Haverhill Line Track Construction to Impact North Wilmington Commuter Rail Times

WILMINGTON, MA — Riders of the Haverhill line could be in for some delays during the coming weekends.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority announced that work on three bridges over the Merrimack River and Washington Street in Haverhill will affect certain commuter rail riders. Work will occurr on alternating weekends from Sept. 9 to Nov. 20.

According to the announcement, Contractors will work continuously over the weekends between September 9th and November 20th, from 8:30pm. Friday to 4:30am Monday, on all three bridges on the Haverhill Commuter Rail Line, jacking up the structures to replace bearings as part of a major project to strengthen, clean and paint the bridges in downtown Haverhill.

Select inbound/outbound Haverhill line trips will be replaced with shuttle buses. Customers are urged to allow additional travel time and anticipate delays during these weekends. Customers are also urged to check the MBTA website for up to date project and construction information.

The following weekends will be impacted by construction work in Haverhill and other Projects on the Haverhill Line.

• Sept. 23 to 25
• Oct. 7 to 9
• Oct. 21 to 23
• Nov. 4 to 6
• Nov. 18 to 20

Service updates are available on the MBTA website: www.mbta.com/rider_tools/transit_updates/.Updates of the Merrimack River and Washington Street Bridges Project are available on the MBTA website, www.mbta.com/about_the_mbta/t_projects/.

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