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Big Dig

The Big Dig was a megaproject in Boston that rerouted the elevated Central Artery of Interstate 93 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). The megaproject constructed the…

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Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Constructed
1991–2007
Opened
2003; 23 years ago (2003)
Other names
The Big Dig CA/T Project
Route
I-90 / I-93 / US 1 / Route 3
Traffic
Automotive

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Origin

Early planning

Obstacles

Construction phase

Final phases

Coordinated projects

Impact on traffic

Impact on property values

Operations Control Center (OCC)

Problems

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Big Dig

Nodes195
Edges194
Triples145
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010256
Components1

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Big Dig

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related to Construction phase · 25
Big Dig → Because, Bechtel Corporation, Charles River, Design, Jay Cashman, Major, Many, Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, Metropolitan Highway System, Modern Continental, Obayashi Corporation, Of, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Perini Corporation, Peter Kiewit Sons' Incorporated, Salvucci, Scheme, Skanska USA, Slattery, The
has impact · 22
Big Dig → As, Boston's, Callahan, Central Artery, East, I-93, Logan Airport, Massachusetts Turnpike, Massachusetts Turnpike/I-90, Route, Seaport, Seaport District, Storrow Drive, Sumner, Sumner Tunnels, Ted Williams Tunnel, The, The Big Dig, Towards, Traffic
related to Mass transit · 20
Big Dig → Arborway, As, Blue, Construction, December, Fort Point Channel, Green Line, Jamaica Plain, Lechmere, Logan Airport, MBTA Green Line, Medford/Tufts, Phase II Silver Line, Red, Silver Line, South Station, Ted Williams Tunnel, The, The Arborway Line, The Red
related to Cancellation of the Inner Belt project · 19
Big Dig → Another, Boston, Brighton, Brookline, Cambridge, DPW's Master Plan, Earlier, I-95, Inner Belt, Interstate, Mass, Massachusetts Department, Massachusetts Turnpike, Public Works, Roxbury, Somerville, The, The Central Artery, The Inner Belt District
related to Mixing of traffic · 12
Big Dig → Before, Boston, Boston Harbor, Boston's Logan Airport, Callahan, Central Artery, East Boston, Getting, Massachusetts Turnpike, Storrow Drive, Sumner, Traffic
related to External links · 11
Big Dig → America's Most Expensive Road, April, December, GBH News, July, MIT Rotch Library, Official, The Big Dig, The Story, Wayback Machine, YouTubeBoston CA/T Project History
related to Further reading · 10
Big Dig → Ann-Eliza, Archived, Boston's Big Dig, Highway, Lewsi, March, Massachusetts Historical Commission, Past, PDF, The Archaeology
related to Early planning · 9
Big Dig → Boston Transportation Planning Review, Business, Central Artery, In, Logan Airport, President Ronald Reagan, The, US Congress, When Congress
related to "Ginsu guardrails" · 5
Big Dig → After, Ginsu, MassDOT, Public, This
see also · 4
Big Dig → Boston BypassAlaskan Way Viaduct, Seattle, Vincent Zarrilli, Washington International

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project tunnel boston traffic highway dig construction big i-93 artery central design massachusetts north bridge public south would elevated leaks

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Big DigConstructed1991–20071.00infobox
Big DigCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Big DigLocationBoston, Massachusetts, United States1.00infobox
Big DigOpened2003; 23 years ago (2003)1.00infobox
Big DigOther namesThe Big Dig CA/T Project1.00infobox
Big DigRouteI-90 / I-93 / US 1 / Route 31.00infobox
Big DigTrafficAutomotive1.00infobox
Big DigWork began19821.00infobox
Big Dighas impactThe Big Dig0.60section
Big Dighas impactMassachusetts Turnpike0.60section
Big Dighas impactSumner0.60section
Big Dighas impactCallahan0.60section

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