Another Key Cog in Bahston's BIG DIG Highway Project Opens Up

[sds70]

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Another key piece in Beantown's BIG DIG highway/tunnel project opened up . . . The I-90/Mass Turnpike Extension from its current terminus at I-93 in South Bahston out towards Logan Airport will finally open up to traffic this weekend . . . Man, perhaps we should have a party like they had when the final section of I-485 opens up in 7 years :D :D . . .



I-90/Mass Pike Extension to Logan Airport Opens (http://www.boston.com/news/daily/17/011703_big_dig.htm)



BIG DIG Website (http://www.bigdig.com)

[jazzbluescat]

Aren't they(still?)building some sort of underground freeway that includes going under the Prudential Center? I ask because I'm curious as to whether this has been completed; and, I read somewhere a while back that the cost overrun was probably the highest of any other highway project in history.

[I have fond memories of Boston from my youth.]

[Agent Smith]

Originally posted by jazzredcat
Aren't they(still?)building some sort of underground freeway that includes going under the Prudential Center?

[I have fond memories of Boston from my youth.]

Yes, the project is nicknamed the Big Dig. I know some people who work there and they are not surprised at all about the ridiculous cost to build it. If you haven't been to Boston in a while, the exits and on-ramps have almost all been moved.

Where did you live in Boston?

[jazzbluescat]

Where did you live in Boston?

Back bay; Newbury, Hemingway, and another street just across Huntington Ave that I can't remember.
Climbed the Prudential before it was completed. :D
Survived a whole summer from the coins in the fountains at the Center. :rolleyes:
Attended many "be-ins/love-ins." :reb:

Although I didn't drive while in Boston I'll never forget the one-way streets, two-way stop signs and "the fastest to the center of the intersection has the right-of-way" rule. :D ; supposedly the craziest city to drive in in the US.

[wossa]

Originally posted by jazzredcat



Although I didn't drive while in Boston I'll never forget the one-way streets, two-way stop signs and "the fastest to the center of the intersection has the right-of-way" rule. :D ; supposedly the craziest city to drive in in the US.

my taxi ride from Logan to my hotel back in 1988 was the scariest damn ride ever. It was like an amusement park ride. cars triple parked, dodging them, right turns from the left turn lane and yes the fastest to the intersection seem to be the law of the jungle.

Cab driver never said a word the whole time either. He wasn't cursing - it was just a typical fare from the airport I guess.

[sds70]

Bump :) . . . Hey LadyJane, why don't you give us a revue of this new section of the BIG DIG that opened up this weekend :D :D ? ? ? I mean, you do live in the neighborhood, right ;) ? ?