Sumner Tunnel

This weekend’s extreme cold snap may affect travel, for those who do end up venturing outside. The cold weather — wind chills are expected around -30 degrees — will prevent some planned construction work from taking place around Boston, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation said. But it warned people with flights scheduled for Friday and Saturday to plan for delays….

As temperatures get set to take a nosedive outside, there are things to do to make sure you stay safe.

Five cars were involved in a crash in a tunnel under Boston Harbor Wednesday, slowing down traffic on Massachusetts Route 1A, police said. One lane of Sumner Tunnel was closed for a time as Massachusetts State Police cleared the crash.

The drive through Boston’s Sumner Tunnel came to a standstill when a truck that was too tall for the tunnel got stuck Friday evening.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation confirmed Boston’s Sumner Tunnel has reopened.

Massachusetts State Police are on scene and say the original call came in at 4:20 p.m. for an over height Volvo tractor-trailer. The vehicle did strike the ceiling of the tunnel, according to police.

Those traveling in Boston on Friday night — including many traveling from Boston’s Logan International Airport after the Thanksgiving holiday — encountered lengthy traffic delays near the Sumner Tunnel, which was closed for several hours after a tractor-trailer got stuck during rush hour on Black Friday. Massachusetts State Police say they received a call around 4:20 p.m. Friday for an…

MassDOT said to expect delays.

Weekend trips to Boston have proven to be even more difficult the last few weekends, with the Sumner Tunnel in east Boston being closed for restoration. For the last few weekends, the Sumner Tunnel has been closed from 11 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday. The tunnel is currently under restoration on the weekends for repairs and repaving….

For commuters and visitors at Boston’s Logan International Airport, traffic this weekend will most certainly be congested. With the Sumner Tunnel being closed on weekends for restoration, many drivers will endure heavy traffic if traveling in east Boston.

After the first closure of the Sumner Tunnel aggravated traffic in Boston, construction work on the tunnel planned for this weekend has been suspended to avoid additional travel congestion amid MBTA delays, MassDOT Advisory said Friday. The tunnel closed for repairs for the first time on June 11, extending travel times by up to 11 minutes. Construction had been scheduled…

Drivers faced a roughly threefold jump in travel times through the Ted Williams Tunnel and the normally breezy Sunday drive across the Tobin Bridge turned into a bumper-to-bumper mess during the first full weekend closure of 87-year-old Sumner Tunnel for repairs, a Massachusetts Department of Transportation official said Wednesday. Quantifying the headaches that travelers and East Boston residents experienced at…

The Sumner Tunnel will be undergoing some much-needed repairs starting Saturday morning. Driver’s will have to find new routes — including many traveling from Boston’s Logan International Airport — and business owners and residents in downtown and East Boston will have to deal with major inconvenience

Traveling between downtown Boston and East Boston, including Logan International Airport, is about to become even more of a headache. A major, year-plus rehabilitation project in the Sumner Tunnel, which is in a state of “disrepair” 87 years after it opened as the first traffic tunnel in Massachusetts, is set to kick off Friday night.

Traveling between downtown Boston and East Boston, including Logan International Airport, is about to become even more of a headache. A major, year-plus rehabilitation project in the Sumner Tunnel, which is in a state of “disrepair” 87 years after it opened as the first traffic tunnel in Massachusetts, is set to kick off Friday night. The work will shutter the…

The Sumner Tunnel is set to close Friday night as MassDOT crews work to modernize the century-old tunnel — but not without anticipating some traffic headaches.

Traveling between downtown Boston and East Boston, including Logan International Airport, is about to become even more of a headache. State transportation officials are preparing next month to kick off a major, year-plus rehabilitation project in the Sumner Tunnel, which is in a state of “disrepair” 87 years after it opened as the first traffic tunnel in Massachusetts. The work…

After a string of construction derailments extended work on the line’s western end, the MBTA will kick off an 18-day shutdown of Blue Line train service on the line’s easternmost stops on Sunday, officials announced Wednesday. Shuttle buses will replace trains all day between Wonderland and Orient Heights stations from May 22 through Wednesday, June 8. Riders will be able…

The restoration effort of the nearly 100-year-old Sumner Tunnel is expected to begin in the month of June, which will result in traffic troubles for drivers this summer. Beginning the weekend of June 10, the Sumner Tunnel will close every weekend, from 10 p.m. on Fridays to 5 a.m. on Mondays, until spring of 2023, excluding holidays. Renovations to the…