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Shifting plates over construction work cause concern at Comm Ave. bridge
By adamg on Sat, 07/22/2017 - 7:09pm
Unsettled plate. Photo via Jacquelyn Goddard, MassDOT.
Boston firefighters are at the Comm Ave. bridge inbound over the turnpike and the Worcester Line train tracks, where some large steel plates over a construction zone have settled too much, leading to concern they might give way. MassDOT engineers have been requested to the scene.
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Any ideas how this will
Any ideas how this will impact the construction schedule? They didn't really give themselves a lot of leeway before September.
Yes
Negatively
Probably not
Re-secure the plate or add a thicker one. Road closing in 6 days, so it doesn't have to last long.
Or just close it a few days early
worst comes to worst
Fuck the commuters
I don't understand why they don't just shut down all traffic on the turnpike and Comm Ave and B line and BU Bridge for say one month and just finish the whole thing in an unimpeded flurry. Just get it over with, save tons of money, and then instead of many months [or even years] of traffic issues you only have one month.
Hell, in China they did it all in 43 hours:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz_j_BEkVCQ
isn't that exactly what they are doing?
One month this summer (eastbound side), one month next summer (westbound side), and then it's done.
There's been years of construction there
You just don't see it from above because it's occurring underneath the bridge. That's why last year the green line almost fell through the bridge.
I thought it's the other way
I thought it's the other way around -- they're doing the major construction *because* the Green Line tracks shifted and a chunk of concrete fell (which isn't the same as the train almost falling through).
3 days
This project starts Wednesday evening.
Late
Anyone know why they would wait until later in summer to begin this? Seems risky if they run over and it's college/movin time.
Apparently there's no other
Apparently there's no other time. We have the Red Sox season, BU summer classes, BU regular classes during the year and they probably didn't want to have the potential winter weather screwing things up. This might be the only timeframe that minimizes the amount of people affected. Or maybe I'm mistaken.
They won't run over
They have planned the bejeezus out of this - including having built a full mock-up at the old train yards. In reality, most of the steel work will be done in 5 days, leaving plenty of time to finish the deck surface....
I think it's the window
I think it's the window between BU summer session and ramping-up for fall. Area is at its least-busy, least-populated.
They'll do two sectors of the bridge this summer, and the other two next summer.
Ah, yes
The high-quality work for which the Mass DOT is so justly famous. How I miss it.