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By adamg - 12/12/24 - 1:27 pm

NBC Boston reports (with video of non-aquatic drivers just trying to survive the flood) MassDOT spent the night pumping out the tunnel.

By adamg - 11/13/24 - 4:10 pm
Smoke from car fire on I-93

A hybrid burst into flames on I-93 outbound, just south of Freeport Street, around 2:10 p.m. A roving UHub photographer at Lambert's off Morrissey Boulevard captured the smoke plume. No reports of injuries.

By adamg - 11/3/24 - 5:24 pm
Trumpies on an overpass

A roving UHub photographer spotted a couple of gaggles of Trump supporters by and above the Expressway at South Bay today - some on the Southampton Street overpass, some along Frontage Road, all just up the road from the pro-Harris billboard at the IBEW hall.

Our photog expressed puzzlement over the activity in a city that is going to give Harris an overwhelming majority: Read more.

By adamg - 11/2/24 - 11:42 am
Electronic billboard alerting motorists that Trumb is a scab

Roving UHub photographer Vivian Girard couldn't help but notice this electronic billboard beside the IBEW Local 103 hall as he took his morning walk through Clam Point in Dorchester, near the Southeast Expressway.

By adamg - 9/3/24 - 9:17 pm
Sealcoating truck on fire

Photo by Butternugz, who says this wasn't the worst of the fire.

Roving UHub photographer Butternugz found himself slowed to a crawl heading west on 93 south (128 north for you grizzled Boston-area drivers) in Canton shortly before 2:30 p.m. due to a New England Sealcoating truck busy going up in flames on 93 north (the former 128 south), just past the I-95 interchange: Read more.

By adamg - 6/17/24 - 10:56 pm

The Dorchester Reporter reports on the flaming bus carrying students from the Josiah Quincy School in Chinatown on I-93 north in Dorchester this afternoon.

By adamg - 6/14/24 - 2:36 pm

MassDOT today sued a trucking company in Lincoln, AL that had a worker haul a giant tank south on I-93 in Medford, where it collided with the bottom of a bridge over the highway, shutting the road and causing what the state says was $2.65 million in damage in 2021. Read more.

By adamg - 6/7/24 - 11:36 am
Truck with Rebel Alliance, Confederate stickers on I-93

Roving UHub photographer Butternugz checked in from the northbound Expressway this morning, where he briefly shared the road with this van. He reports the driver was "dressed in full Star Wars flight gear with a helmet, waving a light saber out the window," and was repeatedly screaming "Fuck dem, it's us against them! " through the speaker mounted on the top of the van. Butternugz is not absolutely sure who "dem" are, but one possible tell is the small Confederate-flag sticker on the right window.

By adamg - 6/5/24 - 12:25 pm

NBC Boston reports on the crash, which happened near where I-93 northbound connects with the Massachusetts Turnpike. One dead.

By adamg - 5/24/24 - 11:04 pm
Remains of the three cars in the tunnel

The remains of the three cars, photo by BFD.

The Boston Fire Department reports a three-car crash on the ramp from the northbound Tip O'Neill Tunnel to the Ted Williams Tunnel caused a two-alarm fire that sent three of the six people in the ruined cars to the hospital and filled the tunnel with smoke, around 4 p.m. Read more.

By adamg - 5/6/24 - 11:52 am

State Police report a Cambridge man heading north in the O'Neill Tunnel lost control of his Jeep Compass, crashed into a wall and died after the Jeep flipped onto the passenger side, shortly after midnight on Saturday.

State Police identify the driver as Robert Smith, 59, and say he was not wearing his seat belt. The crash remains under investigation, State Police say.

By adamg - 4/24/24 - 9:12 pm

State Police report somebody in a vehicle on the northbound side of I-93 in Braintree became so enraged enough by something somebody else did around 2:50 p.m. to get out a gun and fire it. Read more.

By adamg - 4/7/24 - 1:20 pm
Traffic on I-93 in New Hampshire

Rob Adams reports northbound traffic on I-93 in New Hampshire earlier today was not too bad until he hit Concord and then, blammo.

By adamg - 10/2/23 - 9:25 am

The family of Michael Wojdag of Hanson, who died on I-93 in Braintree on Feb. 19 after his SUV rolled over and he was ejected last week sued Hedweens Quetant of Roslindale, whom they caused the crash while racing another driver. Read more.

By adamg - 8/10/23 - 9:12 pm

Live Boston shows us the mannequin inside the car State Police stopped in the Expressway HOV lane this week in some motorists vain attempt to get to zip down the highway all by himself.

He's not the first to try the trick.

By adamg - 7/4/23 - 11:09 am

MassDOT reports there were "major delays" on the Expressway southbound this morning due to separate big-rig rollovers. One truck ended on its side, spilling fuel and forcing the shutdown of three lanes near Southampton Street, then another truck jackknifed near Savin Hill, forcing two lanes shut. The trucks and messes were cleared arond 10:30 a.m., MassDOT says.

By adamg - 6/13/23 - 8:14 am

NBC Boston report State Police found a man's body on I-93 southbound just past the Mystic Avenue exit about 4:30 a.m. Read more.

By adamg - 6/3/23 - 4:20 pm

Around 3 a.m. on I-93 northbound, Live Boston reports.

By adamg - 5/10/23 - 10:52 am
Traffic on the Central Artery in 1971

Not much of a skyline along the highway in 1971.

On May 17, 1971, photographer Gene Dixon snapped some shots of traffic on the Central Artery downtown. Read more.

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