BOSTON ON SCHEDULE

This article describes the planning and execution of the 10-lane underground expressway - the Central Artery/Tunnel (CA/T) in Boston. A number of innovative construction techniques are being used in this project. The CA/T will have the first asymmetrical and widest cable-stayed bridge in the world, the largest and deepest circular cofferdam in North America, the first ever use of concrete immersed tubes in the U.S., the largest use of slurry wall construction in one location in North America, the most extensive geotechnical investigation and testing program in North America and the largest tunnel ventilation system in the world.

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• Corporate Authors:

  International Road Federation

  525 School Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20024
• Authors:
  • Minett, S
  • Fenwick, K
• Publication Date: 1998-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 41-45
• Serial:
  • World Highways/Routes du Monde
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Route One Publishing Limited
  • ISSN: 0964-4598
  • Serial URL: http://www.worldhighways.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cable stayed bridges; Cofferdams; Expressways; Tunneling; Tunnels; Underground structures; Ventilation systems
• Geographic Terms: Boston (Massachusetts)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00747728
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 17 1998 12:00AM