The Globe reports a truck full of mulch overturned on 128 north in Waltham this afternoon, sending mulch flying everywhere and narrowing the road to just one lane. Don't even think of what would happen if all that mulch caught on fire.
MORNING UPDATE: The Muddy River dropped below flood stage overnight (graph), so it looks like Riverside service is back. But looks like the Red Line between Ashmont and Fields Corner has been knocked out by flooding. Also, the main road through Franklin Park is shut, mhowardkarp reports.
In general, of course, but more specifically at:
The Herald reports on the jam at the Burlington/Lexington line this morning.
Props to editor Joe Dwinell for grabbing an image off one of those state highway cameras, which happened to be pointed right at the the spot where the truck came to rest around 5:30 a.m.
The state's opened up its traffic cameras to the public, so now you can see what state traffic engineers see along Rte. 128, the Southeast Expressway, Rte. 3 north of 128, three spots on I-93 between 128 and the Zakim and near the Sagamore Bridge.
Doug reports (with photos) that the 1,000-car parking lot at the Riverside Green Line stop was manned by just one worker today as Red Sox fans arrived en masse to get to today's game:
... In a minature version of the Easter 2009 turnpike toll fiasco, insufficient staffing at the Riverside Green line terminal in Newton at noon on Sunday jammed traffic all the way back onto I-95/Route 128. ...
Bradley tweets traffic is already backed up for a couple miles in either direction.
First a ginormous crash shut 95 in Newburyport, then, just in time for the evening rush, a truck hit a utility pole, bringing electric lines down on 128 at Rte. 1 in Peabody, shutting the entire road.
Why Rte. 128 northbound was completely shut in Waltham this morning, from Channel 25:
Nothing like a little smash action during the morning rush (in this case, on the southbound side by Rte. 9) to slow things down.
Paul Keleher forded 128 in Burlington this morning.
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Channel 5 has the details on a two-car crash around 7 a.m. Channel 4 tweets a 10-mile backup at 8:26 a.m.
Whatever it was, I feel sorry for everybody who was stuck in the traffic nightmare there. Not only was the right lane on 128 southbound jammed up with all these people not moving at all, people trying to get to Highland from the feeder road off the side of 128 also weren't going anywhere anytime soon.
Channel 4 reports there was a 10-mile backup caused by an accident near the Rte. 20 exit in Waltham.
Maria Varmazis tweets that workers pulling cable in the Winter Street area caused a short that started a fire that shut down the Winter Street ramp that led to her sitting on 128 for an hour this morning.
Channel 4 reports "at least 40 crashes" on greater Boston highways during this morning's rush. And, of course, a car fire on 128.
I saw an amazing sight while driving down 95 South, near Burlington. Coming down 95 North was a Blue Line subway car! It took me a minute to realize that it was being hauled by a truck. Who knew that the blue line cars would ever appear on route 95?
Channel 7 reports on an accident this morning in Needham: Car slid into guardrail, trooper stopped to help, then, of course, another car slid into the cruiser.
State give final OK to widening Rte. 128 to four lanes each way between Randolph and Dedham.
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