Boston Zips Through The Big Dig...and Actually Likes It

After over a decade of work, the Big Dig is partly open for traffic and it is delighting drivers.

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April 18, 2003, 9:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

Dogged by cost overruns, coverups, scandal, political bickering, and a metropolis weary of the endless detours and construction, the Big Dig finally opened the first major section of the downtown tunnel. It turns out that Bostonians like the underground trip - a trip that zips drivers from downtown to Cambridge in half the time it used to take and provides an exciting underground ride that culminates in a trip across the new Zakim bridge, the widest asymmetrical cable stayed bridge in the world.

Thanks to Joel Dabu

FULL STORY: Boston Reaping Big Dig's Benefits

Thursday, April 17, 2003 in The Washington Post

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