Forsaken-Garlic4818 t1_je0x25b wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:49 PM

you haven't experienced true pain until you've been stuck behind MULTIPLE Chelsea Street Bridge raisings

[deleted] OP t1_je0xl1p wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:52 PM

I hope it provides you some comfort to know that the Chelsea st bridge has a 2.7 rating on Google reviews

Forsaken-Garlic4818 t1_je0xokz wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:53 PM

That is overly generous.

[deleted] OP t1_je0yclg wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:57 PM

Well two people gave it a five star review and wrote “always traffic” and “stuck there for more than 20 minutes,” which leads me to believe they think a 5 star review means something else. So if they were rating accurately hey we maybe looking at the 1.8-2.1 range!

thejosharms t1_je0zrtt wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:06 PM

https://twitter.com/LoganToChelsea

Just in case you weren't aware of it. It doesn't always help if only the first bridge is going up (and there are some unannounced lifts) but I check before I head home every day so I know to avoid cutting through Chelsea.

Forsaken-Garlic4818 t1_je14v01 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:38 PM

It doesn't always update in time (it did us dirty last Friday) and honestly doesn't matter as I'm an SL3 commute. There is literally no way to avoid it.

thejosharms t1_je1f9yp wrote on March 28, 2023 at 6:42 PM

Oh yeah, nothing you can do about that.

We used to take our students to the UN, round trip to New York and back in one day on a bus. Drop kids off in Chelsea around 10:30, heading back to East Boston to my campus and the effing bridge went up.

Closest I've ever come to losing my mind and swearing in front of students

Nyaos t1_je1h2ek wrote on March 28, 2023 at 6:54 PM

I live south and work at the airport so I have to cross this piece of shit up to 4 times a day sometimes.