Rte. 128

State trooper injured when his cruiser's rear-ended on 128

adamg — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:56:35 -0400

Channel 4 has some details on the Thursday-night accident.

Pickup truck explodes on impact

adamg — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:34:20 -0400

Impact with an 18-wheeler on I-95 in Foxboro today, that is:

... Since I was only a quarter mile from the accident I was able to get out of the car and like many other drivers, actually walk the pavement of I-95. Sure the tie-up may have been a bit inconvenient, but I was still having a better day than the guy in the F-150. ...

Also today:
Lexington Rollover Hinders Route 128 Traffic. Hinders?
Rollover on Sears Road, Brookline.

Fatal crash shuts 128

adamg — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:00:11 -0400

Car no match for back end of a parked lumber truck, around 1 p.m. in the ~~high-speed right lane~~ breakdown lane on Rte. 128 south near Rte. 16.

A good location for the Phantom Tollbooth

adamg — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:22:46 -0400

Wade Roush walks around, photographs the ghost cloverleaf of Canton, built for the Highway that Never Was - the Southwest Expressway meant to gouge through Boston and Cambridge (along the route of today's Orange Line, basically).

Squashed cars on 128

adamg — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:25:27 -0400

Just remember: You are no match for a truck.

And here's why texting needs to be banned in cars

adamg — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:02:20 -0400

Three-car rush-hour smashup narrowly averted on Rte. 128 today by two drivers far more alert than the loser who slammed on her brakes in the fast lane while texting.

Accident shut down Rte. 128 in Needham today

adamg — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:31:05 -0400

A tractor trailer, minivan and a passenger car, around 2:30 p.m., nobody hurt.

20-car smashup on 128

adamg — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:39:06 -0500

Last night on the ice on the southbound side in Weston. Nobody hurt. Meanwhile there was a Masshole in an SUV who took off after hitting an ambulance in Dorchester.

The pothole that ate 128

adamg — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:32:28 -0500

Harry knows first-hand why traffic was bollixed up on 128 in Canton this morning: There was this pothole that had been there for a week, but the state didn't do anything about it until it expanded to axle-destroying size last night and MassHighway had to get a state trooper to block a lane to keep people from getting swallowed up by the hole that it hadn't bothered to fix when it was more manageable in size.

When a sleepy town becomes an Edge City

adamg — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:55:13 -0500

Dave Atkins ponders the implications of the giant Westwood Station project (massive housing/office complex next to the 128 train station) on the small town:

... I think the alternative to growth is stagnation, so I am supportive of the project. I do wish there was more discussion of the vision behind it and some way in the community to think about this as more than just a tax revenue source or traffic magnet. Time will tell the fate of our growth.