Memorial Drive

It's always Labor Day weekend along the Charles

adamg — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:14:31 +0000

MassDOT reports a truck got stuck under the Longfellow on Memorial Drive around 6:00 a.m., shutting the road, of course. And not just any truck: A big-ass truck.

The sea is angry, my friend

adamg — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:21:23 +0000

Good Morning Gloucester has the Webcam pics to prove it.

Also, just like the state warned us, Morrissey Boulevard is closed due to wicked high tides, as Lauren Glynn shows us:

A sign can dream, can't it?

adamg — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:14:56 +0000

Does the revived Shell sign dream of greater things?

The Shell also rises

adamg — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:28:24 +0000

Wicked Local Cambridge reports the Charles River's other gas-company sign has gotten a $100,000 upgrade that includes energy-efficient LEDs.

Labor Day came early on Memorial Drive

adamg — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:06:39 +0000

Around 8:45, New England Roadways tweeted:

Memorial Drive westbound at Mass. Ave. - unauthorized truck struck overpass - debris, etc. everywhere.

The truck was still there around 9:30, Andy Weiskopf reports:

Truck really wedged in there, roof peeled back. Hope all OK.

Beer truck driver learns why the state bans trucks on Mem. Drive; his beer, at least, is OK

adamg — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:14:31 +0000

Now an ex-beer truck Photo by Chris Devers, used under this license.

Terri O'Rourke reports a beer truck had its back sheared off, apparently by an alcohol-mad tree, on Memorial Drive by JFK Street this morning.

[I]t's a beer lovers paradise ... They're unloading all of it from back of the truck onto the sidewalk, on Memorial Drive.

The road was closed in both directions to let workers haul away the beer. Chris Devers tweets he saw cases of Heineken as he drove by.

Say, you don't usually hear about trucks crumpling under bridges on Memorial Drive

adamg — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:40:14 +0000

Wicked Local Cambridge reports on an incident involving the driver of a truck from a shredding company shredding off the top of his truck on Thursday.

At least they'll have plenty of trunk room

adamg — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:03:09 +0000

It's time for the annual circus animal march down Mem. Drive, Msgr. O'Brien Highway and into the Garden, starts tonight at 7 p.m.

Masked men flee MIT dorm, crash car, run away

adamg — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:42:47 +0000

MIT Police report on an incident Monday night involving six banditos in bandanas buzzed into a dormitory by a student expecting visitors:

An MIT officer followed the fleeing white Mitsubishi as it drove along Memorial Drive and several other streets before hitting a parked car, at which time all suspects exited the vehicle and fled the scene. Massachusetts State Police and Boston Police assisted in searching the area to no avail.

One of the suspects failed to pull up his bandana, was described as Asian, heavyset, with short cropped hair.

Via Wicked Local Cambridge.

Is it September already?

Kaz — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:15:06 +0000

Haven't found a link just yet, but right outside of my office, an 18-wheeler lodged itself under the pedestrian bridge just west of BU Bridge on Memorial Drive. It seems that he was heading from the Allston-Brighton tolls to Microcenter and inexplicably missed the left turn into their parking lot, missed the warning signs for low height at the Shell station, and ended up 70% of the way under the pedestrian bridge before coming to a complete stop.

EDIT: Channel 5 has more details and video/pictures. Thanks, J258.

Charles River in the snow

adamg — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 03:02:02 +0000

Saul Blumenthal took a walk along Memorial Drive by the Charles River this afternoon.

Now that the Mass Pike & Tunnel Tolls Are About To Go Up, What Will Be Your Alternate Route Once Tolls Take Effect in 2009?

Williams35 — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:17:14 +0000

Pickup plunges into the Charles

adamg — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:48:45 +0000

Around 6:15 a.m. between Western Avenue and JFK Street, Channel 4 reports, adding the driver was found soaking wet but otherwise OK.

Channel 4 also reports a driver in Charlestown was not so lucky - He was found dead beside his car after a violent crash in the tunnel on Rutherford Avenue outbound.

Best DCR press release EVER

Ron Newman — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:16:20 +0000

TRAFFIC ADVISORY
CIRCUS ANIMALS WILL SLOW TRAFFIC
ON SEVERAL DCR ROADWAYS

Expect delays Monday evening

WHAT: Elephants, zebras, and horses from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will walk along several Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) roadways to the TD Banknorth Garden where they will perform with the circus during the week. As they are led to the Garden, Massachusetts State Police and Cambridge and Boston police officers will provide a rolling roadblock behind them, which will slow traffic for the duration of their walk.

WHEN: Monday October 6, 2008
Beginning at 8 p.m.

WHERE: The animals will begin walking from the train yard near Vassar Street in Cambridge. They will head south on Massachusetts Avenue, turn left on Memorial Drive eastbound, continue straight on Land Boulevard, turn right on Msgr. O'Brien Highway, cross the Charles River Dam onto Martha Road in Boston, and turn left on Nashua Street to the Garden.

Quick-thinking baristas rescue kidnap victim

Ron Newman — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:06:04 +0000

Last Friday at the Memorial Drive Starbucks in Cambridge.