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Plantation St. Bridge Will be One-Way for Up to 12 Weeks

By Patrick Sargent | November 4, 2020
Last Updated: February 2, 2021

WORCESTER – The Plantation St. Bridge will only serving one-way traffic for three months beginning tonight – Wednesday, November 4 – as crews continue construction on a new bridge.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation [MassDOT] will be shifting the work zone for the bridge beginning at 5 PM.

The bridge will only serve one-way traffic going northbound towards Belmont Street [Route 9] for up to 12 weeks. Two-way traffic will be restored on the bridge once construction is complete.

Drivers are asked to take the southbound detour [see image below]:

  • Take Belmont Street (Route 9) to Lake Avenue;
  • Turn right on Lake Avenue;
  • Travel along Lake Avenue to Bigelow Davis Parkway/ Hamilton Street;
  • Turn right on Bigelow Davis Parkway/Hamilton Street;
  • Turn right on Water Street;
  • Turn right on Franklin Street; and
  • Turn left on Plantation Street.

 

November 4, 2020 artists
Southbound Plantation St. Detour/Graphic courtesy: MassDOT

 

Two public information virtual meetings have been scheduled to address the one-way traffic condition as follows:

  • Wednesday, October 14 — 6:30 PM to 8 PM

Register here: https://virtualmeeting.link/plantation-st-bridge 

  • Thursday, October 22 — 6:30 PM to 8 PM

Register here: https://virtualmeeting.link/plantation-st-bridge-2

 

Image: Artist rendering of Plantation St. Bridge project one-way/MassDOT

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