CIVE 3800-01: Engineering Boston

The complete National Transportation Safety Board report on the deadly failure of an epoxy and anchor bolt concrete panel hanging system in the Central Artery Tunnel.

Reports on the construction project from the US Dept. of Transportation.

A brief film on the tunnel's construction (9 mins).

A review of the literature up to 1968 on caisson disease and its prevention through the use of decompression chambers.

Provides information on the tunnel and its changeover from surface trolley cars to third-rail rapid transit trains.

Provides a detailed and highly illustrated manual of tunnel construction features, with information on tunnel inspection and maintenance.

This report examines the leak problems in the Ted Williams Tunnel that were caused by defects in the slurry wall panel. Illustrated with drawings and photos.

The complete National Transportation Safety Board report on the deadly failure of an epoxy and anchor bolt concrete panel hanging system in the Central Artery Tunnel.

Describes the installation of large-scale jacked tunnel boxes beneath railroad tracks serving South Station.

A traffic flow diagram for the Sumner, Callahan, and Williams Tunnels in East Boston.

Route 1A highway schematic showing the routes to and from the Callahan, Sumner, and Ted Williams Tunnels.

This book describes the tunneling method used in the construction of the East Boston Tunnel (1904) and the Sumner Tunnel (1934).

Photographs of of the tunnel during various phases of construction.

A webpage on the construction of the Ted Williams Tunnel under Boston Harbor.

Photographs showing the shield tunneling method used in the tunnel's construction.