The Big Dig : reshaping an American city / Peter Vanderwarker.

Main entry:

Vanderwarker, Peter.

Title & Author:

The Big Dig : reshaping an American city / Peter Vanderwarker.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

56 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Something big is happening in Boston -- Under the harbor : the Ted Williams tunnel -- Over a subway and under a railroad -- Under the city : building the new central artery --Out of a tunnel and over the river : the Charles River crossing -- Conclusion : maintaining and updating.

Summary:

In The Big Dig, we are taken behind the scenes of the Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project to discover how traffic in Boston got to be so bad in the first place, and how poor planning led to an elevated highway that divided the city and made traffic worse.

ISBN:

0316605980 (hardcover)
9780316605984 (hardcover)

Subject:

Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project (Mass.)
Highway engineering Massachusetts Boston.
Technique routière Massachusetts Boston.
Highway engineering
Tunnels Boston (Mass.)
Boston (Mass.)
Massachusetts Boston

Form/genre:

Literature
Littérature.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 255139
Call No.: BIB 185214
Status: Available

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