The most expensive highway project ever built in America began with a man who hated highways. An activist and an engineer, Fred Salvucci helped stop a highway from being built through Boston. Then he came up with another idea: tear down an elevated highway through the city and replace it with a tunnel. The project became known as the Big Dig. It was one of the most notoriously troubled infrastructure projects in American history; yet it delivered on its promise to transform the city of Boston. This is the first in a nine-part podcast series about the history and politics of Boston's Big Dig. It was created as an audio experience; this presentation includes archival images. Episode 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQCF9HCPEqk Episode 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JozE24SyPm4 Episode 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqHo87HMU0U Episode 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKaNh5svLts Episode 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxYPxhFUv4c Episode 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLnJwVda0_w Episode 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wB05hLtGMk Episode 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp3eB4yrSwk You can find more about The Big Dig podcast at https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-big-dig GBH News is a premier source for in-depth local news and original story telling based in Boston, Massachusetts. Subscribe to the GBH YouTube channel: null. Follow GBH News on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gbhnews/ Like GBH News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gbhnews/ Follow GBH News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GBHNews We can’t do it without you. Support our award-winning community journalism by donating today: https://bit.ly/SupportGBHNews