Only since there aren't any overpasses there, the tractor-trailer took out a couple of telephone poles and wires near the Beethoven School around 2:15 p.m. Police blocked southbound traffic at West Boundary Road and northbound traffic at Grove Street until the situation could be cleared.
Earlier:
In Hyde Park, trucks get jammed between buildings, not under bridges.
In Hyde Park, trucks get jammed between buildings, not under bridges. Photo by Michael Ball.
Shiva apparently keeps residence on Storrow Drive and not as far South as Hyde Park's River Street. A Bud truck didn't make it into the alley leading to Master McGrath's bar.
You know how miraculous it is to see the big rigs whip effortlessly and perfectly into those tight spaces, as though the driver was handling a sports car? Well, sometimes it's not so flawless.
State engineer inspects overpass underside around 5 p.m.
UPDATE: The state Department of Transportation tweets the closed lane was reopened around 4:30 a.m.
Alex Jones reports state highway engineers ordered the outbound side of Casey Overpass shut down this afternoon when parts of it began crumbling to the ground below. Plan your afternoon commute accordingly.
UPDATE: I've been informed in no uncertain terms it doesn't count for the pool unless the truck is actually stuck (preferably with its top ripped off).
At 11:25 a.m, Hillary tweeted:
Moving truck stopped on Storrow WB near Copley.
The Herald reports on the sad state of hydrants on roads around the Convention Center in South Boston and north of the Zakim Bridge.
J Goodell reports:
What appears to be cookie dough has been smeared on all the parking meters on Hereford between Beacon and Marlborough.
OK, so we had a stuck truck on Saturday, but really, that was just a prelim. Place your wagers on times and spots for the Labor Day Weekend Storrow Pool.
GlenDiesel, meanwhile, suggests a new Boston fall tradition:
I want to drink a pumpkin beer on top of a bridge over Storrow Drive that has a moving truck stuck underneath it
This just in from the Boston Police Department:
Traffic & Parking Advisory: Relative to College Move in Weekend August 31-September 4, 2012 Residents should expect congestion and delays in the areas of Allston, Brighton, Fenway, Back Bay, Mission Hill and Beacon Hill as 70,000 college students will be moving in these neighborhoods.
The Globe reports Wellesley Police have interviewed the driver, are still looking for a particular witness.
But around 3:10 p.m. this afternoon, Galen Moore noted a truck stuck in the Storrow tunnel eastbound. And that means Allston Christmas is right around the corner.
"Who won the pool?" Dave Hodge promptly wondered.
You know all those giant boxes that have been showing up at key intersections all over town? Boston Police are now enforcing the New York-like "don't block the box" rules that basically require you to stay out of an intersection if you can't get to the other side before the light changes. KWAPT reports this morning:
Boston PD is up & down Brookline Ave enforcing new "in the box" lawn. Gang of people pulled-over at Brookline & Francis.
BWSC workers are on scene trying to fix the pipe; police say drivers should avoid the area.
MuckRock examines how much it costs to sponsor free tolls at the Allston/Cambridge exit on the Turnpike.
State Police report an "overheight" truck tried to get into the Sumner Tunnel in East Boston around 11:15 a.m. but didn't get far after causing some damage to the tunnel roof and shutting one lane.
The truck that struck the ceiling is a 2008 Freightliner owned by McCoy National Lease Inc. of Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was towing a trailer owned by Primestar Trucking LLC of Postville, Iowa. The overhead strike was observed on camera by Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Operations Center personnel, who notified State Police Troop E personnel, allowing for an immediate response.
Remember when people only saved spaces in the winter? An aggrieved citizen reports from Samoset Street in Dorchester:
Of course, that's just what City Hall would say if it were taken over by zombies.
Imagine if that sign were on Morrissey Boulevard: WICKED HIGH ZOMBIES.
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