MassDOT

Andrea Watts - CEG Correspondent - Thu June 22, 2017

MassDOT Pilots Intelligent Compaction on Methuen Reconstruction Project

The new partial cloverleaf interchange at Exit 46 off I-93 in Methuen, Mass., is taking shape with the recent completion of the southbound off-ramp onto Route 110/113 and construction under way on the northbound off-ramp to westbound Route 110/113....

Klark Jessen - Wed April 05, 2017

MassDOT's Board OKs Contract to Replace Bridges

This project, which involves replacing the bridge carrying Route 3 northbound and southbound over High Street in Norwell and the bridge carrying Route 3 northbound and southbound over Route 123, (Webster Street) in Hanover, is expected to begin this summer and be completed by 2020....

Wed April 05, 2017

DOT: Weekly Commute Savings From Toll Booth Removal

Drivers into Boston from its western suburbs are now saving 12 minutes of commute time each way, or two hours a week, after the Massachusetts Department of Transportation removed all middle-lane toll booths last fall to let traffic flow without stopping, said state Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack....

Jennifer Rupp - Wed March 08, 2017

MassDOT Rolls Over to Electronic Tolling for I-90

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) cites safety as one of the leading drivers to switching to All Electronic Tolling (AET). According to the National Transportation Safety Bureau, “toll authorities nationwide experience rear-end collision rates that exceed other types of collisions, in part because toll plazas interrupt the flow of high-speed traffic to intermittently collect tolls.”To improve driver safety and streamline the toll process, MassDOT has set off on a multi-year project to remove toll booths on I-90 statewide and install All Electronic Tolling....

Brenda Ruggiero - Wed January 11, 2017

MassDOT's $19.9M Project Replaces Several Bridges Along I-95 in Attleboro

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is currently working on a project to replace several bridges in Attleboro, Mass. The construction bid price was $19.97 million and the project is planned to be funded through the 2016 Transportation Improvement Program for the Southeastern Massachusetts Metropolitan Planning Organization....

Irwin Rapoport - Wed October 19, 2016

'Salt &Pepper' Bridge Linking Boston, Cambridge Receives $255M Makeover

MassDOT anticipates that crews from White-Skanska-Consigli Joint-Venture (WSC) will complete the $255 million Longfellow Bridge rehabilitation between Cambridge and Boston in June 2018. The project will restore the historic bridge, built in 1908, including rebuilding its iconic “salt and pepper” towers....

Irwin Rapoport - Wed September 07, 2016

MBTA Working to Update $1.9B Green Line Extension Construction Plan

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is currently preparing a new bidding process to complete the $1.992 billion Green Line Extension (GLX) project in the greater Boston area. Officials, consultants and commuter activists estimated that the project was $1 billion over budget based mainly on the bidding method....