Rte. 128

Some people might be a bit late for Thanksgiving dinner

adamg — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:51:11 +0000

Around 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.

Tank battle

adamg — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:01:29 +0000

It's Boston vs. the suburbs over what roads fuel tankers can take, the Herald reports.

Earlier:
City study: North End streets no place for trucks with hazardous cargo.

Trucks behaving badly on area roads this morning

adamg — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:55:45 +0000

Massachusetts State Police tweet Watertown Square is a mess this morning thanks to a truck that brought down trackless-trolley wires.

The Staties add the ramp from 128 north to 95 north in Peabody is literally a mess - and shut down - thanks to a tractor trailer that overturned and spilled its load of ink cartridges, giving the road surface some new coloration. Photo.

Icy enough for ya?

adamg — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:07:54 +0000

Eoin tweets Rte. 128 was a skating rink in the morning commute and that he stopped counting spinouts when he got to 34.

Now THAT was a storm

adamg — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:33:26 +0000

We got caught in it as we drove along the Fens: Frequent, vivid lightning flashes, rain coming down in sheets, people just walking slowly because they'd gotten to that point where they realized they were so soaked trying to rush was pointless.

And only 15 minutes earlier, we were busy enjoying a rainbow right over Faulkner Hospital.

Jim Storer was out jogging when the storm hit:

The last half of the run was either exhilarating or terrifying, depending on the moment. Flashes and crashes were happening every 10 seconds or so, some closer to me than others. I consciously ran on the side of the street with the shorter trees, convincing myself that was the smart thing to do (is it?). With about a mile to go there was a strike so close I saw the blue light in my face and the the lightning struck a tree about 100 yards away.

The scene in Chinatown, by JJ Leslie. Jeff Cutler videoed the rain on 128:

Major route into Gloucester shut as fire erupts under bridge

adamg — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:37:55 +0000

The Gloucester Times reports on a fire under the A. Piatt Andrew Bridge on Rte. 128.

That's one way to increase reliability on the Green Line

adamg — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:10:57 +0000

Charles McEnerney spotted this novel combo on 128 north in Needham. OK, so it's probably an ancient Boeing trolley being hauled up to the trolley museum, but it gets you to thinking ...

Mulch madness: Tons of mulch erupt in flames, shut down 128

adamg — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:07:41 +0000

Channel 5 reports on the fire in a storage yard at 95/128 in Peabody.

Photo by the Salem Evening News.

Get a load of this: 128 blocked by overturned mulch truck

adamg — Tue, 18 May 2010 18:41:01 +0000

The Globe reports a truck full of mulch overturned on 128 north in Waltham this afternoon, sending mulch flying everywhere and narrowing the road to just one lane. Don't even think of what would happen if all that mulch caught on fire.

Morning commute could be a mess

adamg — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:20:32 +0000

MORNING UPDATE: The Muddy River dropped below flood stage overnight (graph), so it looks like Riverside service is back. But looks like the Red Line between Ashmont and Fields Corner has been knocked out by flooding. Also, the main road through Franklin Park is shut, mhowardkarp reports.

In general, of course, but more specifically at:

Rte. 128 southbound to Winter Street in Waltham: MassDOT reports flooding on Winter Street has forced the closure of the exit ramp, which could mean a nightmare for folks trying to get to business parks off that exit.

Rte. 2 eastbound to Alewife station: Ditto.

Green Line, Reservoir to Kenmore: Buses instead of trains due to Muddy River flooding near Kenmore.

Mess on 128 as private school near highway burns to the ground

adamg — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:51:30 +0000

Four-alarmer at the Gifford School in Weston, the Globe reports.

Flipped tanker fouls 128 commute in Burlington

adamg — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:02:30 +0000

The Herald reports on the jam at the Burlington/Lexington line this morning.

Props to editor Joe Dwinell for grabbing an image off one of those state highway cameras, which happened to be pointed right at the the spot where the truck came to rest around 5:30 a.m.

Lights, cameras, Rte. 128!

adamg — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:25:30 +0000

The state's opened up its traffic cameras to the public, so now you can see what state traffic engineers see along Rte. 128, the Southeast Expressway, Rte. 3 north of 128, three spots on I-93 between 128 and the Zakim and near the Sagamore Bridge.

Like Easter Sunday at a T stop

adamg — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:20:37 +0000

Doug reports (with photos) that the 1,000-car parking lot at the Riverside Green Line stop was manned by just one worker today as Red Sox fans arrived en masse to get to today's game:

... In a minature version of the Easter 2009 turnpike toll fiasco, insufficient staffing at the Riverside Green line terminal in Newton at noon on Sunday jammed traffic all the way back onto I-95/Route 128. ...

Multi-car pileup brings 128 traffic to a halt near Rte. 9

adamg — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:03:52 +0000

Bradley tweets traffic is already backed up for a couple miles in either direction.