Fort Point Channel Tunnel

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The '''Fort Point Channel Tunnel''' is a tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It carries the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90) underneath the Fort Point Channel and South Boston streets.

==History== {{expand section|date=March 2025}} The tunnel was built during 1991–1994 as part of the Big Dig.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Boston.com Staff|title=The Massachusetts Turnpike extension|url=https://graphics.boston.com/traffic/bigdig/construction.htm|website=boston.com|publisher=The New York Times|access-date=April 18, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tunnels & Bridges|url=http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/highway/TheBigDig/TunnelsBridges.aspx|publisher=massDOT|accessdate=April 18, 2016|archive-date=June 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622030807/http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/highway/TheBigDig/TunnelsBridges.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was built using a casting basin.

In July 2006, a ceiling tile and associated debris weighing {{convert|26|shtn|lb kg}} collapsed, causing the death of a passenger in a vehicle in the tunnel and severe injury to the driver.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why Did It Fail? |url=http://www.foundationperformance.org/pastpresentations/FowlerPresSlides-10Nov10.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419011826/http://www.foundationperformance.org/pastpresentations/FowlerPresSlides-10Nov10.pdf |archive-date=April 19, 2014 |access-date=April 16, 2014}}</ref> This incident and the resulting inspections and repairs delayed the Big Dig construction project by a year. {{main|Big Dig ceiling collapse}}

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Category:Fort Point, Boston Category:Tunnels in Boston Category:Tunnels completed in 1994 Category:1994 establishments in Massachusetts