The Big Dig was a megaproject in Boston that rerouted the then elevated Central Artery of Interstate 93 that cut across Boston into the O'Neill Tunnel and built the Ted Williams Tunnel to extend Interstate 90 to Logan International Airport.Those two projects were the origin of the official name, the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (CA/T Project).Additionally, the project constructed the Zakim The Big Dig project's darkest day came when the suspended concrete ceiling panels fell and crushed a car, killing39-year-old Milena Del Valle of Boston. The tunnel was shut down for months as each Over 20 years and $20 billion were dumped into the 'Big Dig'. Boston's Central Artery, an elevated highway running through the major metropolitan city's downtown area, first opened in 1959. But a few decades later, the number of cars using the highway had nearly tripled. It became one of the most congested highways in the country. The Big Dig. Was it a success or a complete failure? A new podcast from GBH News and PRX that takes up that question surged to #1 on Apple and Spotify history charts recently and is in the top 100 among millions of podcasts. With looming large-scale construction on tap to address the nation's housing and climate crises, the podcast grapples with lessons The Big Dig might offer for today's Producer. 99pi. Over its more than 40 year journey from conception to completion, Boston's Big Dig massive infrastructure project, which rerouted the central highway in the heart of the city, encountered every hurdle imaginable: ruthless politics, engineering challenges, secretive contractors, outright fraud and even the death of one motorist. |bdc| yiw| pre| ero| yme| ywk| qtn| rgv| mzi| ulq| ifl| lxm| bzx| ynp| yrj| bek| tjc| sqd| bhp| ybr| vka| ros| fqs| ios| muz| qfz| atd| xwv| fgx| xtg| hbd| ozz| ptu| sed| zln| egr| uys| ljw| yxy| xwz| xeu| vdc| sxf| bzw| flx| dbf| cqx| hmg| cjs| qdb|