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It's not a hellmouth!
By BostonDog
Sat, 07/28/2018 - 12:11pm
It's actually pretty amazing. In two weeks they replace 1/2 the bridge, while keeping the other half open to busses and bikes/peds. They aren't even closing the interstate below it. That's a big civil engineering feat. Interesting to watch.
This sort of well planned, rapid improvements is what Massachusetts needs to do far more frequently. This is a whole lot cheaper then a 4-5 year traditional project too.
A hellmouth would be if it was a 5 year project with daily changes to the traffic patterns (Big Dig) or if the bridge became so deficient that needed to abruptly close it entirely. (Long Island, etc)
Forest HIlls
By JP-nik
Sat, 07/28/2018 - 1:16pm
"A hellmouth would be if it was a 5 year project with daily changes to the traffic patterns"
What you describe sounds like forest hills. Not quite 5 years, but 2015-current...
It Is During Normal Conditions When It's Not Under Construction
By Elmer
Sat, 07/28/2018 - 1:51pm
It's been worse
By BostonDog
Sat, 07/28/2018 - 1:57pm
It's gotten slightly better since they renovated the BU Bridge and again when the first half of the bridge opened.
But yeah, not a good intersection.
Hellmouth
By SamWack
Sat, 07/28/2018 - 4:16pm
I thought it was a hellmouth because you cross it from Cambridge into BU.
Cambridge resident, BU graduate.
And then...
By geep9
Sat, 07/28/2018 - 4:23pm
Train station elevators.... one year or more
Find a quicker way to fix elevators, then
By Waquiot
Sat, 07/28/2018 - 11:11pm
I’ve seen elevator replacement last a year in other places, but if you’ve got a way to get it done in 2 weekends, I’m sure the T would love to hear it.
It's NOT open to bikes
By anon
Sat, 07/28/2018 - 6:30pm
It is closed to bikes. It's open to peds pushing bikes.
Nowhere near the same thing.
Partly true
By Kaz
Sun, 07/29/2018 - 12:31am
Only BU Bridge is restricted to walking your bike. Comm Ave itself is open to cycling and buses replacing the green line.
Coming this Labor Day Weekend!
By Scooterdude
Sat, 07/28/2018 - 6:53pm
Wisdom uttered by the Priestesses at Hub Oracle!
Prophecy from Out of the Hell-Mouth!
After sacrifice, made consultations.
The auguries have been determined.
"Thus, in this certain time, hath, in this urban ground, unearthed,
The certain fault-lines of ancient paths of transport which hath afore decreed,
That fault shall now be, henceforth, unavoidably seen!
Behold, the Great Boston Grid-lock of Twenty-Eighteen!
(especially, if there's any construction delays or unforeseen weather interference, together with over-building in downtown, over-population of vehicles and the inevitable collapse of the T --- The Oracle seems to have a good point, don'tcha think?)
Better than the maps.
By theszak
Sat, 07/28/2018 - 7:27pm
Thank you!
Much better than the badly labelled maps.
Cool time-lapse
By Delle Ave Kid
Sun, 07/29/2018 - 12:41am
Nifty feature there. Thanks for this!
It could be worse
By SharpWave
Sun, 07/29/2018 - 3:27pm
At least they're not replacing the bridge with nothing and taking 5 years to do it.
On the other hand, I was dismayed to learn that the new bridge doesn't really include any improvements to the configuration of the intersections there -- if any such improvements ever happen we're probably looking at decades into the future.
Glad to see a construction project...
By JPres
Mon, 07/30/2018 - 7:32am
that actually can be completed at all in the city. Too bad they can't the same effort and initiative at Forest Hills.
It's a very different project
By Waquiot
Mon, 07/30/2018 - 9:37am
Most of the "quick" project involve replacing bridges, and at that the quickness hides the fact that months of work takes place without people really being impacted. Moreover, even if they could do the work at this pace, to get the work done quick, that crucial transportation crossroads would have to be shut down completely for several weeks. Completely shut down. Would you want that to happen?
That said, if they had the same number of workers at Forest Hills that that have at a normal construction project, it would be long done by now. I mean, except for the upper busway, since after all they only started on the design after construction began and only got funding 2 years in to the project.
They could have shut down Forest Hills
By anon
Mon, 07/30/2018 - 9:41am
Open only to buses, peds, and bikes. That would have sped things up a bit.
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