StreetsBlog Mass - Mon May 12, 2025
Medford, Mass. to Make More Space for Bikes, Pedestrians in New Main Street Project
Nearly a year after its last public information meeting, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) shared a new draft design for Main Street in Medford at an April 23, 2025 public hearing....
MassDOT & Jacobs Engineering - Thu May 08, 2025
Massachusetts's First Diverging Diamond Interchange Now Being Constructed in Natick
Jacobs Engineering, a design firm based in Dallas, Texas, along with its design-build partner McCourt Construction in Boston, Mass., is working replace a bridge and install a new interchange at a critical road junction in the city of Natick, Mass....
Lowell Sun & MassDOT - Wed April 09, 2025
Massachusetts Officials Break Ground on $15M Rehabilitation of Westford's Boston Road
Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan joined officials from the state's Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and local leaders in her hometown of Westford on April 7, 2025, to break ground on a $15.6 million multimodal rehabilitation project along Boston Road....
Fall River Herald News - Mon March 31, 2025
South Coast Rail Line Opens in Mass.; Feds Warn Three State Bridges at Risk of Collapse
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey was joined in the town of Fall River by Mayor Paul Coogan and other local and state dignitaries March 24, 2025, to cut the ribbon on the Fall River/New Bedford commuter route of the state's long-awaited South Coast rail line....
New Bedford Standard-Times - Tue December 31, 2024
New Bedford, Mass., Leaders Want New Vertical Lift Bridge to Be Aesthetically Pleasing
The more than 120-year-old New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge in Massachusetts will be going from "swing" to "vertical lift" when it is finally replaced, according to state plans. That is, instead of opening by swinging horizontally, as it has throughout its history, a section of the bridge will be raised to allow vessels to pass underneath....
CEG - Wed December 18, 2024
MassDOT to Use Drones for Infrastructure Projects; Amherst Exploring New Downtown Designs
The Aeronautics Division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announced recently that it has received $1 million in funding from the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) Demonstration Program, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and authorized to accelerate innovation in highway transportation....
StreetsblogMASS - Thu December 05, 2024
In Reversal, MassDOT Decides Boston's Allston Project to Include Large Rail Yard After All
In an email to elected officials during the first week of December, Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt wrote that the state's plans for a new $2 billion highway interchange in Allston "will include layover tracks for MBTA/Compass Rail trains, two express tracks for the Worcester Mainline, and a larger buffer path," contrary to comments she had made earlier this year....
Cape Cod Times - Wed November 20, 2024
MassDOT Plans to Replace Cape Cod's Sagamore Bridge With Two, Three-Lane Spans
There was a line of people waiting at noon on Nov. 18 to get into the gymnasium at the Bourne, Mass., Veterans Memorial Center to see the state's recommended designs for the new Bourne and Sagamore bridges in Cape Cod....
CEG - Wed October 23, 2024
Newly Renamed Bill Russell Bridge in Boston to Open Soon After Six Years of Construction
The new structure to replace the more than 100-year-old North Washington Street Bridge over the Charles River, between Boston's North End and Charlestown, and under construction for over six years, is finally nearing completion....
CEG - Mon August 19, 2024
Crews Continue Five-Stage Plan to Upgrade I-90/I-495 Interchange Near Boston
Drivers on Interstates 90 and 495 in the Bay State will see more construction equipment during their commutes as work on improving the interchange connecting the two highways is currently at a high point, according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT)....
