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The Sumner Tunnel is back open, in time for holiday travel
On the Friday before Labor Day Weekend, the partially refurbished Sumner Tunnel was finally open after months of work.
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MassDOT highway administrator joins NBC10 Boston to talk Sumner reopening
Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver talks about what drivers can expect to see driving through the tunnel after the closure, and what steps still need to happen.
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Sumner Tunnel reopens to drivers
Just in time for the holiday weekend, the Sumner Tunnel reopened overnight after a closure that stretched almost two months.
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Sumner Tunnel reopens after 58-day closure
The light at the end of the tunnel is here. Closed since July 5, Boston’s Sumner Tunnel reopened at 1:14 a.m. Friday ahead of Labor Day weekend. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation called the project “a $160 million investment in the Commonwealth’s infrastructure.” Workers removed the suspended ceiling to make way for over 700 concrete arches, MassDOT said. The project…
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Labor Day travel rush set to begin
Boston area drivers can look forward to the Sumner Tunnel reopening Friday.
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Sumner Tunnel reopens on Friday as holiday travelers hit the road
With Labor Day Weekend kicking off, many are getting ready to hit the roads as early as Thursday to get to their holiday destinations. For Boston area travelers, there’s a change that could help to ease congestion: The Sumner Tunnel will reopen Friday – and be open throughout the holiday weekend – after being closed for 8 weeks. Meanwhile, the…
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Healey tours Sumner Tunnel days before it reopens from monthslong closure
Days before the Sumner Tunnel is scheduled to reopen to traffic after a two-month shutdown for restoration work, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey toured the site with outgoing Transportation Secretary Gina Fiandaca and other officials Wednesday afternoon. Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver, Undersecretary of Transportation Monica Tibbits-Nutt and MBTA General Manager Philip Eng are also slated to attend the hard hat tour…
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How work is progressing in the Sumner Tunnel
Boston’s Sumner Tunnel has been closed for three weeks now with crews moving to make repairs so it’ll reopen before Labor Day. The project’s not even halfway done, but the work is apparently going well with very few surprises. “The work is pretty straightforward. It’s just the amount of it,” said John McInerney, District 6 Highway Director for the...
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Progress being made in Sumner Tunnel work
The closure of the Sumner Tunnel has given Boston drivers headaches for weeks.
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‘Perfect storm': Sumner Tunnel closure hits food pantry patrons
The major traffic from the closure of the Sumner Tunnel is having a ripple effect on food-insecure communities in the Boston area as trips to the Salvation Army food pantry in Haverhill are taking twice as long.
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Sumner Tunnel traffic is so bad it has expecting parents making hotel plans
It’s all brake lights and long backups on the roads detouring drivers around the Sumner Tunnel closure. The routes leading to both the Ted Williams Tunnel and the Tobin Bridge into Boston were bumper to bumper once again for Wednesday morning’s commute. One week into the two-month shutdown and drivers in Eastie are getting the hang of it, but...
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More heavy traffic expected amid Sumner Tunnel closure
Roads detouring drivers away from sumner tunnels is full of massive slowdowns and frustrated drivers.
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Sumner Tunnel closure gives commuters a big headache
Traffic has been congested in Boston since the closing of the Sumner Tunnel.
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Sumner tunnel shutdown brings bumper-to-bumper traffic Tuesday
Tuesday’s morning rush hour was the worst of the Sumner Tunnel shutdown so far. Here’s what it was like.
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Heaviest traffic since Sumner shutdown expected Tuesday
The Sumner Tunnel is closed through the end of August for major repair work. During that time, transit officials have urged commuter to “Ditch the Drive” by taking public transportation — including the Blue Line, which is free during the tunnel closure.
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Significant traffic backups around Sumner Tunnel detours as commuters return to work
As anticipated by state leaders and transportation officials, Tuesday has proven to bring major traffic headaches for drivers in the Boston area, as the Sumner Tunnel shut down closes in on the one-week mark. Transportation officials have warned that the busiest days for commuters are going to be Tuesdays through Thursdays, especially now that people are back from vacation. Traffic…
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Sumner Tunnel closure sends more traffic into residential areas
Driving around Boston’s Logan International Airport on Monday, one didn’t have to go far to see the fallout from the Sumner Tunnel closure. “It is affecting everybody,” said Billy Jo Caceres of Chelsea, Massachusetts. The impact felt particularly hard in Chelsea. With the Sumner Tunnel closed until the end of August, drivers headed to Boston from the Logan Airport...
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Detours from Sumner Tunnel closure send more traffic to neighborhoods
Officials say this week will be a major test of the Sumner Tunnel closure, with many on vacation last week.
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Healey visits command center as Sumner Tunnel shutdown hits week 2
The second week of the Sumner Tunnel shutdown is expected to bring worse traffic than the first, and Gov. Maura Healey took a tour of the command center overseeing it.
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Watch: MassDOT highway chief discusses Sumner Tunnel shutdown
The true test begins Monday for drivers in Boston as the impact of the Sumner Tunnel closure is expected to show its full force this week now that vacationing residents have returned.