Word: underpasses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Next to him sat Jackie. In front of them, on jump seats of the President's Lincoln, its bubbletop off, were Texas' Democratic Governor John Connally, 46, and his wife Nellie. As the President's car approached an underpass near the intersection of Elm, Main and Commerce Streets, Nellie Connally turned to Kennedy, said laughingly: "You can't say that Dallas isn't friendly to you today." The President started to reply...
Edward P. McSweeney, vice-president of the Metropolitan District Commission, confirmed that the Drive would "probably" be widened, but the man directly in charge of construction, chief park engineer Benjamin W. Fink, said he had only "a vague conception" of the underpass. The MDC, an autonomous agency that controls Memorial Drive and other parkways, owns the strip of land along the Charles and can seize property by eminent domain...
They said the Drive would have to be at least 100 feet wide at the Boylston St. underpass in order to accommodate the necessary turn-off ramps and median divider. Depending on the exact position of the underpass, a ramp will grase--or run directly through--the Weld Boat House...
Another casualty of the underpass would be the sycamore trees along the Drive. Perhaps as many as 70 of them, from Winthrop House to beyond the MTA Yards, will fall before the bulldosers...
...Gard Wiggins, administrative vice-president, declined comment last night on the proposed underpass on the grounds that the MDC had not yet contacted the University. He said the Commission had promised to consult with Harvard "as soon as possible...