Ted Williams Tunnel (Boston)

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highway tunnel road infrastructure underwater tunnel

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.

Aliases (1)

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Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	highway tunnel → road infrastructure → underwater tunnel →
carries	Interstate 90 → Massachusetts Turnpike →
city	Boston →
connects	East Boston → Logan International Airport → South Boston →
constructionMethod	immersed tube →
country	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 → 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 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 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ted Williams →	fieldNamedAfter
Big Dig ("Ted Williams Tunnel") →	includesStructure