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that's the plan. I hope the bike lane is somewhat protected, better than how it was before. The cars "bunch up" to form two lanes every morning during rush hour, waiting at the light, which eliminates the bike lane. OR, if there is enough space on the sidewalk, maybe they could squeeze the...

I spoke with a construction worker @ the Washington Bridge site. The "temporary" sidewalk opening tomorrow will actually be on street level. Sounds kind of dangerous for this area, but at least the option to walk is available!

I asked the GLX Community Working Group to reach out and ask GLX about the old abutments. Apparently the plan is to leave them in place. "GLX-C confirmed that part of the old stone abutment will remain in place and visible as an aesthetic choice and to acknowledge the history of the site. I...

Nice to see the fence gone. It's business time :ROFLMAO:

Getting ready to pave. (Dancingbanana)

Couldn't they leave in the part underground to serve as the reinforcement, but chop off the top part at sidewalk level? It's going to look half-assed having half of the wall concrete, and half as the old bricks. Gives it character I suppose, fitting for the neighborhood. (Or maybe they'll cover...

Daily Washington St bridge update. 4 more days. Can't wait to be able to walk to union square again. Oh no, corona virus, nothing to do there now after waiting over a year for this underpass to open again 🤣 Edit: more pics

It sure as hell doesn't look like they are going to remove those "secondary abutments" under the Washington St bridge. They have 5 more days to button this up and they are still standing and looks like they are prepping pavement of the sidewalks. See second photo: are they really going to leave...

Nope. You were correct. This is the back alley entrance to the E Somerville station. The picture was taken behind Cataldo on the south side of Washington. I took the photograph from here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/YhNg5Cvxk5aZJwgH9

Certainly deferred maintenance will rule. The beams will look like the majority of road bridges thruout the state in 20 years.

Concrete viaduct would have been better. At least we can live thru the years when they look nice

I'm assuming a large fraction of people arriving at Lechmere are going to hop off and walk towards Kendall. Or, if hopping on at Lechmere , are walking in from the east Cambridge neighborhood

Man I sure hope eventually they put a station connector (stairs/elevator + enclosed bridge over the highway) on the south side of monsignor highway. Having 90% of commuters cross the highway after arriving to the new Lechmere everyday is a recipe for disaster

D-line (and E-line split) from the brickbottom side

"entryway" ramp to east Somerville station (behind Cataldo ambulance building). Man, I wish they would relocate this Cataldo building so they could put something more useful to a transit station here.

1 or 2 more segments before we touchdown on the D-line branch? Side note, what a beautiful day, damn!

Teeny tiny bit more progress. Looks like the May20 date was not correct :p

Got it! Makes sense now. The sidewalk will be quite wide, that's great!

I'm having a hard time imagining what this bridge(Washington St bridge) is going to look like underneath when they are finished. I can see where the sidewalks are going to go, but what is this secondary looking abutments underneath for? In my opinion, they completely missed the opportunity to...