BOSTON (AP) — Drivers got a little relief Wednesday from the traffic tie-ups they have faced since a deadly ceiling collapse in Boston's Big Dig highway system: One ramp that had been closed for repairs reopened.
The newly reopened ramp funnels drivers through the Ted Williams Tunnel toward Logan International Airport. It was closed after tons of concrete panels fell from the ceiling in a nearby connector tunnel July 10, crushing a motorist. The reopened ramp represents only about 10 percent of the total area of the Big Dig tunnels and ramps that have been shut down.