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You mean like the 'Big Dig'? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Dig https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Dig https://www.mass.gov/info-details/the-big-dig-facts-a

You mean like the 'Big Dig'? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Dig https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Dig https://www.mass.gov/info-details/the-big-dig-facts-and-figures https://www.mass.gov/info-details/the-big-dig-facts-and-figu...

jhpankow 8y ago
Or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_High-Speed_Rail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_High-Speed_Rail
- schnevets 8y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pontchartrain_Causeway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pontchartrain_Causeway is still the longest continuous bridge
dsfyu404ed 8y ago
Locals like to call it the "big handout." It was a boondoggle project that just showcased the fact that anyone whos connected can get a slice of the government spending pie. They should have just upgraded the central artery. There's a reason Boston is the goto example worldwide for why you don't put your highways underground.
- Spooky23 8y ago
  Why? It seems to work pretty well compared to before. Boston in general is a traffic nightmare, so I’m not sure how to measure success/failure.
  - dsfyu404ed 8y ago
    >Why? It cost a ton more than any other way of delivering a similiar result. Operating costs are higher than a raised highway because it's underground. The only pro is that a bunch of rich progressives who don't actually live in Boston get to pat themselves on the back about how the old eyesore of a raised highway that "divides the city" (or some mumbo jumbo like that) is gone. That's not enough to be worth the price. It was a boondoggle. They should have just rebuilt the raised highway.
jgroszko 8y ago
Also the Chicago Deep Tunnel system is pretty massive "Phase 1, the creation of 109.4 miles (176.1 km) of drainage tunnels ranging from 9 to 33 feet (2.7 to 10.1 m) in diameter, up to 350 feet (110 m) underground, was adopted in 1972, commenced in 1975, and completed and operational by 2006." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_and_Reservoir_Plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_and_Reservoir_Plan

jhpankow 8y ago

Or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_High-Speed_Rail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_High-Speed_Rail

schnevets 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pontchartrain_Causeway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pontchartrain_Causeway is still the longest continuous bridge

dsfyu404ed 8y ago

Locals like to call it the "big handout." It was a boondoggle project that just showcased the fact that anyone whos connected can get a slice of the government spending pie. They should have just upgraded the central artery. There's a reason Boston is the goto example worldwide for why you don't put your highways underground.

Spooky23 8y ago
Why? It seems to work pretty well compared to before. Boston in general is a traffic nightmare, so I’m not sure how to measure success/failure.
- dsfyu404ed 8y ago
  >Why? It cost a ton more than any other way of delivering a similiar result. Operating costs are higher than a raised highway because it's underground. The only pro is that a bunch of rich progressives who don't actually live in Boston get to pat themselves on the back about how the old eyesore of a raised highway that "divides the city" (or some mumbo jumbo like that) is gone. That's not enough to be worth the price. It was a boondoggle. They should have just rebuilt the raised highway.

jgroszko 8y ago

Also the Chicago Deep Tunnel system is pretty massive "Phase 1, the creation of 109.4 miles (176.1 km) of drainage tunnels ranging from 9 to 33 feet (2.7 to 10.1 m) in diameter, up to 350 feet (110 m) underground, was adopted in 1972, commenced in 1975, and completed and operational by 2006." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_and_Reservoir_Plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_and_Reservoir_Plan