Retrograde <
fungus@amongus.com> writes:
On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 19:48:36 -0500
JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
Before and After Boston's 'Big Dig', when the city moved their highway
underground. 1980's vs. today.
PIC
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FunllU8XgAAkn7X.jpg
Quite amazing!
I lived in boston prior to the Big Dig, though I'm struggling to
remember how it worked in those days. I didn't drive or commute so
would've been infrequently on that section of notiously difficult road.
Sane here. I drove over that skyway numerous times -- car and
motorcycle -- leaving the city north- or southward. But I also
walked under it.
The big change was the elimination of the wide, dank, dark cavern with
poor or obstructed footing and dangerous traffic that pedestrians had
to traverse to get from downtown to the waterfront. Open parkland in
its place is just spectacular. Haven't been in Boston since 1995 so
I've never seen it.
I do know in the engineering world it's one of the textbook examples of planning price differing from actual constructed cost.
Probably worth it though. Cool pics.
Yeah.
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Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
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