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‘Big Dig’ Producer Takes His Show On the Road With ‘Highway Teardown Tour’
This podcaster is traveling the country in search of stories about America's freeway-fighting movement. Is yours on the list?
March 9, 2026
MassDOT Begins Marketing Former Freeway Land In Fall River For Transit-Oriented Housing Development
Last week, MassDOT announced that it would begin marketing over 25 acres of empty riverfront real estate that it owns in Fall River after successfully completing a project to demolish an obsolete waterfront highway that had formerly occupied the land.
January 27, 2026
Eyes on the Street: The Fall of a Freeway in Fall River
The demolition of MassDOT's blighted Route 79 expressway opens up 19 acres of land for new housing next to Fall River's MBTA station.
November 26, 2025
Going Out With A Bang: Biden’s USDOT Pledges Funding to Infrastructure Projects Across Massachusetts
The largest grant award will fund the reconstruction of the McGrath Highway in Somerville as a narrower, grade-level boulevard.
January 13, 2025