The Big Dig began with activists who hated highways

The most expensive highway project ever built in America began with a man who hated highways. An activist and an engineer, Fred Salvucci helped stop a highway from being built through Boston. Then he came up with another idea: tear down an elevated highway through the city and replace it with a tunnel.
The project became known as the Big Dig. It was one of the most notoriously troubled infrastructure projects in American History; yet it delivered on its promise to transform the city of Boston.
This is the first in a nine-part podcast series about the history and politics of Boston's Big Dig. It was created as an audio experience; this presentation includes archival images.

Episode 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQCF9HCPEqk&t=166s
Episode 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JozE24SyPm4&t=3s
Episode 4: https://youtu.be/PqHo87HMU0U
Episode 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKaNh5svLts

You can find more about The Big Dig podcast at https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-big-dig

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