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Recently, a section of ceiling from the Connector Tunnel between the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) and the Ted Williams Tunnel collapsed, crushing a car and killing a motorist. The collapse appears to have been caused by poor engineering and use of shoddy materials. As a result, the Turnpike Authority Commissioner has been forced to resign. Extensive reconstruction on the connecting roads from the Ted Williams Tunnel to both I-90 and I-93 will be required for many months (perhaps years) to come, though the roadway is once again open. Since the accident, the Ted Williams Tunnel and the connecting tunnels to I-90 and I-93 have re-opened to traffic. Locals, whose faith in the Big Dig engineers and inspectors is somewhat less than unquestioning, say they hold their breath and cross their fingers every time they go through the "repaired" tunnel. Update: As of 28 April 2007, all lanes of the I-90 Connector are open. If you're arriving at Logan Airport and don't want to take the affected tunnels, consider taking the water shuttle or the Blue Line to get downtown. Also, while the Silver Line goes through the Ted Willimas Tunnel, it does not go through either connector tunnel. Website: http://www.boston.com/
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After over 20 years of planning and 11 years of construction, the Central Artery/Third Harbour Tunnel Project, or Big Dig, is finally coming to an end. Federal, state, and local tax dollars contributed to the $15 billion project, the aim of which was multifold: the extension of the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90) via a harbour tunnel (the Ted Williams), to the airport, the expansion of the vehicular capacity of the Central Artery (Interstate 93), and the latter highway's submergence underground. Since opening in the 1950s, the elevated Central Artery has been an urban scar dividing Boston and blighting some of its most desirable central areas. The long awaited finale, the old artery's demolition, is fast approaching, though wrangling over control of the land it will free up on the surface, and what that land will eventually contain, has not yet finished. Most likely, the artery's former footprint will be reconstituted as a chain of parkland weaving through the city centre, a bare minimum of such lands being surrendered to developers. Nevertheless, perhaps not even the most impressive result can bring relief to the beleaguered Bostonian, who has been trapped by 11 years of delays, detours, and distractions while the Big Dig ensued. Simply stated, there is little of central Boston the project did not touch, few areas that did not suffer the sight of its ubiquitous blue barriers. Perhaps the North End, most of all, has suffered: cut off from the rest of the city for over 50 years, it was even more cruelly and harshly severed when the project transformed the "scar" through the city into a vast hard-hat construction zone. Businesses and residents were forced to endure the noise and stunted pedestrian flow resulting from the activity. Now, however, as the city is being stitched carefully back together, the North End faces the question of whether this urban reunification will bring with it renewed interest in the neighbourhood from savvy realtors and developers. Leave a Comment
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| | | | Big Dig: The Big Dig!!!!!!!!!! | | | | | |
Boston is known for it's terrible traffic. The Big Dig project has just been completed, but I still think the traffic sucks, even for someone who grew up there, it is difficult to find your way around. There is constant construction, and for some reason, the highway commision doesn't see the need for road signs. When I went back home in December, the new roads had been opened. No signs directing me where to go, and when I asked at a toll booth, I received questionable directions at best. My hometown is just 12 miles from the city, yet it frequently takes me 45 minutes to get there. Leave a Comment
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