At Congress Street they veer for South Boston and pass through the historic foundations of Russia Wharf. Leaving South Station, the buses move under Atlantic Avenue but just barely above the Red Line subway tunnel built in 1916. Continuing under Boylston/Essex Street the vehicles dive under the six-lane, Dewey Square highway tunnel, now I-93, built in 1959. En route, the Silver Line vehicles pass below the Washington Street Orange Line tunnel built in 1908. Passing beneath the Green Line, the subterranean buses turn right and head for South Station. The new Silver Line tunnel, mined under the old one, connects to Boston Common and the Green Line at Boylston Street. The buses pass over the Massachusetts Turnpike and disappear under Tremont Street as they dive below one of America's first subway tunnels opened on Octoand abandoned on April 6, 1962.
Kibitzing with four satellites in outer space, the Silver Line vehicles change traffic lights to green, in their favor, at the major intersections along Washington Street and explain arrival times to anxious passengers at kiosks along their trip to Chinatown. When the Silver Line's $1,500,000,000 of construction is complete, it will travel most of its route between Roxbury and Logan Airport underground. It's a tunnel seeking, satellite driven, traffic light changing, kiosk talking, two section 60 foot long vehicles powered by natural gas, electricity, and a diesel generator. The Silver Line is a bus but not just any bus. Web: AN ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT TO THE BOSTON GLOBEīoston is a city but not just any city. Why: To Provide Seaport District and Logan Airport with rapid transit, improve transit service on Washington Street When: Ground Broken 2000, completion 2010 Where: Dudley Square Roxbury to Logan Aiport, East Boston What: Building Boston's first new rapid transit line in almost 100 years Who: United States Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration & Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority
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