Massachusetts Department of Transportation

Views of the daily commute into Boston from the west are about to change significantly as construction gets underway on a new high-rise. The Fenway Center project will go up over the Massachusetts Turnpike between Beacon Street and Brookline Avenue as part of a long-planned redevelopment of the neighborhood. The 350-foot tower will be dedicated to the life sciences. The…

Route 1 north was temporarily shut down Friday morning due to a gas line break, according to Massachusetts State Police. The gas line break was originally reported to be in Revere, but later determined to be in Saugus. Troopers diverted northbound traffic to Lynn Street in Malden and Salem Street in Revere for a little over an hour. The left…

A tractor trailer turned on its side, blocking an off-ramp after a crash on the eastbound side of the Massachusetts Turnpike in Millbury early Tuesday morning. The Millbury Fire Department was on scene of the crash shortly after 1 a.m. Monday near the off-ramp to Exit 11. The I-90 East off-ramp was still closed as of 5 a.m. due to…

The Sagamore Bridge in Bourne, Massachusetts, was temporarily closed Saturday night after a crash and spill across lanes, officials said. The bridge was limited to one-way travel due to a car crash sometime around or before 10:30 p.m. Saturday night, according to the Bourne Police Department. They reported at 10:33 p.m. that debris on the road would cause delays. Travel…

A truck that belongs to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation went up in flames Thursday morning. Firefighters worked to put out the blaze, which broke out on the westbound side of the Massachusetts Turnpike in Boston near Fenway Park Thursday morning. Only one lane was open on the westbound side of I-90 while the left lane on the eastbound side…

One unique aspect of this storm is that the Massachusetts Department of Transportation wasn’t able to pretreat the roads with liquid de-icer because it was so cold it would have just made the roads slippery.

Massachusetts Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack has been tapped to serve in the Biden-Harris administration as deputy administrator of the Federal Highway Administration. Pollack departs after six years as one of the state’s most visible cabinet secretaries, leaving at a time when the transportation landscape has been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. Jamey Tesler will replace her as acting secretary,...

Massachusetts State Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver is urging people to stay home if possible Thursday, warning that the roads are expected to get worse – not better – despite over 3,000 pieces of equipment from the state’s Department of Transportation treating roadways since Wednesday night.

Massachusetts highways are getting a new look — one that will change how drivers experience the roads. Starting this month, highway exit signs will begin changing from their current sequential numbers to a mileage-based system, the state secretary of transportation reported to the Department of Transportation Board last month. “One of the reasons it was put in place to begin…

The driver of a tractor trailer was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after crashing on Interstate 95 northbound, according to officials. MassDOT spokeswoman Jacquelyn Goddard said a “serious injury crash” had taken place around midnight Friday in the area before the Mansfield Rest Area. No other cars were involved. Lanes have since opened on the highway. No further…

New multi-year traffic and ridership models from MassDOT show morning rush hour on Massachusetts highways is unlikely to return to pre-COVID levels until at least 2024.

Exit renumbering began Sunday night in Massachusetts, and it will start on Route 140 between New Bedford and Taunton. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is changing the exit numbers on highways from the current sequential numbers to a mileage-based system, the state secretary of transportation reported to the DOT Board last month. “One of the reasons it was put in…

Boston Water and Sewer Commission crews are working to repair a water main break in downtown Boston that shutdown a part of Interstate 93 near the O’Neill Tunnel.

Boston Water and Sewer Commission crews are working Monday morning to repair a water main break in downtown Boston that shutdown a part of Interstate 93 near the O’Neill Tunnel.

Starting this month, highway exit signs will begin changing from their current sequential numbers to mileage-based system in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts highways will begin getting a new look next month, one that will change how drivers experience the roads. Starting in October, highway exit signs will begin changing from their current sequential numbers to mileage-based system, the state secretary of transportation reported to the Department of Transportation Board on Monday. The project is expected to run into the summer of…

Massachusetts will move toward what one congressman described as “a new chapter in Cape Cod’s history” through an agreement with federal officials to replace the two bridges connecting the Cape to the mainland with wider, state-controlled successors. Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Col. William Conde signed a formal memorandum of understanding Tuesday to embark...

Mass. DOT and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed a formal memorandum of understanding Tuesday to replace the 85-year-old Bourne and Sagamore Bridges

Hi-Way Safety Systems can bid on state and local projects again about four months after its qualification was revoked over the company’s holiday party that lead to two deaths. “The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has reinstated prequalification for Hi-Way Safety Systems, Inc., after the company agreed to a monitorship arrangement by an outside legal firm, removed Ken Horn...

Massachusetts residents are on the move, transportation officials say, with travel picking up amid the coronavirus pandemic. Transportation secretary Stephanie Pollack attributed the rise in miles traveled by car to “quarantine fatigue” during a meeting Monday. Officials have begun discussing what post-surge commuting might look like after the governor announced a 4-phase plan to reopen the state, expected to begin…