Traffic Advisories

DCR CREWS WORKING ON BU BRIDGE SIDEWALKS

Traffic to be one lane in each direction

Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) crews will be working on the BU Bridge sidewalks. During the work, traffic will be limited to one lane in each direction.

WHEN:            Monday night – Saturday morning

                        October 13 night – October 18 morning

                        8 p.m.– 4 a.m. each night

WHERE:          BU Bridge

                        Across the Charles River

                        Between Boston and Cambridge

DCR CREWS TO REPAIR MANHOLES AND CATCH BASINS

ALONG STORROW DRIVE, MEMORIAL DRIVE,

AND MCGRATH HIGHWAY

Expect traffic delays

DCR crews will be repairing manhole covers and catch basins at various locations in Boston and Cambridge along Storrow Drive, Memorial Drive, and McGrath Highway. During the work, one lane of traffic will be closed near the work site.

WHEN:            Saturday

                        October 11, 2008

                        5 a.m.-3 p.m.

WHERE:          Storrow Drive eastbound (inbound), Boston

                        Memorial Drive (both directions), Cambridge

                        McGrath Highway (both directions), Cambridge

DCR BEGINS REPAIRS AT BOWKER OVERPASS

On-ramp from Beacon Street to Storrow Drive westbound closed

Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) crews have begun repair work on the Bowker Overpass Ramp H, which carries traffic from the Fenway onto Storrow Drive westbound. During the Phase I initial work, the on-ramp from Beacon Street to Storrow Drive westbound has been closed. Vehicular traffic is being detoured according to a plan posted on DCR’s website at www.mass.gov/dcr/projects/detour_maps.htm.

Also, DCR has constructed an accessible floating walkway in the Charles River, parallel to the shoreline, allowing pedestrians, cyclists, skaters, and wheelchairs to bypass the construction area.

WHERE:          Bowker Overpass Ramp H

                        Back Bay neighborhood

                        Boston

WHEN:            Through December 2008

                        7 a.m – 3 p.m.

                        Monday – Friday

WOODS MEMORIAL BRIDGE IN MEDFORD
TO BE RESTRICTED FOR REPAIRS

Work to be done on weekends only

Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) crews will be making repairs to Woods Memorial Bridge, which carries Route 16 between Medford and Everett. During the work, which will take place only on weekends, one side of the deck will be closed and traffic will be restricted to a single lane in each direction. Work will be suspended on Labor Day weekend (August 29-September 1), and will resume the following weekend.

WHEN:           Weekends for about two months

                        Beginning August 22 – August 25

                        Resuming September 5 – September 8

                        Continuing for several weekends.

                        8 p.m. each Friday night – 4 a.m. each Monday morning

WHERE:          Woods Memorial Bridge

                        Route 16

                        Between Medford and Everett

DCR BEGINS CONSTRUCTION ON RIVER STREET BRIDGE

OVER MOTHER BROOK

During the work, traffic is limited to one-way, from Hyde Park toward Dedham

The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) has begun repairing the River Street Bridge, which carries River Street over Mother Brook between the Hyde Park and Readville neighborhoods of Boston. The work will include replacing the superstructure, with the exception of the existing fascia arches, which will be retained. Also, the approach walls will be repaired, and the cobblestone approach walls at the back of the sidewalk on both approaches will be rehabilitated. 

Throughout the duration of the project, one-way traffic, from Cleary Square in Hyde Park toward Dedham, will be maintained. Vehicles traveling in the other direction, from Dedham to Hyde Park, will be detoured to Hyde Park Avenue. Emergency vehicles will be able to go in both directions. The new superstructure will be constructed from the roadway level and will not require staging from below. The work is expected to be completed next summer.

WHERE:         River Street Bridge

                     HydePark/Readville neighborhoods

                      Boston

WHEN:            7 a.m.-3 p.m.

                      Monday-Friday

DCR CLOSES INSIDE LANES OF LONGFELLOW BRIDGE TO ALL TRAFFIC

Agency also bans large trucks from the bridge

TRUCK DETOURS AROUND LONGFELLOW BRIDGE

BIKE/PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY RESTRICTED

AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY BRIDGE

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 until further notice

8 p.m. – 4 a.m., each night

Department of Conservation and Recreation crews will be working on the Boston University (BU) Bridge, which crosses the Charles River between Cambridge and Boston. During the work, the bike/pedestrian path that passes under the bridge on the Boston side will be closed. Signs posted at the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge and River Street Bridge in Boston will direct pathway users to cross the river to Memorial Drive as an alternative route.

STREETLIGHTS DISCONNECTED ALONG WOODLAND ROAD

IN STONEHAM

Middlesex Fells Reservation

Electrical problem being fixed

Thursday, May 1, 2008

4:30 p.m. until further notice

Streetlights along Woodland Road in Stoneham have been turned off while crews from NStar fix an electrical problem in the area.

TRUCKS RESTRICTED TO RIGHT LANES ON LONGFELLOW BRIDGE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS

Repairs to be conducted under left traffic lanes

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Until further notice

Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) crews will be making repairs under the left, or inside, traffic lanes of the Longfellow Bridge on both the eastbound and the westbound sides. During the work, trucks and buses will be allowed to travel in the right lanes only.

Longfellow Bridge

Between Charles Circle in Boston and Main Street in Cambridge

Boston

DAY BOULEVARD EASTBOUND PARTIALLY CLOSED 

From K Street to L Street, South Boston

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

3:30 p.m., until further notice

The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) has closed a small eastbound section of William J. Day Boulevard in South Boston due to a large sinkhole that developed near the L Street Bathhouse. The 10-foot-wide, 6-foot-deep hole was caused by vibrations from an MWRA tunnel boring machine, which is boring a subsurface tunnel as part of a long-term MWRA project.

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