Kendall Square at MIT

Update #128

Kendall Square Construction Update March 5 - March 19

Street and Sidewalk Impacts

Pedestrians and cyclists please beware of construction vehicles coming and going.

Wadsworth Street – Roadway Conditions into March

Access to Wadsworth Street from Main Street is closed to all traffic. (W1) The Sloan and Eastgate lot entrance is closed at Wadsworth Street.
Walkways will be maintained and located as required around construction work zones.
Bicycles must be walked on the shared covered walkway.
Gate 3 near the Muckley Building will be used.

Main Street

Main Street will be closed for tower crane removal by a neighboring project 325 Main Street at 2 am on Saturday, March 6 through 4 am Monday, March 8.
The Main Street entrance to Hayward Street (Gate 1) is open to vehicles entering the underground loading dock at the grad tower at Site 4 (E37) and Site 5, 314 Main Street.
Pedestrian access to E37 continues from Main Street to Hayward Street.
Gate 2 near Wadsworth Street will continue to be used.
MBTA riders need to use the station access facing Main Street. The back head house access and escalator are closed until Fall 2021 for construction of the interim headhouse in Phase 1 of the renovation and modernization of the headhouse leading to the Kendall Square inbound MBTA station. (M1)
Crews eventually will be working on the sidewalk in front of 238 Main Street, shifting pedestrian access across the street.

Hayward Street

Only construction vehicles are allowed to enter Hayward Street from Amherst Street.
A pedestrian walkway opened alongside the new plaza between Amherst and Main Streets.

Amherst Street

The medical lot is open to MIT medical patients with pedestrian access along Amherst Street and to Carleton Street near the HP spaces.
Gate 4 at Hayward Street continues to be a major entrance and exit for construction trucks and equipment.
The catering ramp to the E40 Muckley loading dock remains closed. All cart deliveries to E40 will enter E51 and take the pedestrian bridge to the 3^rd floor of E40.

Carleton Street

Trucks and construction equipment will access the MBTA headhouse site. Soil hauling continues.
The walkway and entrance at E25 is closed into March for installation of final landscaping. The temporary walkway along Charlotte’s Way is closed, an emergency door from E25 and a route out of the site are available.
The new walkways to Dock and Main Streets and the MBTA Red Line station are open. Directional signage is in place.

General Construction Update

Hayward Garage:

The project has been completed and the certificate of occupancy has been acquired.

Site 1: 165 Main Street

Dismantling of the tower crane will take place, with glass deliveries continuing at the hoist off Broad Canal.
Installation of curtainwall is ongoing through Level 15.
Concrete pours have been completed on all floors.
Unit framing and MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) activities will begin on Level 4.

Site 3:

Exterior work continues with facade infill work at the hoist area on Wadsworth and at the atrium soffit.
Concrete placements continue with trucks entering at Gates 1, 2, or 3.
Low roofing work could produce odors.
Occasional noisy work is underway inside 238 Main Street with interior demolition, steel installation and window replacement.

Site 4:

All material deliveries to the underground loading dock will continue to come in from Main Street and exit at Amherst Street.

Site 5: 314 Main Street

Open Space