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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.
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 ...
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.
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 Big Dig megaproject in the 1990s and 2000s, which realigned several highways in Downtown Boston, included a new tunnel for I-93 to replace the Central Artery and an extension of I-90 via the Ted Williams Tunnel. [4]
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
From that 2.5-inch hole on the outside edge of the tunnel, water was able to get into the south tube via the ventilation ducts, the spokesperson said, and leak onto cars passing through.
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.