Guild Street Bridge To be Closed for Replacement Work

From the MBTA:

Starting the afternoon of April 21, Guild Street will be closed to vehicular traffic in preparation of the bridge roll in. The last Franklin Line train will pass over the bridge at approximately 8 p.m. that night with rail traffic being restored for the first trains on Monday April, 24. The expected sequence of events is as follows:

• Shutdown Guild Street to Vehicular Traffic – Friday, April 21 at approximately noon.
• Last train passes over Guild Street Bridge- Friday, April 21 at approximately 8 p.m..
• Demolition of existing tracks and bridge structure begins – Friday, April 21 at approximately 9 p.m..
• Placement of new abutment caps – Saturday, April 22 throughout the day.
• Roll in of new superstructure begin – Saturday, April 23 at approximately 1 a.m.
• Roll in of new superstructure complete – Saturday, April 23 at approximately 8 a.m.
• Tracks in service and train traffic resumes – Sunday, April 24 at approximately 3 a.m.

It is expected that the following outbound trains on Friday night will be bused from Norwood Depot south:

• #727
• #729
• #731

The following inbound trains will be bused on Friday

• #728
• #730
• #732

All weekend trains will leave South Station and terminate at Norwood Depot for bussing south. All inbound trains will be bused to Norwood Depot and continue by train to South Station.

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