Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel project is the largest infrastructure undertaking ever attempted at a single US location. It involves reconstructing Interstate 93 (I-93) by depressing it into a tunnel and subsequently removing the original elevated highway (known as the ‘Central Artery’). The new I-93 will emerge from the tunnel near the south bank of the Charles River and rise to cross the river on a cable-stayed bridge. This structure, unique in the world, will be both longitudinally and transversely asymmetrical. The second phase of the project extends the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) through South Boston and under Boston Harbour to Logan International Airport. This paper reports on the current status of the project and its many interchanges.
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December 2002
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December 01 2002
Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel project and its interchanges
V. Chandra;
V. Chandra
Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade and Douglas, Inc
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H. Riad;
H. Riad
Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade and Douglas, Inc
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J. Hren
J. Hren
Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade and Douglas, Inc
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1751-7648
Print ISSN: 1464-4177
© 2002 Thomas Telford Ltd
2002
Structural Concrete (2002) 3 (4): 183–194.
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Chandra V, Ricci AL, Riad H, Hren J (2002), "Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel project and its interchanges". Structural Concrete, Vol. 3 No. 4 pp. 183–194, doi: https://doi.org/10.1680/stco.2002.3.4.183
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