Route 3, MA

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Tue 8 Oct 2002 23:11
Route 3, MA - t.g.webb
When I visit N. Massachusetts I would often use Rte 3 on the 16 mile section between the two orbital highways around Boston. This year, I had been warned that there was a lot of work on the road but it was still a big surprise. Basically they're adding an extra lane on each carriageway plus some other goodies. It's not like any scheme I've seen in the UK and it's challenging to drive. Work is going on throughout the 16 miles, bridge replacement, paving, everything and needless to say they've waited until the traffic has become solid before undertaking the work. The lanes have been narrowed and the slip roads dump you right onto the slow lane. Even some of the fill is being obtained by crushing the native rock. I didn't see any cones, the traffic is restrained by large concrete slabs.
The website is www.route3construction.com/info.htm.
I didn't go into Boston so I didn't come across the Big Dig, that's another big project.
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