Boston's Big Dig Takes Form

Boston's Big Dig is the largest and most complex highway project ever attempted in U.S. History. It's finally starting to take shape.

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June 29, 2001, 10:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"Last week, without the media attention that some of the earlier tunnel placements received, the sixth and last section was lowered on an outgoing tide. On Friday, Mike Bertoulin, the Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff engineer who has spent 10 years overseeing one of the most technically challenging portions of the Central Artery/Ted Williams Tunnel project, got his first look at the inside of the tunnels since they were submerged."

Thanks to Tom Collins

FULL STORY: Amid rail and water, a tunnel takes form

Monday, June 25, 2001 in The Boston Globe

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