Some slow spots, and a lot of construction. That’s likely what commuters have noticed when driving from the Massachusetts Turnpike to 95/128 northbound over the last two months. The interchange is in the midst of a sweeping construction project that will last five years.
By the end of the project, the area will have eight bridges that are either brand new or repaired. To accommodate the roadwork, only one lane of traffic is flowing on the Pike ramps coming and going from 128 northbound.
Now that this phase of the project is fully underway, Boston 25′s traffic anchor Catherine Parrotta met with MassDOT Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver to assess the traffic impacts, and what commuters will gain from it.
Gulliver says one of the goals of this project is to improve the safety and service of the bridges at the interchange.
“There won’t be any increase in capacity, so there’s not going to be extra lanes,” Gulliver explained. “But the improvement by not having that part curve that you currently experience means that traffic won’t have as many stops as it currently does.”