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Serious crash on Mass. Pike in Brighton backs up highway
A serious crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Boston Tuesday afternoon was causing heavy traffic toward the city. Massachusetts State Police urged drivers to seek alternate routes around the crash on the highway in Brighton. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation characterized the crash as a rollover. An SUV was seen propped up on the bed of a pickup truck at…
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What the $335M for revamping the Mass. Pike will mean for Allston
A major facelift is coming to the Massachusetts Turnpike, one that transit advocates are calling a game-changer — and which commuters hope won’t lead to more traffic. The state won a huge federal grant this week for what is known as the Allston Multimodal Project, which would flatten and realign part of I-90 in Allston, construct a new MBTA station…
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Reaction to the major Mass. Pike facelift in Boston
Allston will have much more access to the Charles River when the Massachusetts Turnpike is lowered there, thanks in part to a new, $335 million grant from the federal government. Locals
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Here's the latest on the plan to shift the Mass. Pike in Allston
The state and city are hopeful that hundreds of millions of federal dollars will be made available through a grant. A Better City CEO Kate Dineen shares with us how the project could transform the Allston neighborhood....
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Truck hauling trash rolls over on Mass. Pike
Trash spilled onto the side of the road; the driver had a minor injury.
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Truck crashes, spilling trash on Mass. Pike in Hopkinton
A truck crashed as it was exiting the Massachusetts Turnpike on Wednesday, closing the ramp to I-495 by spilling trash on the side of the road, state police said. The driver had a minor injury in the crash in Hopkinton, which took place about 9:15 a.m., police said. Police estimated it would take about two hours for the ramp, from…
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Truck crashes on Mass. Pike in Framingham, causing major delays
A truck jackknifed on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Framingham on Tuesday morning, backing up the highway heading toward Boston, officials said. The tractor-trailer crash closed all eastbound lanes of Interstate 90 at mile marker 112, according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. It wasn’t immediately clear if anyone was hurt. Boston-bound traffic was still able to get by on the…
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Meet ‘Baby Pike,' the boy born on I-90 Sunday
Massachusetts, meet “Baby Pike,” the boy who was born on Interstate 90 as his mother was heading to the hospital on Sunday. Audelina Ordonez Barrios was heading east on the Mass. Pike Sunday evening when she gave birth to her son on the highway before she could make it to Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, she told NBC10 Boston. The…
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Mom introduces baby born on Mass. Pike in Westborough
Audelina Ordonez Barrios introduces her son, a healthy baby boy she’s nicknamed “Baby Pike,” after he was born on I-90 in Westborough.
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Boston Traffic Is Up. Here's How Much and When Highways Clear
It should come as no surprise to any Boston driver that bumper-to-bumper traffic is back. Not that Boston traffic was ever pleasant, but years of many companies allowing remote work during the pandemic did ease the load on many highways. Workers have been steadily returning to the office, however, and traffic is on the rise — in some parts of…
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Car Catches Fire on Mass. Pike Near BU
A car fire on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Boston snarled traffic Tuesday morning. Flames were seen pouring from the car, which was pulled over near Boston University and the BU Bridge. NBC10 Boston has reached out to Massachusetts State Police for information on the incident.
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Erratic Driver on Mass Pike Arrested in Swamp
Numerous calls of an erratic driver in Charlton prompted a pursuit by police. Police say the erratic driver caused several crashes, and was arrested in a swamp after fleeing his car on foot.
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Driver Arrested in Swamp After Wild Police Chase Now Facing a Dozen Charges
A driver who fled multiple crashes he caused, then a police stop, on the Massachusetts Turnpike Sunday afternoon in a wild chase that ended with his arrest in a swamp is now facing multiple charges, officials said. The driver finally crashed his gold Cadillac XTS sedan in Charlton and fled on foot, according to state police, and was only arrested…
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Water Main Break Impacting Traffic in Newton
Crews worked Friday to repair a water main that broke Friday in Newton near the Massachusetts Turnpike.
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Water Main Break Impacting Traffic in Newton
This all happened at Newton Corner by the Mass Pike on-ramp Friday afternoon.
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Flooding From Water Main Break Closes Ramp to Mass. Pike in Newton
A water main broke in Newton near the Massachusetts Turnpike Friday, affecting traffic on the highway. Newton firefighters urged the public to avoid water flooding in Newton Corner by the on-ramp to the Pike about 12:31 p.m. Some nearby businesses are without water and were forced to close. The ramp to the westbound side of the highway was closed for…
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Man Flees Crash on Mass. Pike, May Have Run Toward BU, School Says
Police were looking for a man who fled a crash on the Mass. Pike Friday near Boston University, according to an alert released by the school. State and local police were looking for a middle-aged man with a scruffy beard and black sweater near Commonwealth Avenue and Buick Street, the alert said, but have since left the area. The man…
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Serious Crash Closes Part of Mass. Pike in Chicopee
MassDOT said I-90 eastbound was closed late Sunday night and traffic was being detoured at Exit 51 following a crash near mile marker 52.
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Boston's Changing Commute: See What Times Are Now Busiest in Boston
MassDOT says a similar number of people drive into Boston each day as before the pandemic, but a change in people’s driving habits has caused a big shift in when gridlock happens.
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Inside Boston's Changing Commute: How Traffic's Changed at Rush Hour and More
Since the pandemic, Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver says, we’re seeing shifts in when, where and who is commuting.