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This Massachusetts commute ranks as the most stressful, poll finds
A new poll ranked the state’s top three most frustrating drives. Do you agree?
Massachusetts drivers appear to agree on one thing: Some commutes are more maddening than others.
A new poll from personal injury law firm Munley Law, polled more than 3,000 workers across the U.S who drive to work. They were asked to identify the roads in their state that “consistently raise their blood pressure” and leave them “angriest behind the wheel due to congestion, bottlenecks, aggressive driving, or unpredictable delays.” The firm says the survey used a nationally representative panel and was balanced across demographic and workforce factors to reflect the U.S. working population
In Massachusetts, the Zakim Bridge/I-93 North in Boston took the top spot, followed by the Southeast Expressway, and I-95/Route 128 in Waltham. The Zakim Bridge/I-93 North also ranked No. 7 nationally on the list of commutes drivers dread most.
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Boston was one of a handful of metro areas to show up repeatedly across the rankings, alongside cities like New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Philadelphia. The report also identified I-95 as a major stress point throughout New England, with drivers in Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Maine also naming stretches of the interstate as anger-inducing. According to the study, this pattern points to a larger New England issue: Many roads were built for an earlier era, and dense city layouts leave little space to widen highways or ease bottlenecks.
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