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BOSTON BIG DIG (2) GBH News: How two competing tunnel projects became Boston’s Big Dig Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQCF9HCPEqk Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess | |||||||||
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How two competing tunnel projects became Boston’s Big Dig
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Sep 27, 2023
The Big Dig: The story of America's most expensive road
In the early 1970s a radical idea took shape to tear down Boston’s elevated downtown highway and rebuild it underground. At the same time there was a push to create another tunnel to Logan Airport. Here's how those two tunnel projects became one -- and made history as a notoriously troubled infrastructure project.
This is the second in a nine-part podcast series about the history and politics of Boston's Big Dig. It was created as an audio experience. This episode includes archival highway images.
Episode 1: #25735
• The Big Dig began with activists who ...
Episode 2: #25736
• How two competing tunnel projects became Boston’s Big Dig
Episode 3: #25737
• How Boston's Big Dig survived Preside...
Episode 4: #25738
• Here's why Boston's beloved Zakim Bri...
Episode 5: #25739
• It took a feat of engineering and a p...
Episode 6: #25740
• Here's how billions of dollars in cos...
You can find more about The Big Dig podcast at https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-big...
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