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Street Closings and Restrictions

Information Regarding Street Closings and Transportation Restrictions - May 7, 2016

*Information subject to change

Massachusetts Avenue Bridge Restrictions

  • Boston-bound traffic will CLOSE 12 noon – 4:00 pm

  • Cambridge­‐bound traffic will be limited to one lane 12 noon – 4:00 pm

Memorial Drive Closings

  • Memorial Drive from One Memorial Drive to Massachusetts Avenue will CLOSE in both directions 12 noon – 10:00 pm

  • Memorial Drive east‐bound from Vassar Street to Massachusetts Avenue will CLOSE 12 noon – 4:00 pm

  • Memorial Drive west­‐bound from Massachusetts Avenue to Vassar Street will remain OPEN 12 noon – 4:00 pm

Cambridge Street Closings

  • Massachusetts Avenue traffic to Boston will be diverted onto Vassar Street 12 noon – 4:00 pm

  • Amherst Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Danforth Street will CLOSE 12 noon – 4:00 pm

  • Amherst Alley from Danforth Street to Vassar Street will remain OPEN 12 noon – 4:00 pm

  • Memorial Drive intersections at Danforth, Endicott, and Fowler Streets will CLOSE 12 noon – 4:00

  • Memorial Drive access from Audrey & Amesbury Streets will be restricted to west‐bound only 12 noon – 4:00

  • Reid Overpass at the BU Bridge will CLOSE east‐bound 12 noon – 4:00 pm

  • Memorial Drive traffic rotary around the Reid Overpass at the BU Bridge will remain OPEN

  • Ames & Wadsworth Streets from Amherst Street to Memorial Drive will CLOSE 12 noon – 10:00 pm

  • Main Street off‐ramp to Memorial Drive will CLOSE 12 Noon – 10:00 pm

  • Main Street from Hayward to Ames Street will remain OPEN west‐bound only

Boston Street Closings

  • Back Street at Massachusetts Avenue will CLOSE 12 noon – 4:00 pm

  • Storrow Drive off‐ramp to Massachusetts Avenue will CLOSE 12 noon – 4:00 pm

Parking Restrictions

  • Parking will be restricted on Memorial Drive from Massachusetts Avenue to the Longfellow Bridge 6:00 am – 11:00 pm

  • Parking will be restricted on Massachusetts Avenue from Vassar Street to Memorial Drive 6:00 am – 11:00 pm

  • Parking will be restricted on Ames Street 6:00 am – 11:00 pm

MIT Shuttle Services

During the street and bridge closings, MIT shuttle services will circle the MIT campus with stops at parking and event locations. The shuttle route will access through closed roads, including west‐bound service on Memorial Drive and north‐bound service on Massachusetts Avenue.

*Please note: the shuttle routes will differ during the daytime an and the evening hours. Please refer to the maps below.

May 7, 2016 DAYTIME Campus shuttle route, 10 am–6 pm

May 7, 2016 EVENING Campus shuttle route, 6 pm–1 am

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Street closing map

Click to download the May 7 street closing map

Download a PDF copy of the street closing list

 

  • The Campus & Cambridge
    • An Evolving Frontier
    • Timeline
    • InfiniteMIT
    • Voices of Cambridge
    • Imagining New Technology: A celebration exhibition at the MIT Museum
    • The Great Stride: MIT Moves to Cambridge exhibit
    • Celebrating a century of employees in Cambridge
    • A Campus Built for Innovation exhibit
  • Events
    • Reception: Imagining New Technology at the MIT Museum
    • Symposia
    • Celebration Concert
    • Small Infinities, a play by Professor Alan Brody
    • MIT Day of Service
    • Open House
    • Moving Day at MIT
      • Crossing the Charles Parade and Competition
      • Mind and Hand: A Pageant!
      • Let's Dance!
      • Parking
      • Street Closings and Restrictions
      • Accessibility
      • Competition rules
      • Moving Day Photos
    • Toast to Tech
  • Together in Service
  • News
  • Video
  • About MIT 2016
    • Accessibility
    • Acknowledgments
    • Contact
    • Privacy Statement
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