The 53-year-old Peabody man died at the scene from injuries suffered in the crash shortly after 6 p.m. on Wednesday.
The state Department of Transportation said the backup on Route 128 South was about 3 miles approaching Exit 39 as of 3:30 p.m.
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Temporary lane closures will begin at 8 p.m. with a full closure of at least 20 minutes between 1 and 4 a.m. Friday.
Temporary lane closures will begin at 8 p.m. with a full closure of at least 20 minutes between 1 and 4 a.m. Thursday.
Three northbound lanes and one southbound lane were closed at mile marker 64 in Peabody, the Department of Transportation said.
With 16 fatalities since 2002, victim's families, residents and elected officials push the state to make safety changes to the road.
Traffic was snarled in both directions during the Thursday commute with northbound lanes still closed about 10 a.m.
The lane closures for the Waters River Bridge replacement project will occur next Tuesday through Friday morning.
The lane closures will take place between Route 114 and the Endicott Street exit and last through late morning on Saturday.
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The road work will require lane closures starting Sunday "for the next few weeks."
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This work is part of an $11 million pavement improvement project on Route 1. The project is currently expected to be completed in May 2023.
The exits to Route 1 southbound will be closed for work from 10 p.m. Monday until 4 a.m. on Tuesday.
The exits on the Lynnfield/Peabody line will be closed for work from 10 p.m. Tuesday until 4 a.m. on Wednesday.
All lanes northbound and southbound reopened on Route 1 about 10 a.m. Friday after sagging utility wires caused a morning commute shutdown.
Police said the checkpoint will set up at an undisclosed location in Essex County May 22 into early the next morning.
The state Department of Transportation said the Route 1 northbound exits will be closed from Route 95 Monday night into Tuesday morning.
Summit Street from Lynnfield Street will be off-limits for a repaving project starting at 7 a.m.
The state Department of Transportation said the Route 1 northbound exits will be closed from Route 95 Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
There are several areas of the city to avoid traveling if you don't have lots of time to spare on Thursday.
Exit 39 (formerly Exit 26) southbound and the Lowell Street on-ramp will be closed Sunday and Monday night for construction.
The state Department of Transportation said repaving work will begin from the Saugus line to Forest Street in Peabody on Sunday.
The temporary lane closures are because of repaving and construction between Exits 38 and 40 in Peabody (old exits 25 to 28).
Massachusetts State Police said a Peabody couple sustained potentially life-threatening injuries in a six-vehicle crash In Revere.
The state Department of Transportation said one lane will be closed between Endicott Street and Route 114.
It was long Tuesday morning commute on the North Shore when a tractor-trailer went off the highway into the tree line.
The bike path between Russell Street and the entrance to the PMLP Ipswich River Substation will be closed for paving on Tuesday.
Overnight work on Wednesday will require a lane closure between Endicott Street and Route 114 and rolling roadblocks on southbound lanes.
Police said the driver, who hit three other cars, was high on drugs.
Sen. Joan Lovely added an amendment that would give Peabody $500,000 to conduct a pilot study.
Peabody and Salem have formed a joint working group to conduct a feasibility study on a multi-use path on their shared border.
There will be temporary lane closures on Route 128 as part of a $24.7 million project to rebuild the Waters River Bridge.
Police were unable to locate two people who fled after the car they were riding in crashed on Route 128 in Peabody.
There were big delays at the junction of Routes 1 and 128 in Peabody after a ramp was closed by the crash.
Scanner reports said the crash on Route 128 in Peabody involved multiple vehicles.
Crews started work on replacing underground gas lines on a busy Peabody Street this week.
Crashes in Peabody have declined every year since 2016, according to MassDOT data.