Dan says his interest was piqued by an article about the abandoned Inner Belt/I-695 project (which is how the abandoned I-95 link would have gotten from 128 in the south to 128 in the north). Read more.
I-93
By adamg - 2/15/21 - 9:17 am
A man was shot on the southbound Expressway, in the area of Massachusetts Avenue, around 10 p.m. on Sunday. He was driven to a local hospital; his injuries are not considered life threatening.
By adamg - 1/31/21 - 5:06 pm
State Police report arresting a Boston man they say tried beating up a trooper who had stopped him for speeding on Rte. 24 in Randolph early Saturday, in an attack that included him reaching for the trooper's gun and pushing him into the middle of the road, after first punching him in the head. Read more.
By adamg - 1/15/21 - 9:18 pm
State Police report that sometime before 6:20 p.m., a driver flew off I-93 southbound at the Leverett ramp, landing on the ramp rather than continuing to plunge down to the ground or water. The driver was taken to the hospital "conscious and alert," State Police say. NECN reports the driver, a 19-year-old from Lynn, was standing next to his car when troopers arrived.
By adamg - 1/13/21 - 10:50 am
State Police report the crash, around 10 a.m., was on I-93 in Savin Hill that resulted in injuries - and an estimated 103-minute ride from the Braintree split to downtown.
News helicopters are now hovering near the scene.
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By adamg - 12/30/20 - 9:39 pm
Photo by State Police.
State Police report a crash on the Zakim Bridge into town tonight involved several vehicles and caused some injuries not considered life-threatening.
By adamg - 12/25/20 - 9:28 pm
From Medford to Storrow Drive on just rims. Photo by Live Boston.
State Police credit the lack of traffic early this morning for the lack of any crashes due to a Reading man speeding down I-93 southbound on the northbound side from Wilmington all the way to Leverett Circle, where he got on Storrow Drive the wrong way before finally getting cornered in a parking lot near Mass. General. Read more.
By adamg - 11/18/20 - 9:33 pm
MassDOT announced today it's re-opening the HOV lane on I-93 southbound to help deal with the congestion that's been returning to local highways since the spring - after the Conservation Law foundation threatened a lawsuit. Read more.
By adamg - 11/14/20 - 1:08 pm
Kim reports getting on I-93 south from Storrow Drive around noon, just in time to watch a caravan of about 20 vehicles of reality deniers heading south, including at least one truck with of former Fox viewers. They were still headed south as she exited in Quincy.
By adamg - 11/3/20 - 3:10 pm
Photo by State Police.
A Brockton resident faces an OUI charge after crashing a Ford F-250 into a State Police cruiser on I-93 southbound in Milton, just before Squantum Street, around 10:20 p.m. on Monday, State Police say.
The trooper was taken to Milton Hospital with minor injuries, while Kimberly Johnson, 40, was taken to a State Police barracks to be booked on a charge of OUI - alcohol.
By adamg - 10/5/20 - 9:27 am
State Police shut I-93 north in Dorchester this morning so the Patriots could have an easier time getting from Gillette to the airport.
By adamg - 8/22/20 - 10:02 pm
WBZ reports a Cape Cod woman whose car had been spotted moving erratically on Rte. 3 earlier in the day hit a barrier at Exit 14 in Dorchester, spinning out and starting a chain-reaction crash involving six other vehicles, including a private ambulance. She was declared dead at the scene.
By adamg - 8/21/20 - 11:19 am
See it larger. From the BPL Brearley Collection.
Shortly before 3 p.m. on Aug. 21, 1969, a crew of Penn Central workers had just gotten three locomotives ready to haul freight from the Dover Street yard in South Boston to a yard in Albany, NY. The fuel tanks were full and the engines were on to await the "hostler," the yard engineer who would drive the locomotives over to the freight area to connect them to the cars for their trip. Read more.
By adamg - 8/19/20 - 9:13 pm
Photo by Live Boston.
Live Boston reports a woman flipped her car around 3 a.m. on I-93 south, about a mile before the Neponset Circle exit. The apparent driver, found next to the car, was unable to tell State Police how the car flipped or what happened to her clothes. She was taken to a local hospital with injuries not considered life threatening.
By adamg - 6/21/20 - 3:29 pm
Truck's journey suddenly ends in Dorchester.
Live Boston reports that just before midnight, a tractor trailer headed north on I-93 flipped over near the Morrissey Boulevard exit. The driver was taken to a local hospital with injuries not considered life threatening.
By adamg - 3/11/20 - 2:48 pm
Tim Colby had a good view of a car that wound up on its side on a ramp down to I-93 near South Station this afternoon.
By adamg - 3/11/20 - 9:32 am
Sarah Marina snapped her Red Line car at 8:52 this morning. Riders social distancing themselves were, of course, aided by riders who are now just staying home.
There was an amazing scene on the Southeast Expressway during yesterday afternoon's rush hour, too.
By adamg - 3/2/20 - 9:53 am
State Police report a dump truck tipped over inside the O'Neill Tunnel northbound, disgorging its load of gravel across three lanes and creating a mess for commuters.
WFXT has dashcam video of the truck tipping over.
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