Massachusetts Route 128
Expressway in MassachusettsWikipedia
7
MENTIONS
5
EPISODES
5
PODCASTS
Search complete. 7 mentions across 5 episodes found for "Massachusetts Route 128".
Sep 16, 2026
Prawn and Order
J
27:51John HodgmanHOST
But you'll have to forgive me because I'm a person of New England.
J
27:56John HodgmanHOST
I'm in love with Massachusetts Route 128 when it's dark outside.
J
27:59John HodgmanHOST
I love Roadrunners, but I do not know about the animal Roadrunner.
J
28:03John HodgmanHOST
I know about the song Roadrunner by Jonathan Richman.
Popeye, Bozo + a Sunken Whale: Failed 'Disneyland of the Northeast' Theme Park Nightmare
J
12:01Joey NolfiHOST
And the site currently you can visit it.
J
12:04Joey NolfiHOST
It sits off of Route 128 in Wakefield on the road is actually called Pleasure Island Road still.
D
12:09DemiHOST
Aw.
J
12:10Joey NolfiHOST
Uh, there are office buildings, apartment buildings, and like I said, because this is Massachusetts, there is a Dunkin' Donuts very nearby.
PunK
J
171:14Jonathan RichmanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Okay, let's go to room 128.
J
171:35Jonathan RichmanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Oh yeah Can't you feel it out in Needham now? Out in Route 128 by the power lines It's so exciting there at night With the pine trees in the dark It's so cold here in the dark With 50,000 watts of power We go by faster miles an hour With the radio on.
J
172:07Jonathan RichmanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Road roller, road roller.
J
172:09Jonathan RichmanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Radio on.
Midday Report: Monday, August 31, 2026
N
3:52Nicole DavisHOST
In Boston right now at 1105, it is partly cloudy and 71 degrees.
N
3:57Nicole DavisHOST
Work continues along Route 128 to put in new systems that officials hope will prevent those potentially deadly wrong-way crashes.
N
4:04Nicole DavisHOST
Here's WBZ's
J
4:04James RojasCORRESPONDENT
James Rojas.
J
4:05James RojasCORRESPONDENT
Amid a recent spike in wrong-way crashes and OUIs, the Commonwealth is investing in detection and prevention measures.
J
4:12James RojasCORRESPONDENT
That includes new pavement markings on Route 128 ramps.
J
4:16James RojasCORRESPONDENT
Now, it's not a big concern for Taylor from Danvers, but something he supports.
J
4:20James RojasCORRESPONDENT
If it's going to help, I'm all for it.
21: Innovation in Cities - Burhan Azeem - Cambridge Vice Mayor and Massachusetts Senate Candidate
S
40:41speaker_11UNKNOWN
J.C. Capital.
S
40:41speaker_11UNKNOWN
I actually want to harken back to the days of the 70s and 80s where Route 128 became the most valuable type of technology and that essentially for the last 20, 30 years, essentially all major corporations have been concentrated in the city.
S
41:02speaker_11UNKNOWN
If there's a move some sort of incentive for these companies to expand out to these further areas, then it becomes an anti-density solution.
S
41:15speaker_11UNKNOWN
Have you thought about that as a broader picture of this?
B
41:22Burhan AzeemGUEST
Yeah.
B
41:23Burhan AzeemGUEST
Can you restate the question as you were? Yeah.
B
41:25Burhan AzeemGUEST
So I think the question was like Route 128 was once the home of many headquarters of companies.
B
41:30Burhan AzeemGUEST
We talk about housing in Cambridge.