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Fatal Fall Leads Boston to Survey Highway System

by Tovia Smith, NPR
July 12, 2006

The head of the agency overseeing Boston's Big Dig highway project orders a review of the entire highway system after investigators looking into this week's fatal collapse of concrete ceiling slabs found 60 more questionable areas inside the same tunnel.

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  • All Things Considered, July 12, 2006
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