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The Ted Williams Tunnel is a highway tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts.The third in the city to travel under Boston Harbor, with the Sumner Tunnel and the Callahan Tunnel, it carries the final segment of Interstate 90 (the Massachusetts Turnpike) from South Boston towards its eastern terminus at Route 1A in East Boston, slightly beyond Logan International Airport.
The westbound side of the Ted Williams Tunnel that carries motorists to and from Boston's Logan International Airport will be closed overnight for road work, MassDOT announced.
The tunnel was opened in 1961. It was named for the son of Turnpike chairman William F. Callahan, who was killed in Italy days before the end of World War II. Formerly, control signals were used to reverse the direction of one lane in this tunnel or the Sumner Tunnel, when the opposite tunnel was closed for maintenance or emergencies. Under the ...
I-90 Toll / Mass Pike west to I-93 south – Williams Tunnel: Eastern end of I-90; southbound exit and northbound entrance: 50.305: 80.958: Route 145 north (Bennington Street) – Winthrop, Chelsea: Interchange, southern end of Route 145: Revere: 52.487: 84.470: Route 145: Interchange, northbound exit and southbound entrance: 52.852: 85.057
Drivers from East Boston wanting to reach Downtown Boston will be rerouted to I-90/Ted Williams Tunnel via Bennington Street and onto I-93. Find more detour routes and maps on Mass.gov. Rin ...
The Sumner Tunnel is a road tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It carries traffic under Boston Harbor in one direction, from Logan International Airport and Route 1A in East Boston . The tunnel originally deposited traffic at the west side of the North End , but with the completion of the Big Dig , it was modified to have two exits.
When all-electronic tolling went live on the Mass Pike, the Tobin Bridge, Callahan Tunnel, Sumner Tunnel, and Ted Williams Tunnel joined the system and were converted to charging a single toll in both directions, rather than a double toll in one direction. The Tobin Bridge was converted to all-electronic tolling for southbound only in July 2014.
East–west traffic on the Massachusetts Turnpike/I-90 now proceeds directly through the Ted Williams Tunnel to Logan Airport and Route 1A beyond. Traffic between Storrow Drive and the Callahan and Sumner Tunnels still uses a short portion of I-93, but additional lanes and direct connections are provided for this traffic.