Portions of I-93 Closed For Construction Starting Monday Night

[Editor's note: The following article comes from a MassDOT press release.]

Beginning Monday evening, parts of I-93 will be closed off in Medford as construction workers begin preparations for the upcoming replacement of 14 deteriorated bridge superstructures.

The affected areas are:

• Monday evening, March 14, through Thursday morning, March 17: The left lane will be closed between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. in the area beyond exit 29 (Routes 28/38) near the Somerville/Medford line.
• Thursday evening, March 17, through Saturday morning, March 19: The left lane will be closed between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. in the area beyond exit 33 (Route 28) near the Medford/Stoneham line.

• Monday evening, March 14, through Wednesday morning, March 16: The left lane will be closed between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. in the area beyond exit 30 (Route 38) near the Medford/Somerville line.
• Wednesday evening, March 16, through Saturday morning, March 19: The left lane will be closed between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. in the area near exit 30 (Route 38) near the Medford/Somerville line. A second left lane will be closed on these evenings in this same area between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m.

The construction area is part of a $98.1 million project funded through the Patrick-Murray Administration’s Accelerated Bridge Program, a $3 billion recovery effort to reduce the Commonwealth’s backlog of structurally-deficient bridges. The overall project, known as “93Fast14,” will replace bridges by expediting the work with major construction during ten weekends between June and August and completion in 2011.

The preliminary work commencing next week will focus on the construction of temporary median crossovers at the northern and southern limits of the project. These crossovers will be used during the majority of weekends this summer to allow the bridge replacement activities to occur.

For more information or to sign up to receive future updates and schedule information, visit the project’s website at www.mass.gov/massdot/93fast14 .