tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11031470.post816358830103613063..comments2023-12-09T03:40:55.044-05:00Comments on Allston Brighton Community Blog: Crossing Storrow Drive and Soldiers Field RoadHarry Mattisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538583371784475876noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11031470.post-71282255141782593772008-07-28T19:26:00.000-04:002008-07-28T19:26:00.000-04:00The bridge at Telford St. was built back in the la...The bridge at Telford St. was built back in the late 60's , early 70's. There were tons of kids and parents that used to cross that bridge all the time. Bikes, carriages, rolling grocery carts, everyone used it and you had to stay to one side to let all the kids on bikes get by. Those were the times when everyone walked and nobody even thought of taking a car to the river. Lots of folks didn't have one car,let alone two to transport kids a couple of streets to the baby pool. I believe the reason the bridge was put there was it dumped you directly into the park area. It basically forced you to cross there. If my mother or my friends parents ever thought we would cross at WBZ, we would still be hearing about it today. The problem isn't so much that we desperatly need a crosswalk and light crossing at WBS area, but that ereyone is too lazy too walk further down the street and expend some energy to walk over a bridge instead of just crossing the street. Oh, two other things. that bridge was the first hadicapped accessible thing in the area that I know of and the bridge was put there because a boy scout got killed trying to cross Soldiers Field Road way back when.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11031470.post-8565916530523994502008-07-24T14:16:00.000-04:002008-07-24T14:16:00.000-04:00Adding some at-grade crossings would really be a b...Adding some at-grade crossings would really be a big help, and would be a pretty inexpensive solution instead of building more overpasses. There are already traffic lights west of the Elliott Bridge, so it's already less of a "limited-access" type road than it is further east. Some crosswalks at Everett St would certainly be nice.<BR/><BR/>I would say that over the long term Soldiers Field road should become more a of a boulevard and less of a highway anyway, but that's of course pie in the sky given the state of things at the moment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com