inbound redline track to Boston. Inbound Boston trains will travel on the existing outbound to Cambridge track and the shoo-fly will carry the outbound to Cambridge redline trains. All traffic, pedestrians and bikes will be shifted to the inbound side (side currently being worked on) in January/Februarykieran wrote:...Red Line track being constructed on the roadway. This is pretty crazy.Why? There were originally tracks in the same position in both directions, and this won't be the first time rapid transit cars traveled over the roadway either.