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In the early 1970s a radical idea took shape to tear down Boston’s elevated downtown highway and rebuild it underground. At the same time there was a push to create another tunnel to Logan Airport. Here's how those two tunnel projects became one -- and made history as a notoriously troubled infrastructure project.
This is the second in a nine-part podcast series about the history and politics of Boston's Big Dig. It was created as an audio experience. This episode includes archival highway images.
Episode 1: • The Big Dig began with...
Episode 3: • How Boston's Big Dig s...
Episode 4: • Here's why Boston's be...
Episode 5: • It took a feat of engi...
Episode 6: • Here's how billions of...
Episode 7: • How a power struggle o...
Episode 8: • Boston's Big Dig tunne...
Episode 9: • The Big Dig transforme...
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