Ted Williams Tunnel (Boston)

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The Ted Williams Tunnel in Boston is a major underwater highway tunnel beneath Boston Harbor that forms part of the city's Central Artery/Tunnel Project, commonly known as the Big Dig.

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Ted Williams Tunnel 5
Ted Williams Tunnel (Boston) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf highway tunnel
road infrastructure
underwater tunnel
carries Interstate 90
Massachusetts Turnpike
city Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston
connects East Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: East Boston

Logan International Airport
South Boston
constructionMethod immersed tube
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crosses Boston Harbor
designedToRelieve surface traffic congestion in downtown Boston
hasNumberOfRoadwayLanes 4
hasNumberOfTubes 2
hasSafetySystems emergency egress routes
fire suppression system
ventilation system
hasSignificance key component of the Big Dig megaproject
hasStructureType subaqueous road tunnel
laneConfiguration 2 lanes in each direction
length approximately 1.6 miles
approximately 2.6 kilometers
locatedIn Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston

Massachusetts
United States of America
surface form: United States
maintainedBy Massachusetts Department of Transportation
namedAfter Ted Williams
namedForOccupationOfNamesake baseball player
namesakeTeam Boston Red Sox
opened 1995
openedToCommercialTraffic 1995
openedToGeneralTraffic 1997
owner Massachusetts Department of Transportation
partOf Big Dig
Central Artery/Tunnel Project
partOfNetwork Boston beltway system
surface form: Boston highway system
partOfRoute east–west highway corridor through Boston
passesUnder Boston Harbor shipping channels
serves Logan International Airport access
regional commuter traffic
state Massachusetts
tollCollectionMethod electronic toll collection
tollStatus tolled facility
tollSystem E-ZPass
trafficDirection bidirectional

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ted Williams fieldNamedAfter Ted Williams Tunnel (Boston)
Big Dig includesStructure Ted Williams Tunnel (Boston)
this entity surface form: Ted Williams Tunnel
East Boston, Massachusetts connectedBy Ted Williams Tunnel (Boston)
this entity surface form: Ted Williams Tunnel
Central Artery/Tunnel Project includesStructure Ted Williams Tunnel (Boston)
this entity surface form: Ted Williams Tunnel
Interstate 90 (Massachusetts) hasStructure Ted Williams Tunnel (Boston)
this entity surface form: Ted Williams Tunnel
CA/T includes Ted Williams Tunnel (Boston)
this entity surface form: Ted Williams Tunnel