BREAKING NEWS

Starting July 26, MassDOT will close Commonwealth Avenue from Kenmore Square to Packard’s Corner to most vehicular traffic for 17 1/2 days while the Commonwealth Avenue bridge gets a makeover expected to take weeks, not years.

The closure will target “private vehicles” and will be in both directions until Aug. 14, MassDOT said. The project will also require the shutdown —for varying lengths of time — of the Boston University bridge, replacement of Green Line B Line trolley service with MBTA buses, lane closures on the Massachusetts Turnpike as it passes underneath the bridge and cancellation of MBTA Worcester commuter rail and Amtrak service on two weekends.

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