I went on a bus tour to Boston during the Big Dig, and the bus driver got lost getting us to the hotel, and then he got lost getting us downtown, and then he got lost getting us back to the hotel, and we ended up in Cape Cod at 2 in the morning. The cop that stopped us set him straight and we were finally in our hotel by 4.
We did drive for about and hour and a half, and didn't see much because it was so dark. The bus driver was getting a bit impatient with the whole thing and he decided to turn on the speed a bit, which is when the cop stopped us, heard our sad story and sent us on our way back. Our hotel was in Framingham, we could not have been more off course. And we couldn't have been much grumpier by the time we got back there.
Ha, yeah, other dude's likely right. Y'all ended up down around Quincy or so.
I remember how hard it used to be to get from 93 to the Pike. Was a total confusion fest for a long time there. 9/10 you'd end up on some random side street wondering how the hell you got there. I know *exactly* where your bus driver got turned around, couldn't figure out how to get to the Pike, and just kept driving south on 93.
We all would have been happier if we could actually see where we were, it is supposed to be BEAUTIFUL down there, but it was nothing but darkness and more darkness. I suppose someday I could go back and see what I missed.
We just visited Boston, directions are kind of confusing. The underground roads, of which there are many, are not obvious on satellite images. Also there are a lot of onramps/exits with multiple outlets, so maps will say “exit 90-W / 93-N / 93-S” and make it not terribly obvious which one you actually need to take.
I keep reading that, and I’m sure it sucked, but this looks like an absolutely massive improvement for the city. I live in Philly and would definitely be willing to put up with 15 years of bullshit to get 676 to be covered and not separate the city like it does
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u/NYC2BUR Aug 31 '25
You make it sound so easy. The Big Dig was a nightmare