Big Dig

I-93 turns into Southeast Distressway as camper explodes

adamg — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:02:28 -0400

I-93 shut at Southampton Street for 15 minutes as firefighters rushed to put out the fire in the ammo-filled camper on the northbound side.

Meanwhile, further north, part of the Leverett Connector is cracked. No cause for alarm, turnpike authority says, banning trucks weighing more than 40 tons just to be safe.

East/west commuters to continue to bear brunt of north/south road

adamg — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:18:33 -0400

State honcho vows: No tolls on I-93. Which means that tolls on the turnpike will continue to not go away to help pay for the Big Dig.

Commute-a-holic, who lives west of Boston, is not happy:

... I don't understand why North Shore and South Shore drivers get a free ride into Boston, where as everyone who lives West of Boston need to continue to pay to get into the city. It is so unfair. ...

A few billion here, a few billion there, and pretty soon you're talking serious money

adamg — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:24:45 -0400

$15-billion Big Dig project now a $22-billion Big Dig project.

Trees don't grow on trees, you know

adamg — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:11:01 -0400

Alyk grows weary of all the "but there aren't any trees!" carping about the Greenway; posts a photo of what the Comm. Ave. mall in the Back Bay (you know, tree-lined Comm. Ave.?) looked like in 1872, after it was built.

A long way to fall

adamg — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:08:09 -0400

The Globe reports authorities think a body discovered at Boston Sand and Gravel is that of a man who abandoned his car on the ramp connecting the Tobin with the Zakim last night.

A spokesman for the Suffolk County DA's office says state police are looking at how the 44-year-old Chelsea resident wound up there, but that foul play is not suspected.

Watching the Greenway fill in

adamg — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:15:50 -0400

Liam posts some before and after photos and info about Greenway tours and volunteer groups.

It would make a nice video game

adamg — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:48:32 -0400

Specialkvi made this Big Dig video mashup:

And let's not forget the old Central Artery.

Good to know: Ted Williams Tunnel can't accomodate all trucks

adamg — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:32:34 -0500

Not that that stopped the guy who tied up traffic Tuesday:

... In a video released by the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority Thursday, the flatbed truck carrying a crane is seen heading into the Ted Williams Tunnel. It triggered the overheight sensors and the warning sign before the tunnel's entrance, but the driver didn't stop. ...

Who knew the old BB/rats guy was still around?

adamg — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:57:10 -0500

During Big Dig construction, the yellow signs about rats and the mysterious B.B. were as omnipresent as construction equipment. The Globe dredges up signmaker Vincent Zarilli, who now wants the turnpike authority to put up a couple of plaques in honor of the old Central Artery, which he is tired of having maligned (his BB project would have involved building a bypass on Boston Harbor).

Turnpike mouthpiece Mac Daniel says the authority is looking hard and long at where to put the old Fitzgerald plaques that used to grace the elevated monster, but, honestly, Mac, what would be more appropriate for them than the Curt Schilling Memorial Girder next to Quincy Market? Now, it just stands there confusing tourists who have no idea what the thing is (as well as us locals who wonder why Schilling gets his own girder).

Big Dig inspector: What we can't see won't hurt you, we think

adamg — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:21:49 -0500

Seems part of the Ted Williams Tunnel was built in such a way to make it impossible to inspect bolts - you know, those things that are supposed to keep the ceiling from falling on you.