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Word: distressway (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1987-1987
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...Republican Congressman Robert Walker, the $88 billion highway bill is filled with "page after page of pork-barrel projects." But to drivers stuck on Boston's "distressway," inching along Illinois 121 toward Peoria, or stewing in traffic in hundreds of other communities, funds for new roads, bridges and tunnels cannot come soon enough. Some of the most urgent -- and the most questionable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boon - Or Boondoggle? | 4/13/1987 | See Source »

...south expressway and the two tunnels that connect downtown to Logan International Airport are congested eight hours a day. Massive infusions of money into the mass-transit system, boat shuttles and airport helicopter services have failed to reduce traffic. Solution: widen and lower to ground level the now elevated distressway and build a third harbor tunnel. Price: $3.1 billion. Federal share: $2.5 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boon - Or Boondoggle? | 4/13/1987 | See Source »

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