Reply #39: Well, since you asked. Getting to and from Logan used to be a [View All]

[DS1]

really big pain in the balls. Now, thanks to the Big Dig, it's a hell of a lot easier, but a shitload more frustrating. Here's why.

The tunnel from the airport is two lanes, both same direction, and at one point it splits, the left side going to the Mass Pike, the right, to 93 N/S. I think, I could be wrong on this, but it's not the point.

Now, the majority of traffic is going towards the right lane option, and since it's a tunnel, there isn't room for screwing it up. So, a lot of people headed for the 93 exit (right) will jump in the 90 *Mass Pike* (left) lane and ride it out until the last possible moment. What they don't understand is that they, being Massholes, are surrounded by OTHER Massholes, who won't let them in the right lane - at the last moment. Like, a few feet away from where the walls split "last moment". So anyone trying to get to the Mass Pike *90* has to sit there, behind these assholes who expect someone to let them in the right lane, while looking at nothing but clear tunnel. For a good 30 minutes at times.

End Big Dig rant.

Before this, you had to basically hack your way through the jungle that is Boston city roads to get to the airport, where it was MUCH easier to simply get on a major highway and follow it down to Rhode Island and using the Airport's ( T.F. Green ) own dedicated exit. In other words, while the distance to get to RI is a hell of a lot longer, it used to be that driving to another state was faster than going to Logan.

That being said, I'd still recommend Providence, it's a nice little airport, better arranged than Logan.