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Spin outs, crash shut Zakim Bridge northbound

By adamg - 2/9/17 - 6:20 pm

Around 3 p.m. on the northbound side. State Police report the bridge is now open again.

Jennifuh quickly grew to like her roommate at BU

By adamg - 9/7/16 - 9:10 am
Weird electronic sign on the Zakim Bridge

MassDOT is up to its Boston English-lovin' ways again, this time to urge college roommates to learn fire escape routes from their dorm rooms, as Sharon McAuliffe shows us this morning.

Earlier:
Use yah blinkah.

State changes sign of the times

By adamg - 7/25/16 - 11:28 am
Sign on I-93 changed to reflect actual distance to Mass Ave and Zakim Bridge

Last Thursday, David Innis tweeted to MassDOT that something was amiss on this sign on I-93 south at the Somerville/Medford line - and not just that no times were showing up - because the Zakim and Mass. Ave. are nowhere near each other. By this morning, as you can see from the lower photo, the state had fixed the distance. Now if they can only get the time thing working (MassDOT says they're working on that).

Downpour on the move

By adamg - 7/23/16 - 6:49 pm
Storm moving in over Boston

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It looked like a killer death storm was about to swallow up Boston late this afternoon. That John Gage was able to post this photo strongly suggests it didn't.

It did, however, get pretty intense in places such as Chelsea and Melrose: Read more.

Quo vadis, Mr. Bicycle Man?

By adamg - 7/15/16 - 5:17 pm
Guy riding a bicycle across the Zakim Bridge

"This can't be legal, right?" Katie Arsenault asks about the unusual sight she saw on the Zakim this afternoon.

Purple bridge

By adamg - 4/21/16 - 9:11 pm
Zakim Bridge lit up in purple to honor Prince

617 Images shows us the Zakim lit up like it's 1999.

Zakim turns into memorial for Brussels

By adamg - 3/23/16 - 10:18 pm

617 Images captured the bridge showing the colors of the Belgian flag tonight.

North Point Park offers some nice views at night

By adamg - 1/28/16 - 11:53 pm
The Zakim Bridge from North Point Park in Cambridge

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Nick Cosky took a walk tonight on the bridge that connects North Point Park in Cambridge with Paul Revere Park in Charlestown.

JB Parrett, meanwhile, also visited North Point Park this evening, and watched the sunset over the Museum of Science: Read more.

Just another Monday around the Zakim

By adamg - 1/25/16 - 9:27 am
Smashed car on the Zakim Bridge

Tim shows us one of the cars in a two-car crash on Leverett connector northbound around 8:30 a.m.

Arc over the Zakim

By adamg - 11/2/15 - 6:27 am
Plane over Zakim Bridge in Boston

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Nick Cosky was taking a long-exposure photo of the Zakim from North Point Park in Cambridge when a plane flew by last night.

Lines and shapes on the Charles River

By adamg - 7/14/15 - 11:45 am
Old railroad bridge over the Charles River

The Zakim gets all the attention, but the old commuter-rail bridge next to it has its own charms, including a spiral staircase to the top. Molly Hester admired its form from North Point Park in Cambridge yesterday.

Escher would have liked the underside of the Zakim

By adamg - 6/26/15 - 12:22 pm
Under the Zakim Bridge in Charlestown

You can get some weird perspectives when you stand under the Zakim Bridge and its connecting ramps and look up.

Earlier:
Under the new deck.

New vantage point for looking at the Zakim

By adamg - 4/25/15 - 6:15 am
Zakim Bridge as seen from Lovejoy Wharf

On Thursday, Greg MacKay took what he thinks might be the first night photograph of the Zakim Bridge from the newly re-opened Lovejoy Wharf.

Copyright Greg MacKay. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Man charged with clambering up inside a Zakim tower and stealing an airplane warning light - for the second time

By adamg - 3/4/15 - 3:59 pm
Beacon light

Beacon safely belted in for its ride back to the bridge. Photo by State Police

A homeless man who figured out how to enter one of the Zakim Bridge's towers climbed to the top and stole a 60-lb. airplane warning light last month - the second one he's stolen - State Police charge.

Clifford Beckford, 34, allegedly stashed his newest light at the historic Warren Tavern in Charlestown, after leaving the first light outside the Old State House in downtown Boston, State Police say.

If James Bond were a Masshole, here's the weapon Q would install on his car

By adamg - 1/25/15 - 2:33 pm

Karolian reports this was heading onto the Zakim, adds:

Wish I had sound, made an impressive thump followed by impressive screams from the future Mrs.

Zakim reflections

By adamg - 12/8/14 - 12:07 pm
Zakim Bridge under an arch

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JB Parrett photographed the Zakim Bridge the other night.

Car goes up in flames on the Leverett Connector

By adamg - 12/1/14 - 7:31 am
Car on fire on I-93 exit ramp

Car flambe. Photo by Kevon.

Firefighters from Boston and Somerville rushed to I-93 north around 7:15 a.m. when a car burst into flames on the Exit 26 ramp just past the Zakim. By the time they got there, however, the car was fully involved. And traffic was a mess.

Hot pink

By adamg - 11/7/14 - 10:26 am
Hot pink under the Zakim Bridge

David Parsons shows us one of the light sculptures under the Zakim Bridge, on the Charlestown side.

Also see: Under the new deck.

Copyright David Parsons. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

And then, the sun

By adamg - 10/29/14 - 8:15 am
Sunrise over the Zakim Bridge in Boston

JB Parrett caught the sunrise over the Zakim and the Garden this morning.

Bridge under a viaduct

By adamg - 7/31/14 - 10:01 pm
Zakim Bridge and the Green Line viaduct

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JB Parrett photographs the Zakim Bridge from under the Green Line viaduct across the Charles.

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