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Traffic Update: BU Bridge, Cambridge-Boston, Mon-Fri Mar 7-11, closed to traffic 8pm-5am. Also, reduced to 1 alternating lane, 10am-2pm

via City of Boston

Massachusetts Department of Transportation

TRAFFIC ADVISORY

For Immediate Release

December 9, 2010

Evening/Overnight Southbound Closure

Boston University Bridge

Southbound traffic will be detoured to the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge

MassDOT crews will be working overnight on the Boston University Bridge, which carries traffic over the Charles River between Cambridge and Boston.

Beginning Sunday, December 12, 2010 the bridge will be closed to all southbound (Cambridge-to-Boston) traffic Sunday to Friday from 8 PM to 5 AM for approximately two weeks.  During the southbound closure, all Cambridge-to-Boston traffic will be detoured to the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge. Buses and emergency vehicles will be permitted to cross the bridge.

The upstream (Boston-bound) sidewalk will remain open during the bridge closure for bicycle and pedestrian access.  Charles River passage will also be maintained.

At all other times, traffic has been reduced to one lane in each direction from Boston to Cambridge until further notice. The downstream (Cambridge-bound) sidewalk remains closed as well.

For transportation news and updates visit the MassDOT website at www.mass.gov/massdot, the MassDOT blog at www.mass.gov/blog/transportation or follow MassDOT on twitter at www.twitter.com/massdot.

To keep up to date on the BU Bridge project, please visit the site below from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/charlesriverbridges/BUBridge.html

BU Sourcing and Procurement has created BU Travel Services, a division concerning employee travel discounts.  In order to provide Boston University employees with these discounts on local travel and assistance with travel arrangements, a new website was created to help guide the process: http://www.bu.edu/travel (login required).

To find out more, you can click here or visit the URL above.

The Amtrak Downeaster line is providing a 6 pack of rides for $76 to college students. Valid for a full year, students will be able to ride between any two stops on the Downeaster line. The pass can be purchased online, at the Boston or Portland stations, or at Downeaster QuikTrak machines.

For more information please visit the Amtrak website.

The Boston University Bridge, which carries traffic over the Charles River between Cambridge and Boston, will be closed to traffic from 9 PM to 5 AM each week (Sunday to Thursday.)  The upstream sidewalk will remain open during the bridge closure for bicycle and pedestrian access. Drivers are encourages to plan ahead and seek alternative routes during the closures.

MassDOT crews will be completing demolition work as part of the first phase of construction on the Boston University Bridge Rehabilitation Project. All Cambridge-to-Boston traffic and Boston-to-Cambridge traffic will be detoured to the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge. Buses and emergency vehicles will be permitted to cross the bridge.

For transportation news and updates visit the MassDOT website at www.mass.gov/massdot, the MassDOT blog at www.mass.gov/blog/transportation or follow MassDOT on twitter at www.twitter.com/massdot.