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September 1, 2006

One Big Dig tunnel may open this weekend

The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority hopes to open a single lane in one connector tunnel linking Interstate 90 eastbound with Logan Airport as soon as this weekend.

The state has decided long-term fixes of Big Dig tunnels and ramps will take so long to complete that it will use shoring towers to allow at least some traffic to pass through some areas as the work continues.

The connector tunnel and several ramps have remained closed after four three-ton concrete ceiling panels in the connector tunnel fell and crushed a car on July 10, killing 39-year-old Milena Del Valle.

Under the plan, the reopened lane will go as far as Exit 25, where cars will use local streets and then get on the already-reopened Ramp A to access the Ted Williams Tunnel.

--- Associated Press

Posted by Peter Phipps  at 7:26 AM | Permalink

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