State officials report the feds have awarded the MBTA $472 million to replace the current 100-year-old drawbridges that connect North Station to points north and west over the Charles River.
In addition to replacing the current two parallel bridges with three modern spans, the Draw One project will also let the T connect two platforms - Tracks 11 and 12 - at North Station that are not currently connected to the tracks past the station.
The Healey administration reports this is the largest federal grant the T has ever won. Construction of the new bridges could take up to seven years; officials say the T will maintain four tracks at all times into North Station to avoid service disruptions.
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But...
By necturus
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 1:09pm
...you can go right next door and there's a pedestrian walkway across the river to Paul Revere Park via the the locks in the dam. Why spend money adding another walkway to the railroad bridge?
I forgot the path along the
By Rob
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 1:23pm
I forgot the path along the locks existed. I was thinking of crossing the level above in the building, but I don't think that's public access and not very ADA-useful.
The locks are very narrow, and posted (at least in 2017 Google view) for NO BIKES.
Bikes
By Camberville
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 11:41pm
You're allowed to bring bikes over the locks, but you must dismount and walk them (for once, actually a pretty good idea here). They'll yell at you over the loudspeakers if you try to ride.
For me, a good place for a
By Rob
Wed, 09/25/2024 - 6:54pm
For me, a good place for a ped/bike bridge to be around there (and not directly in conjunction with RR bridge) would be a little further east - in the gap between the Zakim Bridge and the Leverett ramps, crossing from the riverbank/walkway just west of the Zakim and the State Police Marine unit to the North Bank Pedestrian Bridge that is an elevated walkway between North Point Park & Paul Revere Park.
Anyway, that is where I think it would be good to be.
I have no idea if it would be practical to build it there.
Thanks Kamala!
By Reggae Ambassador
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 1:13am
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Crowd-control precludes a
By Frelmont
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 12:50pm
Crowd-control precludes a pedestrian and bike crossing, no?
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