Upcoming GLX Meetings Will Tackle Bridge Closures

MEDFORD, MA – Transportation officials will hold multiple public meetings next month to prepare residents for three major bridge closures scheduled this year.

The Broadway bridge at Ball Square on the Somerville-Medford border will close March 22 and remain closed until March 2020.

The Washington Street bridge underpass in East Somerville will close in April and reopen this fall. It will close again from spring to fall 2020. The Medford Street bridge at Gilman Square will close this July and remain closed until spring 2020.

Here's when Somerville and Medford residents can find out more about the closures:

Medford

Wednesday, March 6, 6-8 p.m.

Medford City Hall – City Council Chamber, 85 George P. Hassett Drive

Topics:

– The upcoming closure of the Broadway Bridge in Ball Square from March 22, 2019 to March 2020
– Maintenance of traffic planning and detour routes
– MBTA bus route diversions

Somerville

Wednesday, March 13, 6:30-8 p.m.

East Somerville Community School - auditorium, 50 Cross St.

Please join Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Ward 1 City Councilor Matthew McLaughlin, Ward 2 City Councilor J.T. Scott, Ward 3 City Councilor Ben Ewen-Campen, City of Somerville staff, and representatives from the GLX team for a community meeting to discuss the upcoming Washington St. bridge closure and detour routes.

Starting in April 2019, GLX Constructors will begin reconstructing the Washington St. bridge in East Somerville, between Union Square and Inner Belt. The underpass below the bridge will close to all traffic, and detours will be in place for cars, bikes, pedestrians, and MBTA bus routes 86, 91, and CT2. This bridge and the underpass will close for two different intervals: first, from April 2019 through the fall of 2019, then again from the spring of 2020 through the fall of 2020.

Additional temporary bridge closures are planned elsewhere in Somerville throughout 2019 and 2020. The first will be the Broadway bridge, between Ball Square and Magoun Square, beginning March 22, 2019, for a full year. The City held two public meetings about the Broadway bridge closure in the fall of 2018; this meeting will therefore focus primarily on upcoming construction and mitigation efforts in East Somerville.

See also: Green Line Extension Bridge Closures: Timeline, Detours