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Highways

Under Harvard’s Influence, MassDOT Approves $86 Million Contract to Rehab Allston Highway Viaduct

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Elections and Politics

What’s In Gov. Healey’s Budget Proposal

Walking from one side of McGrath Highway to the other along Mystic Avenue requires pedestrians to cross multiple highway ramps and walk along "sidewalks" like this one, in the middle of the roadway.

Mystic Ave. Sidewalk near McGrath

Somerville Preps Petitions for Lower Speed Limits on State-Controlled ‘Corridor of Death’

Grecia White

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Gina Fiandaca credit City Of Austin

Who Is Gina Fiandaca, MassDOT’s New Boss?

An aerial view of a major highway interchange. In the foreground is the intersection of two multi-lane suburban roads. Behind it is a large parking lot, with a gas station and a handful of other highway-oriented businesses surrounded by asphalt. In the middle distance, a four-lane expressway runs from the right to upper left. In the upper left, the highway crosses a canal over an arched bridge. Another highway runs parallel to the canal into the distance in the photograph's upper right corner.

mip-aerial-stantecsagamore-rt-6-interchange-creditMassDOT

Washington Snubs MassDOT’s Proposed Cape Cod Highway Expansion

An aerial view of Fall River's Route 79 expressway, looking south towards downtown Fall River (top left) and Mt. Hope Bay (top right). The view is dominated by the massive Route 79, which occupies 8 to 14 lanes alongside wide expanses of empty grass along Fall River's waterfront. Along the left edge of the photo is visible the densely-populated residential neighborhoods of Fall River's North End.

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MassDOT Is Demolishing a Highway to Give Fall River Its Waterfront Back

A rendering of the MBTA's proposed new South Side Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility, a large grey-and-white warehouse building. The MBTA's T logo is located on the corner of the building above an entrance doorway.

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MassDOT

MBTA Is On A Shopping Spree for Commuter Train Parking

A historic black-and-white photograph of Charlesgate Park before the Bowker Overpass and Storrow Drive existed. The photo is taken from an elevated vantage point looking down at the Muddy River and the bridges that carry Commonwealth Avenue, Beacon Street, and Back Street over it. In the foreground two Model T-type cars drive along a mostly empty Commonwealth Avenue while a man crosses the street on foot in front of them. In the background is the Charles River and the Harvard Bridge, and the Great Dome of MIT is visible on the other side of the river in a mostly industrial riverfront district in Cambridge.

Charlesgate c. 1930 credit Leslie Jones, Boston Public Library

MassDOT Plans to Tweak Its Highway ‘Blunder’ in Back Bay

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An Inside Look at Federal Highway Officials’ Efforts to Encourage Safer Streets

Temporary fencing lines the sidewalk on the DCR-controlled approach to the Beades Bridge. Google Street View imagery suggests that the temporary fencing has been there for nearly 8 years. Photo by Tony Dutzik.

Beades Bridge West Sidewalk

It’s Not Just the T: Analysis Finds Unusually Large Backlog in Commonwealth’s Bridge Repair Needs