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Buses Only on Longfellow Bridge This Weekend

By Tim ToomeyEventsCambridge, Longfellow, MBTA

Temperatures are expected to rise this weekend as the polar vortex remembers why it’s called a “polar” vortex in the first place. That’s good news for the folks working on the Longfellow Bridge, because they’ll be working hard this weekend during one of the project’s planned service diversions. As with previous weekend diversions, the only…

Longfellow Bridge Closed to Cars and Trains This Weekend

By Tim ToomeyEventsCambridge, Longfellow, MBTA

Cars and MBTA Red Line trains won’t cross the Longfellow Bridge this weekend, part of a planned service diversion associated with the bridge’s landmark rehabilitation project. Instead, buses will run between Kendall/MIT and Park Street stations. Pedestrians will be able to cross the bridge as they always have, but cyclists will be asked to walk…