Massachusetts Turnpike
State wants to build more parks in area where it already ignores the park it has
By adamg - 1/2/12 - 10:09 am
They could rename it Pigsty Park.
The Globe today reports the state Department of Transportation has some ambitious plans for the land and air around the turnpike/93 interchange in Chinatown, which it hopes will eventually become a new gateway to the city, featuring new development and parks.
Parks, huh? The photo above is the latest on file with the city's Citizen Connect service from Mary Soo Hoo Park, the little plaza at the pedestrian gateway to Chinatown that is owned by the state Department of Transportation - or at least, that's what the city and the Greenway Conservancy keep telling residents in explaining why their crews can't pick up the trash that keeps getting left there. A couple of weeks ago, the city actually did dispatch a DPW crew to remove trash, but this latest complaint is marked "closed:"
Case Referred to External Agency. Mass dot jurisdiction. details forwarded.
Some people might be a bit late for Thanksgiving dinner
By adamg - 11/24/11 - 11:51 amAround 11:40 a.m., Jim Lokay posted a photo of the backed up traffic on the turnpike westbound between Framingham and 495.
Around the same time, Dave reported a major jam on 128 north by Rte. 20 in Waltham caused by a multi-vehicle crash that closed three lanes. Sarah Nelson reported a similar situation involving another multi-car crash on 495 south between exits 26 and 27.
Flaming pickup delays commuters
By adamg - 10/28/11 - 9:22 pm
Teagan photographed Boston's burning pickup of the day around 5:30 p.m. on the turnpike westbound by the BU bridge. Nobody was hurt, but the fire delayed both drivers and riders on the Green Line - because of firetrucks on Comm. Ave. above the highway.
Mini-disaster stalls traffic on turnpike
By adamg - 8/26/11 - 2:34 pm
Brooke, who took this photo of smoke from flaming westbound car by the Allston/Cambridge tolls around 3:15 p.m., reports traffic was tied up for miles.
Our crumbling infrastructure, Turnpike edition
By adamg - 7/15/11 - 7:38 amChannel 4 reports two westbound lanes on the turnpike were shut overnight after concrete chunks fell on them from the Comm. Ave. overpass.
Truck fire stops turnpike traffic in West Newton
By adamg - 5/9/11 - 10:06 am
Smoke from turnpike truck fire billows over West Newton. Photo by JJ Free.
AlertNewEngland reports the cab of a semi on the Massachusetts Turnpike westbound caught fire around 10:50 a.m. by exit 16. All traffic is being diverted at exit 17.
Drivers headed for the turnpike are biden' their time today
By adamg - 3/21/11 - 2:51 pmBecause the vice president, who used to take Amtrak everywhere, is now being chauffeured around town today and so Boston ramps to the turnpike westbound are currently shut.
Another truck behaving badly today
By adamg - 3/9/11 - 5:01 pm
Ryan Boyle couldn't help but notice the flipped truck at the Allston tolls on the turnpike around 12:30 p.m. today. He adds State Police did a great job keeping the traffic moving.
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The pantheon of crazy has a new entrant tonight
By adamg - 2/19/11 - 10:46 pm
CKP tweets a guy jumped onto the turnpike eastbound just before the Pru exit tonight and then started pounding on car hoods. As you can see, State Police arrived and subdued him before carting him away.
Turnpike rollover sends two to hospital, jams highway for more than an hour
By adamg - 1/30/11 - 2:10 pmA rollover on the turnpike eastbound in Newton around 1 p.m. shut the road and sent two to the emergency room, state Transportation Secretary Jeff Mullan reports.
Among those sitting with no place to go until the scene was cleared was Sean William, who tweets he was stuck for 90 minutes in the car with his fashion-impaired mother:
I wasn't sure how much longer I could sit in the car with my UGG wearing mother before saying something!
