Rte. 1

Gasoline tanker rolls over, explodes in Saugus

adamg — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:56:29 +0000

One person died, two houses and a greenhouse also caught fire in the 2 a.m., eight-alarm explosion on Rte. 1 southbound, Stephen Walsh reports. Channel 5 reports six cars crashed and that gasoline from the truck got into a brook that then burst into flames in a neighborhood near Rte. 1, which is now shut.

Is state getting ready to put Rte. 1 back where it used to be?

adamg — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:21:43 +0000

In 2008, the state erected a sign on Centre St. just before the VFW Parkway that sure seemed to indicate Rte. 1 was just around the bend. Now a brand-new "Rte. 1 Jct" sign has gone up on Washington Street southbound in Dedham, just by the mall and just before the rotary with what was once Rte. 1, before the state decided it was very important that Rte. 1 smush with Rte. 128 instead of ambling along the Riverway, Jamaicaway and VFW Parkway.

Sonic boom: Rte. 1 burger backup

adamg — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:56:01 +0000

Doug Banks reports there's now a two-mile backup on Rte. 1 of people desperately trying to get into the new Sonic in Peabody.

Two dead, three hurt in Revere crash

adamg — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:08:50 +0000

All teens, on Rte. 1, around 11 a.m. when their Montero rolled over, Channel 4 reports.

Massholes know the best place to apply eye shadow is Rte. 1 at rush hour

adamg — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:20:28 +0000

While doing 55.

Rte. 1 shut down after trooper dies in one-car crash

adamg — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:38:37 +0000

Channel 4 reports on the Saugus crash early this morning.

Rte. 1 glows eternal

adamg — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:31:13 +0000

Greg MacKay captures a classic scene on Rte. 1 in Saugus.

Don't toy with us, DCR

adamg — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:40:54 +0000

Either the state is getting ready to put Rte. 1 back on its proper path along the Arborway/VFW Parkway or somebody has been inhaling too many paint fumes at the Department of Conservation and Recreation sign shop. How else to explain this sign, which recently went up where Centre Street turns into the VFW Parkway in Roslindale - 19 years after the state decided Rte. 1 was going to go south via 128 North?

Thanks to Bob Ward for the tip.

Rte 1 North by Kappy's...

amusings — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:49:31 +0000

My husband just called me. He works for a hospital in Boston (not Paul Levy's hospital) and as non-essential personnel he was released at 2:30pm today.

It is now 7:45pm. He just passed Kappy's on Rte 1 North.

Do the math -- 5.25 hours, yes.
But, even more disconcerting is -- Kappy's was closed.

"Think of the amount of booze they COULD BE SELLING to people like me who have spent 5 hours to go less than 10 miles. Think of the revenue! Think of the ... "

Doug was a little upset.

Good thing it only took me 2.5 hours to get home from Marblehead (to Haverhill) and I stopped at the wine store in Georgetown on the way home. Pinot Grigio Awaits.

Good luck to any and all still out there battling the elements. Be safe, not stupid.

A traffic tie-up that really stinks

adamg — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:45:58 +0000

The Globe reports that a tractor trailer hauling garbage overturned at the interchange of Rte. 1 north and I-95 in Peabody during the morning rush hour today, closing the ramp.

Garbage trucks had to be called in to haul off the stuff. What happens if one of them overturns?

A biting chance

adamg — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:22:40 +0000

Tyrannosaugus Rex looks none the worse for wear after his recent encounter with a dino-tipper.

Rodents of unusual size slow the morning commute

adamg — Wed, 09 May 2007 02:28:10 +0000

True, 10-foot long inflatable rats fit right in on Rte. 1 in Saugus, but they are still resulting in gawkablawkkas, since drivers have yet to get used to them, as opposed to orange dinosaurs or fiberglass cows or a leaning tower of pizza.

The Saugus Dinosaur must rise again

adamg — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:13:34 +0000

Dino Rage

amusings — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:57:22 +0000

I am devastated to learn that someone managed to tip or pull over the giant orange dinosaur that sits in the mini-golf course on Rte 1 South. Full story in the Herald is here.

The owner says that he will rise again, just like Jesus (seeing as the event took place on Easter Sunday, I'm glad she has a sense of humor about it). I sure hope he does. I love that thing. And once he's back up, I'm totally going to go visit him. 20 plus years of driving by and smiling is too long.

When I first came to the area for college in 1984 (when some of you was wearin' dipeys) I loved seeing this dino on the side of the road. My kids say "Hi Dinosaur!" when we drive past. As I've recently gotten crazy with taking a lot of photos for my flickr account, I had intended for a good long time to swing by there, park, and go photograph my favorite fiberglass orange beast.

Stuck at the Lynnfield tunnel

adamg — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:20:55 +0000

Liz describes and photographs the Tuesday-afternoon flooding at the Lynnfield tunnel on Rte. 1:

... Traffic wasn't moving, and if you looked up ahead we saw the beginning of what should have been the road going under the bridge but instead looked like a raging river. Cars which tried to make it were stuck and literally bobbing in the water. ...

Via Boston Crazy Driving.