By adamg - Tue, 03/14/2017 - 4:01pm

WBZ reports the driver had to be hospitalized after the one-car crash on the northbound side of the Zakim.

Earlier, a tractor-trailer briefly slid out of control on the Zakim: Read more.

By adamg - Thu, 02/09/2017 - 6:20pm

Around 3 p.m. on the northbound side. State Police report the bridge is now open again.

Weird electronic sign on the Zakim Bridge
By adamg - Wed, 09/07/2016 - 9:10am

MassDOT is up to its Boston English-lovin' ways again, this time to urge college roommates to learn fire escape routes from their dorm rooms, as Sharon McAuliffe shows us this morning.

Earlier:
Use yah blinkah.

Sign on I-93 changed to reflect actual distance to Mass Ave and Zakim Bridge
By adamg - Mon, 07/25/2016 - 11:28am

Last Thursday, David Innis tweeted to MassDOT that something was amiss on this sign on I-93 south at the Somerville/Medford line - and not just that no times were showing up - because the Zakim and Mass. Ave. are nowhere near each other. By this morning, as you can see from the lower photo, the state had fixed the distance. Now if they can only get the time thing working (MassDOT says they're working on that).

Storm moving in over Boston
By adamg - Sat, 07/23/2016 - 6:49pm

It looked like a killer death storm was about to swallow up Boston late this afternoon. That John Gage was able to post this photo strongly suggests it didn't.

It did, however, get pretty intense in places such as Chelsea and Melrose: Read more.

Guy riding a bicycle across the Zakim Bridge
By adamg - Fri, 07/15/2016 - 5:17pm

"This can't be legal, right?" Katie Arsenault asks about the unusual sight she saw on the Zakim this afternoon.

Zakim Bridge lit up in purple to honor Prince
By adamg - Thu, 04/21/2016 - 9:11pm

617 Images shows us the Zakim lit up like it's 1999.

By adamg - Wed, 03/23/2016 - 10:18pm

617 Images captured the bridge showing the colors of the Belgian flag tonight.

The Zakim Bridge from North Point Park in Cambridge
By adamg - Thu, 01/28/2016 - 11:53pm

Nick Cosky took a walk tonight on the bridge that connects North Point Park in Cambridge with Paul Revere Park in Charlestown.

JB Parrett, meanwhile, also visited North Point Park this evening, and watched the sunset over the Museum of Science: Read more.

Smashed car on the Zakim Bridge
By adamg - Mon, 01/25/2016 - 9:27am

Tim shows us one of the cars in a two-car crash on Leverett connector northbound around 8:30 a.m.

Plane over Zakim Bridge in Boston
By adamg - Mon, 11/02/2015 - 6:27am

Nick Cosky was taking a long-exposure photo of the Zakim from North Point Park in Cambridge when a plane flew by last night.

Old railroad bridge over the Charles River
By adamg - Tue, 07/14/2015 - 11:45am

The Zakim gets all the attention, but the old commuter-rail bridge next to it has its own charms, including a spiral staircase to the top. Molly Hester admired its form from North Point Park in Cambridge yesterday.

Under the Zakim Bridge in Charlestown
By adamg - Fri, 06/26/2015 - 12:22pm

You can get some weird perspectives when you stand under the Zakim Bridge and its connecting ramps and look up.

Earlier:
Under the new deck.

Zakim Bridge as seen from Lovejoy Wharf
By adamg - Sat, 04/25/2015 - 6:15am

On Thursday, Greg MacKay took what he thinks might be the first night photograph of the Zakim Bridge from the newly re-opened Lovejoy Wharf.

Copyright Greg MacKay. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Beacon light
By adamg - Wed, 03/04/2015 - 3:59pm

A homeless man who figured out how to enter one of the Zakim Bridge's towers climbed to the top and stole a 60-lb. airplane warning light last month - the second one he's stolen - State Police charge.

By adamg - Sun, 01/25/2015 - 2:33pm

Karolian reports this was heading onto the Zakim, adds:

Wish I had sound, made an impressive thump followed by impressive screams from the future Mrs.

Zakim Bridge under an arch
By adamg - Mon, 12/08/2014 - 12:07pm

JB Parrett photographed the Zakim Bridge the other night.

Car on fire on I-93 exit ramp
By adamg - Mon, 12/01/2014 - 7:31am

Firefighters from Boston and Somerville rushed to I-93 north around 7:15 a.m. when a car burst into flames on the Exit 26 ramp just past the Zakim. By the time they got there, however, the car was fully involved. And traffic was a mess.

Hot pink under the Zakim Bridge
By adamg - Fri, 11/07/2014 - 10:26am

David Parsons shows us one of the light sculptures under the Zakim Bridge, on the Charlestown side.

Also see: Under the new deck.

Copyright David Parsons. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Sunrise over the Zakim Bridge in Boston
By adamg - Wed, 10/29/2014 - 8:15am

JB Parrett caught the sunrise over the Zakim and the Garden this morning.