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    Wandering around downtown Boston in the shadow of the former Central Artery. Also, a quick visit to North Station.
 
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Cool ducks  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : Some ducks loiter along a chunk of ice floating in the Mystic River.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Ducks on ice  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : More ducks, more ice, same Mystic River.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Support  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : A support from the former Central Artery, near Faneuil Hall.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Looking north  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : From the path between Haymarket and the North End, looking to the north at the remains of the elevated Central Artery.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Fenced in  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : Looking to the south from the path between Haymarket and the North End. A tunnel bends off to the left towards Logan Airport.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Got email?  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : Demolishing the Information Superhighway.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Crane  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : A crane works below surface level. The large building to the left is the large garage above Haymarket Station and Congress Street.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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North End  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : Looking off into the North End. The Big Dig is behind us.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Tunnels  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : Some of the tunnels aren't finished yet, and are open to the surface.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Structure  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : The demolition process seems to have generally begun with removing the surface of the highway. Here the steel structure remains, but sun comes through the top rather than hitting pavement.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Highway  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : What remains of the Central Artery is being demolished sporadically. This block-long section of one side of the highway has no surface.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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End of the road  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : The elevated highway ends abruptly at Haymarket Square. Looking to the north, down North Washington Street.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Not quite yet  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : These on-ramps to the depressed Artery aren't quite open yet.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Sun  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : Sun can be seen between girders on the remains of the elevated structure.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Closed ramps  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : This is still visibly a construction zone. I'm not clear why there's traffic lights on an on-ramp.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Last off-ramp  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : The last off-ramp from the elevated Central Artery, to Haymarket Square. This ramp was actually built in coordination with the T, which is still using it as a temporary incline for the Green Line to get to North Station.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Green Line  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : An MBTA Kinki-Sharyo LRV descends the incline.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Causeway St.  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : The elevated structure still stands over Causeway Street; the elevated Green Line can be seen behind it. Until 1975, the Orange Line also ran here, coming up a ramp parallel to the Green Line but turning right and ducking under the elevated highway.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Crossing the Charles  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : Both the old bridge over the Charles and the new Leonard Zakim bridge can be seen here.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Underneath  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : Looking up at the elevated highway heading towards downtown.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Unused highway  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : On the left, another block of elevated highway; above us, the ramp to Haymarket; to the right, the Green Line.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Storrow exit  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : The curved green ramp used to be the entrance to 93 South from Leverett Circle and Storrow Drive. On the left, the Fleet Center and North Station.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Muster Station  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : ...for evacuation in emergencies?
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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"Demo"  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : Girders are marked for demolition.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Curve ahead  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : The Storrow on-ramp.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Bridges of Suffolk County  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : The old bridge over the Charles remains as just a frame. The southbound lanes ran on the bottom of the bridge; the northbound lanes ran on a middle level that has been removed.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Below the bridge  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : The support on the right used to be for a connection from 93 to US 1 and the Tobin Bridge, but has been unused since traffic was rerouted under Charlestown. The elevated structure continues away to the left.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Harbor shuttle  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : The MBTA runs shuttles across Boston Harbor. Here, two boats wait at Lovejoy Wharf near North Station.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Ground level  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : 93 emerges from the ground to climb up on to the Zakim bridge. Bits of the old elevated still remain, including some large chunks of metal lying on the ground.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Old and new  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : Some of the structure from the old elevated 93 remains adjacent to the new 93 as it emerges from the ground.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Empty bridge  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : The old bridge over the Charles remains, but with only its superstructure.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Side of the bridge  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : The Zakim bridge has an extra two lanes on the northbound side. These lanes aren't connected to entrances from downtown yet, though.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Wharves  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : In between the Charlestown Bridge and Lovejoy Wharf, a waterfront building is built on top of decaying piers.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Commuter Rail  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : MBTA GP40MC 1137 waits to depart North Station.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Commuter Rail  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : MBTA GP40MC 1137 waits to depart North Station.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Train, Bridge  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : The Central Artery runs adjacent to North Station. As the train waits to leave, the Zakim Bridge can be seen in the background.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Bridge, Train  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : The Central Artery runs adjacent to North Station. As the train waits to leave, the Zakim Bridge can be seen in the background.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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ACSES Box  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : All of the MBTA's locomotives, apparently, are equipped with decoders to read Amtrak's cab signalling system used on the Southwest Corridor (MBTA Attleboro/Providence, Franklin, and Stoughton lines).
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Looking back  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : North Station is immediately beneath the Fleet Center. The commuter rail waits to leave, with the rearmost cars hiding beneath the building and the Leverett Circle Connector ramp.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Ready to go  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : There are four tracks of drawbridge immediately north of North Station. The signal on the leftmost track indicates the the train is clear to cross the bridge.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Leaving  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : The commuter rail heads north across the Charles River.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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"Exit Left"  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : A sign on the abandoned Storrow Drive exit ramp from 93 directs demolition vehicle drivers to exit left for North Station.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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28 North  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : You can go either left or right for 28 North, apparently. (The sign on the left, for Storrow Drive, should be 28 South.)
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Parking  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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Charles waterfront  Sm    Med    Lg    Full  
Description : Part of the Big Dig project is building new parkland along the Charles River. Here work is going on near North Station. 93 and the Zakim Bridge are to the right; the Museum of Science is to the left.
Date : 28 Mar 2004
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