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Tobin Bridge
By adamg - 1/10/13 - 4:14 pm
A man headed southbound on the Tobin Bridge pulled his car over on the Charlestown side around 2:20 p.m. and jumped over the railing to his death, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
State Police and Boston firefighters and EMTs responded. He was pronounced dead at the scene and the incident "is currently being investigated as a non-homicide," the DA's office says. An ID has been tentatively made, the DA's office adds.
By adamg - 12/10/12 - 6:36 am
The Herald reports Gov. Patrick is looking at replacing toll takers with electronic systems.
By adamg - 10/29/12 - 6:49 pm
Channel 7 tweets.
Meanwhile, in East Boston, people are reporting bright flashes, possibly from exploding transformers.
By adamg - 7/20/12 - 8:56 pm
Michael Page took this photo of the sunset over Hingham (and beyond it, Boston) this evening. Jon Bowen, meanwhile, snapped the Tobin as the sun went down:
Also see tonight's sunset over: Stoneham, Salem, Fenway Park and the South End.
By adamg - 7/19/12 - 5:43 pm
The Globe reports on the latest problem on the bridge, where crews had to stop repair work last week after firefighters found potential problems with the pipes meant to provide water for fighting fires on the bridge. But don't worry, state officials assure us - the Tobin lights are held up by a completely different method than the ones in the Big Dig tunnels.
By adamg - 7/13/12 - 9:47 am
1. Boston and Chelsea firefighters testing pipes on the Tobin Bridge intended to carry water in the event of a fire.
The Boston Fire Department reports crews this morning are testing the standpipes that bring water to the roadways - they are supposed to withstand 200 lbs. of pressure for two hours.
The first test this morning was stopped as a valve did not hold and water started flowing out. That is being fixed.
By adamg - 5/8/12 - 6:10 pm
She was, however, still breathing when State Police pulled her out of the Mystic by the Little Mystic on the Charlestown side shortly before 6 p.m.
UPDATE: State Police report the woman died about an hour later at Mass. General. They identified her only as a 36-year-old Rhode Island resident who got out of her car on the upper level.
By adamg - 11/10/11 - 7:26 pm
Witnesses on the upper deck of the Tobin Bridge watched a man get out of his vehicle and jump around 5:30 p.m., according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.
The State Police Underwater Recovery Unit recovered his body in the water about 30 minutes later, the DA's office says, adding investigators are now working to identify him.
His death comes about 2 1/2 weeks after another man was talked out of jumping after causing a ten-mile inbound backup.
By adamg - 10/24/11 - 7:12 am
Inbound traffic on Rte. 1 over the Tobin Bridge was backed up ten miles this morning when police ordered the bridge shut so they could try to talk down a man threatening to jump. State Police crisis negotiators rushed to the scene and talked him out of it shortly after 7 a.m.
By adamg - 10/3/11 - 8:10 pm
Kevin Bacon, yes, that Kevin Bacon, took a cool sunset photo from East Boston tonight.
By adamg - 5/3/11 - 3:24 pm
Boston Police tweet a man succeeded in jumping off the Tobin Bridge around noon today. AlertNewEngland tweets State Police managed to get him out of the water alive.
By adamg - 6/29/10 - 4:48 pm
Boston fire crews responded to the Tobin Bridge around 4:15 p.m. on reports somebody was threatening to jump from the upper level of the bridge; The Globe reports Chelsea police were able to talk the man down before he actually jumped.
State, Boston and Massport police and fire boats responded to the scene; the Boston Fire Department dive team was called in as well, just in case.
Rte. 1 southbound was shut down.
By adamg - 6/18/10 - 7:52 am
His body was recovered in the water off Charlestown around 6 a.m. What appears to be his abandoned car was found on the bridge.
Earlier:
Would-be Tobin jumper grabbed, 9/16/09.
Two men jump off the Tobin but survive, 9/5/09.
Man jumps, doesn't survive, 6/19/09.
By adamg - 9/16/09 - 12:01 am
Boston Police tweet he tried jumping from the bridge around 10 p.m. on Tuesday, but wound up in State Police custody instead. Local 718 tweets he tried jumping from the lower level.
Earlier:
Two men jump off the Tobin but survive.
By adamg - 9/5/09 - 5:43 pm
Local 718 tweets that two people just jumped off the Tobin; they were fished out of the water.
By roadman - 6/19/09 - 2:51 pm
For almost three hours now, the northbound Tobin Bridge has been completely closed to traffic. Boston.com has been reporting "an emergency", and WBZ Traffic has been reporting "due to police activity".
Perhaps we're dealing with another Mr. Stuart here. That would explain the cloak of silence surrounding whatever incident has happened on the bridge.
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