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|Section of [[Interstate 93]] that runs through downtown [[Boston]], Massachusetts. Bechtel and [[Parsons Brinckerhoff]] jointly supervised the planning and construction that re-routed and rebuilt the Central Artery from an elevated roadway to a series of tunnels.<ref name=McCarthy2011 /> Planning began in 1982 and construction lasted from 1991 to 2006, approximately ten years longer than initially planned.<ref name=Flint2015>{{cite news |title=10 years later, did the Big Dig deliver? |author=Anthony Flint |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2015/12/29/years-later-did-big-dig-deliver/tSb8PIMS4QJUETsMpA7SpI/story.html |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=December 29, 2015 |access-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref> Also known as  "[[Big Dig]]", the project included construction of the [[Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge]], the widest [[cable-stayed bridge]] in the world,<ref name=McCarthy2011>{{cite book |author=James P. McCarthy and Kate Driscoll Derickson |editor=Stanley D. Brunn |title=Engineering Earth: The Impacts of Megaengineering Projects |publisher=Springer |date=2011 |pages=697–712 |chapter=Chapter 40: Manufacturing Consent for Engineering Earth |isbn=978-9048199198 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mEyjMx7EV8IC&q=1919+road+california+bechtel&pg=PA785}}</ref> and an underwater tunnel that traverses the [[Boston Harbor]] and connects downtown Boston with [[Logan International Airport]].<ref name=McCarthy2011 /> The megaproject was considered the most complex and expensive highway project in United States history.<ref name=Flint2015 /><ref name=Aciteli2016>{{cite news |title=Boston's Big Dig Construction: a Look Back 10 Years Later |author=Tom Aciteli |url=http://boston.curbed.com/2016/1/5/10850028/boston-big-dig |work=[[Curbed]] |date=January 5, 2016 |access-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref>