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Some white-hot Comm Ave. bridge action

By adamg on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 8:35pm

Matt Wunderlich watched workers with welding torches disassemble parts of the westbound side of the Commonwealth Avenue bridge near the BU Bridge today:

Traffic disaster fans will be pleased to know that MassDOT is continuing to warn motorists of the dire results should they try to get anywhere near the area tomorrow.

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By dmcboston on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 10:13pm.

Well, they read, 'hellmouth' on UH and decided, why not? They are called lances. Unlike bicycle related Lances, no dope involved.
They run O2 through a long tube and generate huge temps (like 5k *F) and a bunch of heat. Cuts through thick steel like butter. In this weather, tough work.

Those guys should be given trophys.

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By Wiffleball on Mon, 07/30/2018 - 7:53am.

but the trophy bridge is three articles down.

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By blues_lead on Mon, 07/30/2018 - 11:29am.

alt + 0176

Go wild!

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By Luke Warm on Mon, 07/30/2018 - 5:12am.

if this is why all of Brookline smelled like a cordite dream last night..... it was very faint, but there was something detectable in the air. another person on a walk stopped me and said "pardon me but is it a little hard to breathe out here?"

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By Luke Warm on Mon, 07/30/2018 - 9:50am.

yeah just following up. I'm not complaining because I want a nice strong safe comm ave bridge, but i feel nasty today. my guess is that those oxygen torches spewed a lot of ozone gas over the st mary's st hill and across brookline....im not a scientist, just a guy with lungs, but blech

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