Slow Going
October 23rd, 2008
We walked down to the Main St. bridge the other day and saw some encouraging signs of activity. There is a tent in the background that I’ve seen lit at night so it seems people are working on this into the evening.
Here what we could see from the fence:
I’ve heard it will just be a pedestrian bridge but it looks like they’re getting it ready for auto traffic too, we’ll see.  I wonder of the people who live at the base of the bridge on either side can’t wait for this to open or if they’ve enjoyed the quiet of no cars coming down their street.  This project has been taking years, I don’t even know how many,  to complete. It’s good to see some progress though.
I’ve been in town for a little over 3 years now, and it’s been under construction that entire time.
Comment by Chad — October 23, 2008 @ 9:58 am
i’ve always found it rather ironic that the bridge on the so-called “Main St” has been out of comission for so long. I mean…. how Main a street can it be if it’s functioned without a bridge for all this time.
erin
Comment by erin — October 23, 2008 @ 11:27 am
I also think this bridge has been out for way too long! I will be glad when the project is done. The original center (”centre”) of Framingham was in the area near the present State College and the present neighborhood of Framingham Centre. I guess it was called “Main Street” because in the 1700s and early 1800s it really WAS a “Main St”. Interestingly enough, Quincy, MA also has a Main St. which is NOT a main street!
Comment by Rev. Bob Baril — October 23, 2008 @ 12:22 pm
Gotta love DPW, lets start it just in time for winter!
Comment by Stp — October 23, 2008 @ 3:42 pm
It took ten years to rebuild the bridge in Concord on 117. Just saying.
Comment by Jennifer — October 23, 2008 @ 4:21 pm
BTW it is not a job being done by the DPW.
Comment by s — October 24, 2008 @ 10:17 am
I’m pretty sure the bridge has been closed the entire 7 years I have lived in Framingham. If no one else uses it, it will make a great short cut for me : )
Comment by Marie — October 25, 2008 @ 7:16 pm
I moved out of Framingham ten years ago and the bridge was closed for years before I ever moved out of town. So, I’m going to guess that this bridge has been closed nearly 15 years if not more.
Comment by Michael — October 26, 2008 @ 12:34 am
I know it has’nt been 15 years but pretty close..I used to live in the apartments next to it and moved out in 1997..it closed shortly there after…I used to love driving over it back then every day cause of the noise it made plus the fact that it was very pretty and different…
Comment by fred — November 2, 2008 @ 9:50 pm
Oy. We’ve been living with construction on Water Street for over a year now and I thought that was bad! Unannounced night work with the BEEP BEEP BEEP of backing vehicles, glaring headlights in our bedroom window, the crashing of dumptrucks & boulders & the scraping of metal on rock. And our new baby has learned to sleep through all this at night, and the 2yo naps to this caucophany during the afternoon. I can’t imagine many more years of this. It’s like living in the Big Dig.
I assumed that’s where all of Framingham’s public works construction was being concentrated right now.
Comment by Krista — November 5, 2008 @ 10:30 am