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Towards the end of the Big Dig in 2003, it was estimated that the demolition of the Central Artery highway would cause a $732 million increase in property value in Boston's financial district, with the replacement parks providing an additional $252 million in value. [49]
Big Dig, Boston, Massachusetts: 2000–2022 $1.4 billion [3] 2022 I-5 - SR 16 Tacoma/Pierce County HOV Program, Tacoma, Washington (Interstate 5 in Washington) 2002–2013 $6.5 billion [4] $8.5 billion San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge East Span Replacement, San Francisco/Oakland, California: 1988–2002 $5.0 billion [5]
The bridge opened for traffic on October 7, 1999, [3] at a cost of $22.27 million (equivalent to $38.3 million in 2023 [4]). [5] Also known as the Storrow Drive Connector, it is the largest steel box girder bridge in the United States. It was the winner of a July 2001 National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA) "prize bridge" award. [6]
The Big Dig's 1991 environmental approval certificate committed the state to cover the ramps. [42] Nonprofit organizations were designated to develop buildings on the three sites, and the Massachusetts Legislature authorized $31 million to help pay the costs of building on top of the ramps. [57]
The Leonard P. Zakim (/ ˈ z eɪ k ə m /) Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge (also known as "The Zakim") is a cable-stayed bridge completed in 2003 across the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts. It is a replacement for the Charlestown High Bridge , an older truss bridge constructed in the 1950s.
Traffic crawls over a closed Fort Point Channel Tunnel entrance in Boston during rush hour on July 11, 2006, a day after the collapse.. The Big Dig ceiling collapse occurred on July 10, 2006, when a concrete ceiling panel and debris weighing 26 short tons (52,000 lb; 24,000 kg) and measuring 20 by 40 feet (6.1 by 12.2 m) fell in Boston's Fort Point Channel Tunnel (which connects to the Ted ...
The Big Dig was offically completed in December 2007 at a cost of $8.08 billion. Before entering state government, Kerasiotes was publisher of NewsWest, a suburban newspaper in eastern Massachusetts, and later a director of Tab Communications, a chain of weekly newspapers west of Boston. [3] He also was involved in the creation of the monster ...
"Big Dig" Central Artery/Tunnel Project: Tunnel (road) United States: Boston: 22 [57] 30.6 1991 2007 14.6 billion USD; additional $7 billion in interest Colorado T-REX Project (TRansportation EXpansion) Highway & Light rail upgrade United States: Denver: 1.7 [58] 2.5 2001 2006 Shanghai Maglev Train: High-speed rail, Maglev China: Shanghai: 1.4 ...