The Lieutenant William F. Callahan Jr. Tunnel is a road tunnel under Boston Harbor between the North End and East Boston. It carries northbound Massachusetts Route 1A, forming a one-way pair with the
The downtown Boston entrance to the tunnel
The Big Dig was a megaproject in Boston that rerouted the elevated Central Artery of Interstate 93 into the O'Neill Tunnel and built the Ted Williams Tunnel to extend Interstate 90 to Logan Internatio
Callahan Tunnel
…to complement the Sumner Tunnel, it carried all northbound traffic under the harbor until the Ted Williams Tunnel opened in the 1990s as part of the Big Dig. The tunnel was opened in 1961 to complement the Sumner Tunnel. The under-construction tunnel had been named in February 1960 after William F. Callahan…
Traffic on the old, elevated Central Artery at midday, 2003
The Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge over the Charles River under construction, looking north. The old elevated Central Artery crossing is to the right.
The Leonard P. Zakim Bridge
Temporary supports hold up the elevated Central Artery during construction.