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7 unusual facts about Big Dig


Anchor bolt

In Boston's Big Dig project, these procedures were not well carried out, which resulted in a large concrete slab crushing a motorist.

Dewey Square

The Big Dig in the late 1990s and early 2000s kept the one-way configurations north of the square, but now Atlantic Avenue continues as one-way (northbound) south of the square, and Surface Artery is one-way southbound.

Government Center, Boston

It is two blocks away from Interstate 93 (the 'Big Dig') which runs through the historic bloodline of the city.

Massachusetts Route 99

Route 99 begins at the intersection of New Rutherford Avenue and Chelsea Street, over the northbound tunnel of U.S. Route 1 created during the Big Dig.

Nicholas Nixon

In the late nineties, Nixon returned to this subject matter to document Boston’s changing urban landscape during the Big Dig highway development project.

North End Parks

It is also utilizing previously underutilized space as well as creating a beautiful segue into Boston as one enters via the Zakim Bridge and descends into the tunnel known as the “Big Dig”.

South Bay, Boston

Currently, the site is partly occupied by basketball courts, temporary highway ramps for the Central Artery, and the old Wang Building, the headquarters for the Big Dig.


West Virginia Turnpike

The former Memorial Tunnel was used for storage until the mid-1990s, when it became a testing center for tunnel-fire suppression for Boston's Big Dig project.


see also

Lucera Castle

Even access to these walls - with the bridge over the big dig - reminds the Swabian castles in the homeland of the Emperor, such as the castle of Wildenstein, which has a similar entry.

Toll Yagami

It consists of himself as drummer and vocalist, Jose Tino PePe and Mr. Big Dig as The Blue Sky, and Alex Tamagi and James Norwood as the Optical Surfers on bass, guitar, keyboards.

Whitefriars Shopping Centre

The "Big Dig" archaeological excavation was carried out on the site by the Canterbury Archaeological Trust in conjunction with Channel 4's Time Team from 2000–2003, unearthing mostly Roman and Mediaeval finds.