Recent content by Charlie_mta

For me the name evokes a vinyl record album, rather than vinyl siding.

A light beige paint job would help it to not look like a dystopian ruin.

Update: MassDOT wants to open the new bridge by 2030, sooner than what they had been saying lately: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/06/25/tonight-massdot-hosts-online-hearing-for-mystic-river-car-free-bridge-project

The approach roads are stacked, so it won't be possible to switch traffic to one side or the other while one level is being demolished and rebuilt. I'd say close the bridge for a couple of years and just build the new structure in the same place on the same footprint.

Where's the proposed footbridge from Assembly Sq to the casino?

I really do miss these stylish hand-drawn renders, instead of the sterile cadd ones we get today,

Looks like a giant hypodermic needle.

Something like this along the NE Expressway (Rte 1 from the Tobin to Rte 60) would be sweet:

Probably on a par with the food at a State prison.

I think its more a matter of prioritizing what money we do have for infrastructure improvements. Should we spend money on reconfiguring the ramps on an interchange on Route 9. or spend it on this footbridge over the Mystic River? I would vote for the latter.

I need to agree with F-Line on this one. The tracks have been there for 178 years, and converting the LRV line into HRV would not significantly enlarge the footprint. Any increase in noise can be mitigated by noise barriers.

Good looking truss bridge, but It would look better IMO with a "weathering steel" finish like this:

Looks great! It complements the old Sears Building really well.

It's absolutely insane that an expressway interchange and elevated highway were plopped over this.

Is building a more direct pedestrian connection to the Assembly Square station from the proposed Footbridge an official part of the project? I hope so.