Longfellow Bridge

Trucks can drive one way on the Longfellow

adamg — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:11:35 -0400

State re-opens bridge to trucks heading from Boston into Cambridge.

Parts of Longfellow Bridge become scrap

adamg — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:21:32 -0400

What else would thieves do with 2,300 feet of decorative trim that had been stored in Stoneham while the bridge was being repaired?

Red Line trains now 250% faster on the Longfellow Bridge

adamg — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:52:54 -0400

10 m.p.h. speed limit lifted; trains can now go 25 m.p.h.

What do you call a disabled train on the Longfellow Bridge?

adamg — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:09:58 -0400

The delay maker.

At least one person burst out laughing, because, really, what else can you do?

It's slow speed ahead for the Red Line on the Longfellow until further notice

adamg — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:14:24 -0400

For the same reason trucks have been banned from everybody's favorite rusted-out hulk of a bridge. Ron Newman asks; Joe Pesaturo at the T answers: It's 10 m.p.h. for Red Line trains until the Department of Conservation and Recreation tells the T otherwise.

Longfellow Bridge reduced to one lane each way

Ron Newman — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:53:18 -0400

A brand-new press release from the DCR:

DCR CLOSES INSIDE LANES OF LONGFELLOW BRIDGE TO ALL TRAFFIC

Agency also bans large trucks from the bridge

Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) officials today announced that effective Saturday morning, June 28, the inside lanes in both directions on the Longfellow Bridge will be closed to all traffic.

Also, all large trucks will be prohibited from the Longfellow, and will be detoured to other bridges across the Charles River. Cars, buses, and light trucks will continue traveling on the outside lanes of the bridge.

Tying one on on the Longfellow

adamg — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:27:32 -0400

Fenix posts photos of repair work on our favorite troubled bridge, the Longfellow - from nighttime T work to replace ties to a crew inspecting the bridge from below.

Look for unbound inbound Red Line service across the Longfellow on Wednesday

adamg — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:04:13 -0400

Joe Pesaturo at the T reports that workers finished the emergency tie replacement work on the inbound side of the Longfellow Bridge this weekend (700 brand spanking new ties) but that they still need to do some track tamping and surfacing tonight and tomorrow night. Once that's finished, it's full speed ahead for the morning commute into town come Wednesday, he says.

The afternoon commute, however, will continue to afford passengers extra time to enjoy the Boston skyline: Workers will be replacing ties on the outbound side on the weekends of July 12 and July 19.

Not a good weekend to try to use the Red Line while carrying heavy bags

adamg — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:44:46 -0400

Stephen Laniel reminds us it's another weekend of no service across the Longfellow as the T works to keep the trains on the tracks and out of the river.

A member of the Flat Earth Society, for sure

adamg — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:59:46 -0400

Series of photos showing how Flat Stanley stays that way: Flat Stanley moments before getting run over by a Red Line train, Flat Stanley moments before jumping off a South End rooftop, etc.