Media Summary: In a series of engineering firsts, two interstate highways are being rebuilt beneath Boston, sending its traffic 120 feet underground! The most expensive highway project ever built in America began with a man who hated highways. An activist and an engineer, ... Reporter Arnie Reisman looks at the goals and hopes for

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In a series of engineering firsts, two interstate highways are being rebuilt beneath Boston, sending its traffic 120 feet underground! The most expensive highway project ever built in America began with a man who hated highways. An activist and an engineer, ... Reporter Arnie Reisman looks at the goals and hopes for MegaStructures (TV Program) , MegaStructures Full Episodes , MegaStructures 2016 , MegaStructures Dubai , MegaStructures ... It's amazing how quickly the Zakim Bridge has become a symbol of Boston. The irony is that this beloved icon was the most ... In the early 1970s a radical idea took shape to tear down Boston's elevated downtown highway and rebuild it underground.

In 1990 the new republican Governor, Bill Weld, put Jim Kerasiotes in charge of The elevated Central Artery has been replaced by seventeen acres of parks and open space, winding through the heart of the city.

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Boston's Big Dig | Extreme Engineering
The Big Dig began with activists who hated highways
Inside Boston's Big Dig: US Largest MisManagement Disaster
The Big Dig Breaking Ground, 1992 | From the GBH archives
National Geographic MegaStructures Boston Big Dig Documentary 2016
Boston's Big Dig tunnels were nearly complete when leaks, delays and a needless death occurred
Here's why Boston's beloved Zakim Bridge was the most controversial part of the Big Dig
The Big Dig On Track, 1995 | From the GBH archives
How two competing tunnel projects became Boston’s Big Dig
It took a feat of engineering and a power struggle to connect the Ted Williams tunnel to Boston
How Boston's Big Dig survived President Ronald Reagan's 1987 veto
Big Dig...20 years later
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Boston's Big Dig | Extreme Engineering

Boston's Big Dig | Extreme Engineering

In a series of engineering firsts, two interstate highways are being rebuilt beneath Boston, sending its traffic 120 feet underground!

The Big Dig began with activists who hated highways

The Big Dig began with activists who hated highways

The most expensive highway project ever built in America began with a man who hated highways. An activist and an engineer, ...

Inside Boston's Big Dig: US Largest MisManagement Disaster

Inside Boston's Big Dig: US Largest MisManagement Disaster

Inside Boston's

The Big Dig Breaking Ground, 1992 | From the GBH archives

The Big Dig Breaking Ground, 1992 | From the GBH archives

Reporter Arnie Reisman looks at the goals and hopes for

National Geographic MegaStructures Boston Big Dig Documentary 2016

National Geographic MegaStructures Boston Big Dig Documentary 2016

MegaStructures (TV Program) , MegaStructures Full Episodes , MegaStructures 2016 , MegaStructures Dubai , MegaStructures ...

Boston's Big Dig tunnels were nearly complete when leaks, delays and a needless death occurred

Boston's Big Dig tunnels were nearly complete when leaks, delays and a needless death occurred

All along, we knew

Here's why Boston's beloved Zakim Bridge was the most controversial part of the Big Dig

Here's why Boston's beloved Zakim Bridge was the most controversial part of the Big Dig

It's amazing how quickly the Zakim Bridge has become a symbol of Boston. The irony is that this beloved icon was the most ...

The Big Dig On Track, 1995 | From the GBH archives

The Big Dig On Track, 1995 | From the GBH archives

Reporter Arnie Reisman looks at

How two competing tunnel projects became Boston’s Big Dig

How two competing tunnel projects became Boston’s Big Dig

In the early 1970s a radical idea took shape to tear down Boston's elevated downtown highway and rebuild it underground.

It took a feat of engineering and a power struggle to connect the Ted Williams tunnel to Boston

It took a feat of engineering and a power struggle to connect the Ted Williams tunnel to Boston

In 1990 the new republican Governor, Bill Weld, put Jim Kerasiotes in charge of

How Boston's Big Dig survived President Ronald Reagan's 1987 veto

How Boston's Big Dig survived President Ronald Reagan's 1987 veto

The great

Big Dig...20 years later

Big Dig...20 years later

Big Dig...20 years later

The Big Dig transformed Boston, so why do the controversies define the project?

The Big Dig transformed Boston, so why do the controversies define the project?

The elevated Central Artery has been replaced by seventeen acres of parks and open space, winding through the heart of the city.