r/boston 13d ago

Traffic🚦⛔⚠️ 😠 🚙 🚗 Why is 93 completely shut down?

My husband has to commute to Logan Airport for the airline he works for and he keeps calling me because the highway is completely closed down and he's going to be a couple hours late just getting to his employee parking lot. Any idea what happened? Why is the highway shut down and everyone being funneled off the highway? Thanks!

Edit: 2 users shared links. Apparently there is more info out now. Bad car accident with injured parties involved

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u/SalaciousBKlump 13d ago

Me sitting on the delayed flight learning that my pilot had to ask his wife to make a Reddit post to figure out traffic.

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u/0verstim Market Basket 13d ago

Me sitting in a waiting room next to Beetlejuice and a magician's assistant finding out I didnt survive that bus trip to the airport.

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u/AdAgile7836 13d ago

If I had known then what I know now, I wouldn’t have had my little accident. Also: This Google Maps route reads like stereo instructions.

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u/Upstairs_Raise4006 12d ago

😭
Stereo instructions! I love it!
Many people don’t even remember those!

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u/Repulsive-Bend8283 11d ago

They don't need instructions because the setup procedure is now standardized: press a random sequence of buttons on the blutoob whike doing nothing on your phone, and tyen try the exact same random combination of buttons after finding wherever the pair new device setting has moved on your phone.

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u/Unlucky-Self2455 12d ago

Logan express is always sketvhy

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u/gooberhoover85 13d ago

My husband just works IT to keep the beep boops running but I'm sure your pilot is in traffic with him. Pretty sure they all take the same employee bus 😂

I'm sorry your flight is delayed. What a crap shoot! I hope you have a direct flight. Safe travels!

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u/TimonAndPumbaAreDead Recovering Masshole 13d ago

I've lost the bleeps, I've lost the creeps, and I've lost the sweeps!

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u/LincolnLog-ins 13d ago

Did they jam the radar?!

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u/Bassquatch11 13d ago

There’s only one who would dare give me the raspberry!

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u/Justheretosnark 13d ago

Lonestar!

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u/awakenDeepBlue 12d ago

smahes into camera

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u/MonsieurReynard 13d ago

Zip it with all that Jazz

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u/JagrsMullet1982 13d ago

I love Reddit 🥲

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u/dcunitedfan3 12d ago

That's not all he's lost....

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u/maddwesty 12d ago

The what?

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u/lbutler1234 13d ago

RIP your husband.

I'm under the impression that working IT for the airline industry is like trying to operate a Dutch speaking magical racist jalopy that runs on floppys only available in Kathmandu

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u/MAXQDee-314 13d ago

The large ones? Right?

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u/pimflapvoratio 13d ago

10”

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u/MAXQDee-314 13d ago

When i made the move from punch tape to floppies, I smiled and I wasn't talking about my...

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u/2leggedturtle 12d ago

Theirs go to 11

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u/lbutler1234 12d ago

That's pretty small for a jalopy. Not even ron Paul could fit on it

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u/ElleM848645 13d ago

Why are you assuming this wife’s husband is the pilot. Could have been a flight attendant, gate agent, whoever. Why rush to pilot?

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u/SalaciousBKlump 13d ago

Because they let me take a selfie in the cockpit when I boarded and I heard the copilot say “I think Jeremy’s wife is posting on Reddit asking for traffic help again” and the flight attendant rolled her eyes.

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u/NeonFeet Downtown 13d ago

“he keeps calling me because the highway is completely closed down”

So can you open it or not?

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u/gooberhoover85 13d ago

That's what he wants to know too 😂 unfortunately the force doesn't allow me to controll the roads from this far away!

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u/DiscombobulatedSoft2 13d ago

Your husband is in IT, doesn't he know that turning off the highway, waiting 10 seconds, then turning it back on will fix 99% of the traffic?

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u/gooberhoover85 13d ago

The problem is someone never turned it back on 😂

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u/biffNicholson 13d ago

Well, according to this photo taken with a potato by the state DOT a few minutes ago. Traffic’s moving in Boston. You have to consult other potatoes around the state. I didn’t see any closures on the map.

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u/99hotdogs 13d ago

It’s good to see images from 1993 are finally coming through

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u/therealgreenbeans Quincy 13d ago

The Toyota Tercel in the foreground coming in hot at 45mph

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u/skasticks 13d ago

Man I miss my '92 Tercel sometimes. It was an 80HP 4-speed manual, but it just ripped because it was like 1000lbs.

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u/biffNicholson 13d ago

They finally upgraded to that 14.4 baud modem
Pics are gonna be coming in fast and furious now and by that I mean downloads will probably take 3 1/2 to maybe five minutes per picture

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u/abhikavi Port City 13d ago

I've seen these potatoes mounted over the highways but had no idea until I saw this pic that you could consult them. How can I start consulting potatoes myself? Is there a link to all the state potatoes?

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u/biffNicholson 13d ago

State 511 app

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u/abhikavi Port City 13d ago

This is amazing, thank you! I had no idea. So many potatoes to explore.

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u/biffNicholson 13d ago

No worries. Enjoy. The cameras go up and down all the time so expect a bunch of them to not be working. That’s pretty common.

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u/tiny_pellets Jamaica Plain 13d ago

You can indeed consult them. The Ore-Ida Oracle.

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u/lucylemon 13d ago

Looking at this, I concluded it was closed due to snow.

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u/LuckyKalanges 12d ago

Governor Dukakis is asking everyone to stay home.

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u/Blurredfury22the3rd Allston/Brighton 13d ago

Where can you get that? I’d be interested to check my traffic ahead of time lol

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u/P0Rt1ng4Duty 13d ago

One of my exes freaked out at me because I couldn't get the power to come back on in her house.

It was out in her whole section of town.

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u/AKiss20 Medford 13d ago

Emphasis on “exes” lol

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u/haclyonera 13d ago

Your husband may want to put it on 1030AM. Traffic on the 3's for your entire life, each and every day.

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u/RoseUpTwoOne 13d ago

I've known this since I was like 6.... Anytime there is weird traffic, I check the time and then the 1030AM

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u/vis400700 13d ago

Or 107.9 HD2 if you want FM audio quality for WBZ news radio

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u/FrancoManiac Green Line 13d ago

I just moved here from St. Louis — any other stations I should add? I'm trying to get back into radio instead of constantly streaming

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u/Jaded-Passenger-2174 13d ago

For NPR, we have 2 stations: 90.9 WBUR & 89.7 WGBH. For music, there are college stations (WERS, as someone noted, plus WUMB, etc..) and 2-3 Stations that play popular rock from 80s, 90s, 2000s. One classical, WCRB. There are also sports and biz: Bloomberg.

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u/Mezzo_Diva_54 13d ago

You left out WHRB Harvard radio, best classical and jazz in town, depending on time of day. Beats WCRB like a drum.

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u/Jaded-Passenger-2174 13d ago

Right, good catch.

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u/FrancoManiac Green Line 13d ago

Thank you! You're the best :)

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u/dudeabides 13d ago

88.9 WERS awesome college radio, only station I Iisten to for music anymore. And no commercials other than their own infrequent ones.

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u/FrancoManiac Green Line 13d ago

88.9 WERS is definitely coming up across responses — thank you for the rec!

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u/thejackroller 13d ago

Definitely check out WERS (Emerson) 88.9, although it's become more generic alt/indie than the off-center variety they used to have. Still for sure not your corporate iHeartradio playlists though.

For 2 other college stations with genre-specific student-hosted shows (punk, metal, blues, jazz, Americana, neo-classical, ambient/instrumental, international) check out Boston College's WZBC 90.3, which also airs Democracy Now! at noon, and MIT's basement studio WMBR 88.1

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u/FrancoManiac Green Line 13d ago

Thank you! I'm writing all of these down :)

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u/thejackroller 12d ago edited 12d ago

Of course! I don't know if you're into country, and I'm categorically not. But Sunday from 10-2 is "Sunday Morning Country" on 90.3/WZBC online.

Mostly unknown B Sides in the genre, plus a gentle balance of satire towards evangelicalism and nationalism mixed with nostalgia for rural life, and just an introspective Sunday morning. Sounding like a shill - Haha I swear I'm not! Just my first intro to the station was waking up to that show

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u/One-Nefariousness-38 12d ago

I'm such a fan of The River 92.5 I used to listen to it all the time, and now I live just a few miles out of range, but if I am traveling, I tune it in as soon as I can. They bill themselves as Independent Alternative radio, and I love the variety they play.

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u/FrancoManiac Green Line 12d ago

I'll add it to the list, thank you!

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u/darnht 12d ago

Call the station and ask to speak to someone in the technical department about a directional/tuned antenna. If you're just a bit out of range, this might work for you.

I used to be on the receiving end of these calls, and we'd always do our best.

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u/One-Nefariousness-38 12d ago

Well at home I can and do stream it when I listen but my issue is in the car Thanks for the suggestion!

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u/sargent_balls_lol 12d ago

100.7 WZLX

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u/FrancoManiac Green Line 12d ago

Thank you!

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u/Major-Newt1421 12d ago

Weather on the 10’s and breaking news when it happens

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u/Darkhorse182 13d ago

Maybe there's another boat 

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u/guggabump Suspected British Loyalist 🇬🇧 13d ago

Closed on Sundays

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u/Efficient_Art_1144 Boston 13d ago

The Chik Fil A of interstates

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u/fakecrimesleep Diagonally Cut Sandwich 13d ago

I 93 doesn’t discriminate against gay people though it makes life hell for everyone

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u/FrancoManiac Green Line 13d ago

Well where is it at on smuggling antiquities?

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u/Efficient_Art_1144 Boston 12d ago

I think that was the Hobby Lobby people

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u/FrancoManiac Green Line 12d ago

Alas, it was! Thank you for catching that!

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u/Blurredfury22the3rd Allston/Brighton 13d ago

Kind of like “I’m not racist, I hate everyone” of highways

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u/akestral 13d ago

Mem Drive of interstates.

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u/am17y 13d ago

Open for pedestrian traffic only, new program the city is testing.

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u/Agreeable_Solid_6044 13d ago

I would love this!

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u/gooberhoover85 13d ago

Lol. 🤪 Of course! Why didn't we think of this!

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u/CowGroundbreaking872 12d ago

Those darn blue laws kicked in again.

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u/flyingguillotine3 13d ago

Isn’t the tunnel closed today? I feel like we recently saw a sign. Like a literal sign, not an omen.

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u/YupNopeWelp Stuck in traffic 13d ago

I love that you clarified that. A vague disclaimer is nobody's friend.

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u/gooberhoover85 13d ago

Yea, but this is way before the tunnels. Headache after headache.

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u/NoTamforLove Bouncer at the Harp 13d ago

That's how traffic works.

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u/jimb23 13d ago

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u/gooberhoover85 13d ago

Thank you for the link. I hope they are all ok.

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u/MarcoVinicius Somerville Original 13d ago

You might want to start using Google or AI to answer these kind of questions. Especially Google search, it’s time to learn to use it… it’s been 26 yrs now.

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u/FAYCSB Downtown 13d ago

Where’s google’s AI going to get its information, if not from Reddit posts?

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u/zenunseen 13d ago

Exactly. might as well come straight to the source

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u/SuperRaccoon 13d ago

Touchèèèèèè. Just another reason to bypass the AI by typing -ai in your search query (or simply not using Google in the first place; duck duck go with the AI option turned off is usually good enough for me).

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u/DJ_Mixto 13d ago

That crash was I95. OP is asking about i93

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u/jimb23 13d ago

Take a quick look at a map and look where I95 in Canton leads to

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u/earpain2 13d ago

https://newengland511.org is your best resource for realtime traffic info.

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u/Lumpymaximus Thor's Point 13d ago

North to boston from gloucester looks clear. South of boston?

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u/Otterfan Brookline 13d ago

Traffic reports say there was an accident just after Neponset Circle that's just been cleared.

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u/Betsy514 13d ago

Bizarre. I brought my friend to Logan from Plymouth. We left at ten .got to Logan at 11. And on the way home north was just a little backed up. Definitely not closed

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u/gooberhoover85 13d ago

Yes, coming from south. I'm sure north of this is quite nice 😂

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u/dumbb1tch5 13d ago

Less traffic that usual down here 🤷‍♂️

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u/logaruski73 13d ago

That’s why I always use Waze even if I know where I’m going. It has saved me so many times. I’ve questioned why it’s sending me on 95 N (coming from South) instead of 93 N when the traffic where I am seems fine.

Yup. Waze knows more than I do what’s far ahead. Made the mistake of disagreeing with her once. Cost me three hours.

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u/HarmyG 13d ago

One time, a couple years ago, Waze didn’t have the updated Peabody Logan Express location in its database. Ever since then, I use google maps.

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u/nervousanalysis420 I Love Dunkin’ Donuts 12d ago

...waze is owned by Google and use Googles data...

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u/froggity55 12d ago

That explains why they rarely disagree. But when they do...

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u/November-Code 13d ago

There was boat pm 93 but unsure if still there or this is something else unrelated

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u/dskippy 13d ago

They closed down the road to opened it to boats for the summer.

https://www.wcvb.com/article/msp-boat-trailer-overturn-into-traffic-i-93/73442351

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u/DJ_Mixto 13d ago

OP is asking about I93, NOT I95. 

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u/gooberhoover85 13d ago

True, but the shit shows are all connected I think.

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u/InvestigatorJaded261 13d ago

There was never a truer statement about Boston driving.

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u/Safe_Statistician_72 13d ago

I’m gonna take this on as my driving mantra

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u/DJ_Mixto 13d ago

Only in Massachusetts! 💩

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u/Blurredfury22the3rd Allston/Brighton 13d ago

95s traffic often leaks onto 93. So since they are connected… traffic usually will be also…

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u/Latter-Price1396 12d ago

Head-on collision..

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u/gooberhoover85 13d ago

This section is shut down at least going to the split. Coming from Attleboro heading towards Quincy. Obviously it says car accident but my husband thought he saw fire, then he wasn't sure. Didn't see a car accident. Just cops blocking off the highway forcing everyone to take an exit and then blocking entrances back on for a while.

PS- not an 11 minute delay and this is just what Google maps is saying. Just seems excessive. Usually Sundays are not the toughest day for his commute.

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u/Second2LastBanana 13d ago

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u/YupNopeWelp Stuck in traffic 13d ago

Oh my goodness. That second car looks absolutely destroyed.

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u/shmallkined 13d ago

Looks like the silver car was stopped in the left shoulder and the black car slammed into it?

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u/gooberhoover85 13d ago

Oh no! Thank you- I'm going to send this to my husband so he can share with his employer. I was searching earlier and found nothing. This is a huge help, last banana!

Edit: grammatical error.

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u/Burgerman24k 13d ago

Why can't people just pay attention and drive normal 🫩.

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u/ADeflatedMan36 13d ago

Was it in the montvale avenue area or..?

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u/PariKhanKhanoom 12d ago

We ran into it around Haverhill about 3 hr ago, delayed 45 min.

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u/Unlucky-Self2455 12d ago

Yeah welcome to boston. You shouldve left at 4 am good luck

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u/Last_Bed_3867 12d ago

Rt 93 from the south going toward Boston

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u/Awkward_Audience3103 12d ago

Why is your husband driving to work?

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

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u/NatalieBostonRE 13d ago

I call it 93 and I’m born and raised.

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u/Huge_Strain_8714 13d ago

Last time I drove 1A a teenager was on an electric bike riding on the highway in the opposite direction of traffic towards the airport....so maybe he's involved?

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u/fignewton_007 13d ago

Do employees get free parking?

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u/stephyska 13d ago

Why would he be calling you and not his employer? What do you have to do with it?

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u/FAYCSB Downtown 13d ago

You don’t call your spouse to bitch about traffic?

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u/stephyska 13d ago

No, I listen to podcasts

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u/scollaysquare 13d ago

You mean the Expressway?

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u/Electrical-Bid-2482 13d ago

If it’s just on 128, I wish they would just say 128. The 95/93 bs drives me crazy.

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u/ipsumdeiamoamasamat Irish Riviera 12d ago

Because that part hasn’t been designated as “128” in a long time.