{"id":1652,"date":"2018-07-18T15:27:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T19:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/?p=6001"},"modified":"2018-07-18T15:27:43","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T19:27:43","slug":"commonwealth-ave-bridge-replacement-7-26-18-8-11-18","status":"public-archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/2018\/07\/18\/commonwealth-ave-bridge-replacement-7-26-18-8-11-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Ave. Bridge Replacement 7\/26\/18 &#8211; 8\/11\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <strong>7:00 PM on July 26 to 5:00 AM on August 11,<\/strong> there will be significant service impacts to all modes of transportation along Commonwealth Avenue and the BU Bridge in the BU\/Saint Paul Street\/Cambridgeport neighborhoods and on I-90. These impacts are necessary for MassDOT\u2019s contractor to work continuous shifts 24 hours a day using Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC).<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Commonwealth Avenue Bridge Replacement<\/strong> project will cause significant traffic impacts, namely from <strong>July 26-August 11<\/strong>, we will demolish and rebuild half of the bridge.<\/p>\n<p>To do this rapid construction we will:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li>Reduce capacity on I-90 by 50% (reducing it from 4 lanes in each direction to 2)&nbsp;heading into Boston (9 days)<\/li>\n<li>Close Commonwealth Avenue and the BU Bridge to vehicular traffic (15.5 days)<\/li>\n<li>Divert Green Line B Branch to bus service (15.5 days)<\/li>\n<li>Weekend service on the Commuter Rail will end in Framingham for two weekends<\/li>\n<li>MBTA Bus service (CT-2 and the 47) will be detoured from the BU Bridge to cross at the Mass Ave Bridge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Informational Flyer:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mecc.memberclicks.net\/assets\/Transportation\/2018\/largeemployers_commaveflyer.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6002\" src=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/largeemployers_commaveflyer-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Traffic Management Details:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.massdot.state.ma.us\/highway\/HighlightedProjects\/CommonwealthAvenueBridgeReplacement\/TrafficManagement.aspx\">Commonwealth Avenue Bridge Replacement &#8211; Traffic Management<\/a><\/p>\n<p>General Project Details:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.massdot.state.ma.us\/highway\/HighlightedProjects\/CommonwealthAvenueBridgeReplacement.aspx\">Commonwealth Avenue Bridge Replacement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Announcement from MassDOT. Boston commute traffic to be impacted. <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/2018\/07\/18\/commonwealth-ave-bridge-replacement-7-26-18-8-11-18\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about Commonwealth Ave. Bridge Replacement 7\/26\/18 &#8211; 8\/11\/18\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/selectboardsoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}