Route 18

If you live or work in the South End of New Bedford, you may run into even more traffic headaches beginning next week.

Massachusetts State Police continue to investigate a serious accident involving a car and a pedestrian in New Bedford Tuesday morning.

State Police confirm an accident involving a vehicle and a pedestrian in New Bedford Tuesday morning.

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has announced that beginning on Monday, October 23, crews and contractors will be carrying out paving and pavement marking installation on Route 18 within the corridor between the Hillman Street overpass and Coggeshall Street...

NEW BEDFORD - A box truck ended up in a ditch where construction is ongoing in the near North End of New Bedford Wednesday morning. Massachusetts State Police say the accident took place around 5:30 a.m., with reports of a box truck owned by Sid Wainer and Son coming to rest in the ditch at Route 18 and Coggeshall Street and not being able to drive out...

NEW BEDFORD - Two women have been arrested after setting off a fire alarm and fleeing from a rehabilitation facility in New Bedford. New Bedford Police responded to the Women's Addiction Treatment Center at 108 North Front Street at 1:27 p...

With nicer, drier weather having been the norm as of late, a number of construction and roadwork projects are underway across New Bedford. Work has begun on Coggeshall Street, Union Street and on the southern segment of Route 18, among other locations...

Dana Lee Pires, 41, of 1959 Purchase St., Apt. 317, New Bedford was arrested Monday after leading police on a brief motor vehicle and foot chase while attempting to flee a traffic stop, striking two vehicles and causing minor injuries. Pires was charged with failure to stop for police, reckless operation of a motor vehicle, two counts of failure to stop/yield, marked lanes violation, leaving the s

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Division District 5 announced that it will be temporarily closing Route 18 in New Bedford overnight on April 18, 2017, at 9:00 p.m., between Coggeshall Street and Union Street, including Exit 15 on I-195, to allow for painting of the Wamsutta Railroad Bridge and roadway median work...

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has announced that the off-ramp from I-195 Eastbound to Route 18 Southbound in New Bedford will be closed overnight beginning at 8:00 pm on Thursday, February 23, and reopening at 4:30 am on Friday, February 24...