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PSA: The turnpike is in bad shape

By adamg - 1/18/20 - 8:18 pm

Crash jams up turnpike in Brighton

By adamg - 11/26/19 - 2:51 pm
Crash on turnpike eastbound in Brighton

Teddy Kokoros shows us the aftermath of a single-car crash on the eastbound side of the Massachusetts Turnpike at the New Balance complex.

Springfield as a Boston suburb

By adamg - 11/10/19 - 12:59 pm

No, we're not talking about fever dreams about high-speed rail between Basketballville and the Hub, but about the estimated 10,000 people who already commute from the western part of the state to jobs in the Boston area. MassLive.com interviews one guy who spends $230 a week in tolls and gas to commute from Springfield to downtown Boston - 25% of his take-home pay.

Asleep at the wheel - while hurtling down the turnpike in Newton

By adamg - 9/8/19 - 3:44 pm

Dakota Randall took some video around 3 p.m. of the driver in the Tesla next to him speeding down the street while apparently asleep.

State to shut turnpike on ramp from Clarendon Street next month

By adamg - 8/6/19 - 2:03 pm
Clarendon on ramp to turnpike

On ramp set to be shut. Photo by MassDOT.

MassDOT reports it will permanently shut the on ramp down to the Massachusetts Turnpike from Clarendon Street on Sept. 3 because hardly anybody uses it and it's really a pretty crappy little on ramp. Read more.

Minivan goes up in flames on the turnpike

By adamg - 8/4/19 - 6:25 pm
Minivan on fire on the Massachusetts Turnpike

Michael Cometa ran across the flaming minivan on the westbound side of the turnpike in Allston shortly before 4 p.m.

Mass hole in Pru tunnel

By adamg - 7/26/19 - 12:27 pm
Giant pothole in Pru tunnel

State Police report crews closed off a lane on the Pru exit ramp off the turnpike after this sinkhole erupted but not before, WBZ reports, it chewed its way through the tires of several cars.

Meanwhile, out in the western part of the state ...

By adamg - 5/12/19 - 1:54 pm
Snow in western Massachusetts

Ellen Berlin shows us the snow falling on the turnpike out in Westfield, on the other side of the Connecticut River, shortly before 1 p.m.

Driver dies in truck rollover on turnpike near Allston/Cambridge exit

By adamg - 4/29/19 - 1:53 pm
Destroyed truck on the turnpike by the Allston/Cambridge exit

Crash aftermath. Photo by Nick Telesmanic.

State Police report a, easbound tractor-trailer driver died when his truck rolled over on the westbound side of turnpike around 1:30 p.m. Read more.

Kindly tow truck driver stops traffic after man gets onto turnpike in his wheelchair

By adamg - 3/26/19 - 4:43 pm

WHDH reports on an incident in which a man in a wheelchair wheeled himself down a ramp to the Pru tunnel around 8 this morning.

Turnpike drivers face months of delays so more rich people can move into the Back Bay

By adamg - 2/18/19 - 9:13 am

The BU News Service reports a proposed 108-unit condo project next to the Hynes and partially over the turnpike will require about 16 months of construction that will affect traffic and that there will be periods where lane capacity on the turnpike there will be cut by 25%.

One of the Massholes has his license revoked

By adamg - 1/28/19 - 6:00 pm

We're referring, of course, to the guy who drove down the turnpike with the other guy on his hood. Hood guy faced a criminal charge as well. However, the third guy, the one who pulled out his gun at the end of it all, is OK, because he has a license to carry. NECN recounts the action and provides copies of court documents with the two initial guys' conflicting stories.

Not something you see every day: SUV heading down the turnpike with a man on the hood

By adamg - 1/25/19 - 6:14 pm

NBC Boston reports on an incident on the turnpike westbound in Weston, which ended with two arrests. With dashcam video.

More details from State Police.

Truck goes up in flames on the turnpike on the Natick/Wayland line

By adamg - 1/16/19 - 10:53 pm

Role reversal: State to rebuild turnpike around old Allston tolls at ground level; elevate Soldiers Field Road above it

By adamg - 1/10/19 - 5:06 pm

WBUR reports MassDOT has picked a plan to deal with the decaying elevated Massachusetts Turnpike section in Allston by straightening it out and dropping it to ground level.

To make room for that, the state will then build a new elevated roadway above one side of the turnpike to carry Soldiers Field road, which now runs along the Charles, as part of the $1.1-billion plan.

Joy to the world - in particular, Newton Corner

By adamg - 12/24/18 - 8:12 pm
Joy in Newton Corner

Kate couldn't help but notice the way the Crowne Plaza was lit up in Newton Corner over the turnpike tonight.

Yet another turnpike trooper indicted on overtime-fraud charges

By adamg - 12/12/18 - 1:44 pm

The US Attorney's office today reported the eighth indictment of a trooper for allegedly filing for pay for overtime he didn't work.

Towers atop turnpike at Mass. Ave. could mean relocated turnpike ramp, re-opened pedestrian tunnel to the Green Line

By adamg - 11/14/18 - 2:22 pm
Architect's rendering of project from Newbury Street

Instead of a view of sky and the turnpike, people on Newbury Street could see this.

A developer's proposal to bridge the turnpike along the more barren side of Mass. Ave. between Newbury and Boylston streets could mean several dramatic changes to the block beyond just towers covering what is now an open-air highway. Read more.

Another turnpike trooper charged in overtime investigation; pleads guilty

By adamg - 8/17/18 - 2:13 pm

Kevin Sweeney, 40, of Braintree, was charged today with one count of embezzlement from an agency receiving federal funds and one count of wire fraud in the widening State Police overtime investigation and agreed to plead guilty, the US Attorney's office in Boston reports. Read more.

Another flaming vehicle, this time on the turnpike

By adamg - 8/10/18 - 3:35 pm
Flaming car on the Massachusetts Turnpike

Brian the roving UHub photographer spotted the flaming car inbound near roughly Mass. Ave. around 3 p.m.

Shamus Moynihan also watched the car go up in flames: Read more.

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