Boston Logan International Airport Directions
The MBTA's Silver Line SL1 BRT service connects South Station, a major MBTA Commuter Rail, Amtrak, Red Line subway and
bus transportation hub in the downtown Boston financial district, with all Logan terminals. There is also an Airport stop
on the MBTA's Blue Line subway service. The Blue Line stop is not in the airport terminal itself; free shuttles bring
passengers from the train station to the terminal buildings. Massport's Logan Express bus service also serves the areas
of Braintree, Framingham, Peabody, and the Anderson Regional Transportation Center in Woburn.
Livery pickup is also very common at the airport. Livery drivers are not allowed to leave their vehicles at the designated
pickup areas and pickup locations vary depending on the terminal. For Terminal A, the pickup location is on the arrival
level, outside baggage claim, in a small parking lot across across the road. For Terminal B (both north and south sides),
pickup is at the curbside on the departure level. At Terminal C, pickup is also on the departure level at the second and
third islands. At Terminal E, pickup is on the arival level in a small parking lot across the road.
The MBTA operates a water shuttle connecting Logan with downtown Boston, Quincy, and Hull. A free shuttle ferries
passengers from the dock to the terminal.
By road, the airport is at the eastern terminus of the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90), which provides easy access
from the west via the Ted Williams Tunnel. From the south, travellers on Interstate 93 can connect to the Masspike east,
through the Ted Williams Tunnel and take exit 26 to reach the airport. From the north, I-93 traffic to the airport uses
the Callahan Tunnel, Route 1A North. From the North Shore, access is via Route 1A South. Additionally, road traffic from
most of downtown Boston, Back Bay and Fenway/Boston University should use the Callahan Tunnel. The westbound twin tunnel
to the Callahan Tunnel is known as the Sumner Tunnel. Both eastbound tunnels are free, but westbound travel through
one of the tunnels is $3.
On July 10, 2006, a connector tunnel leading from the Massachusetts Turnpike to the Ted Williams Tunnel was closed due
to a ceiling collapse that killed a woman. This complicated airport access from the south and west. This connector tunnel
was part of the Big Dig project which extended the Massachusetts Turnpike to the airport via the Ted Williams Tunnel.
Access from I-90 Eastbound was restored in August 2006, and access to I-90 Westbound was restored on December 23, 2006.
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