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1. A transit dreamer follows his inner mole

Author

Purdy, Matthew

Subjects
Transportation -- Innovations, Tunnels -- Design and construction, New York, New York -- Transportation policy
Published
2003

2. Minnesota: airport-to-mall tunnel

Author

Stanton, Elizabeth

Subjects
Underground construction -- Minnesota, Tunnels -- Design and construction, Minnesota -- Buildings and facilities
Published
2001

3. Holding Back Floodwaters With a Balloon

Author

Fountain, Henry

Subjects
United States. Department of Homeland Security -- Powers and duties, Floods -- Management -- United States, Tunnels -- Design and construction, Emergency management -- Methods, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- With a few dull thuds, the one-ton bag of high-strength fabric tumbled from the wall of the mock subway tunnel and onto the floor. Then it began [...]

Published
2012

4. Drive, They Said: Washington: Highway 99

Author

Yardley, William

Subjects
Viaducts -- History, Tunnels -- Design and construction, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The Alaskan Way Viaduct is a politically incorrect piece of pavement. Its concrete stacks cut through one of the more gorgeous cities on the continent, separating the Seattle skyline from [...]

Published
2012

5. Seattle, after decade of debate, approves tunnel

Author

Yardley, William

Subjects
Seattle, Washington -- Buildings and facilities, Tunnels -- Design and construction, Tunneling -- Political aspects -- Finance, Company financing, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

SEATTLE -- For all its gentle reserve, this city has generated more than a few bold notions, from commercial jets to $5 coffee. Its Next Big Thing is similarly unconventional: [...]

Published
2011

6. At site of new tunnel, new archbishop gives blessing

Author

Sulzberger, A.G.

Subjects
Company public relations, Tunnels -- Design and construction, Archbishops -- Public relations -- Religious aspects, Construction workers -- Religious aspects -- Public relations
Abstract

They call it the man cage. A steel mesh box painted a tired yellow, it delivers about a dozen men at a time into the bowels of Manhattan to tunnel […]

Published
2009

7. F. Y. I

Author

Pollak, Michael

Subjects
Government regulation, Company business management, Identification cards -- Usage -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Design and construction, Traffic safety -- Management -- Thermal properties -- Usage -- Laws, regulations and rules, Tunnels -- Design and construction, Sewer systems -- Design and construction -- Thermal properties -- Usage, New York -- Social policy
Abstract

Long and Winding Tunnel Q.Why is the Queens-Midtown Tunnel so winding at the Manhattan end? To slow speeders? A. That wasn't an original purpose -- it just worked out that […]

Published
2009

8. Collapse of Big Dig Ceiling Is Tied to the Wrong Glue

Author

Wald, Matthew L.

Subjects
Company legal issue, United States. National Transportation Safety Board -- Investigations, Ceilings -- Destruction -- Usage -- Investigations, Tunnels -- Design and construction
Abstract

The ceiling collapsed in one of Boston's Big Dig tunnels a year ago, killing one woman, because builders used the wrong epoxy to hold the anchor bolts in place, the […]

Published
2007

9. Big Dig Designers Cut Back on Ceiling Bolts

Subjects
Gannett Fleming Inc. (Camp Hill, Pennsylvania) -- Services -- Safety and security measures, Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff -- Records and correspondence -- Services -- Safety and security measures, Tunnels -- Design and construction, Tunneling -- Safety and security measures -- Usage -- Services, Nuts and bolts -- Usage -- Services, Engineering firms -- Services -- Records and correspondence -- Usage
Abstract

Project managers for the Big Dig persuaded the designer of a tunnel ceiling to reduce the number of bolts supporting each ceiling hanger, The Boston Globe reported Sunday. The newspaper […]

Published
2006

10. Tunneling Under West Street to Link Downtown Passages

Author

Dunlap, David W.

Subjects
Tunnels -- Design and construction, Pedestrian areas -- Design and construction
Abstract

Work will begin in a day or two on a critical underground passage that will form part of an expansive pedestrian network in Lower Manhattan, stretching from the financial district […]

Published
2006

11. Head of Big Dig Is Asked to Quit Over Leaks

Author

Zezima, Katie

Subjects
Company business management, Massachusetts. Turnpike Authority -- Management -- Officials and employees -- Transportation policy, Tunnels -- Design and construction
Abstract

Gov. Mitt Romney on Friday asked the head of the Big Dig to resign in light of reports that a state engineer knew in 2001 about leaks caused by poor […]

Published
2004

12. A tunnel too far or is it?

Author

Purdy, Matthew

Subjects
Tunnels -- Design and construction, Tarrytown, New York -- Buildings and facilities
Published
2001

13. Study backs freight-train tunnel in New York Harbor

Author

Lueck, Thomas J.

Subjects
Tunnels -- Design and construction, Railroads -- Trains, New York Harbor -- Transportation
Abstract

A proposed rail-freight tunnel under New York Harbor that Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has adopted as a favored project would cost up to $2.3 billion but would pay for itself […]

Published
2000

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