The big dig : reshaping an American city

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Title:

The big dig : reshaping an American city

Author:

Vanderwarker, Peter.

Personal Author:

Vanderwarker, Peter.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, [2001]

Physical Description:

56 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Summary:

In The Big Dig, we are taken behind the scenes of the Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project to discover how traffic in Boston got to be so bad in the first place, and how poor planning led to an elevated highway that divided the city and made traffic worse.

Language:

English

Corporate Subject:

Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project (Mass.) -- Juvenile literature.

Subject Term:

Roads -- Design and construction -- Juvenile literature.

City traffic -- Juvenile literature.

Tunnels -- Juvenile literature.

Urban transportation -- Juvenile literature.

Buildings -- Massachusetts -- Boston.

Geographic Term:

Boston (Mass.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Juvenile literature.