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completion in December, 1993. The project 

 seeks to: 



1. Reduce accidents. 



2. Improve regional traffic flow. 



3. Improve local traffic flow. 



4 . Improve access between 

 Charlestown and the 

 expressways . 



A number of the major expressways serving 

 the region converge in Charlestown. Route 

 1 to the north provides a direct route to 

 the Massachusetts North Shore, New 

 Hampshire and Maine. The 1-93 expressway 

 serves areas north of Boston and the 

 central city. Storrow Drive and Memorial 

 Drive are nearby. This concentration of 

 major regional transportation routes has 

 led to congestion and unsafe driving 

 conditions. The CANA intersection has the 

 highest accident rate in the state's 

 highway system. 



The construction program will include 

 straightening the S-curve at the foot of 

 the Tobin Bridge, construction of two 

 tunnels under City Square and two new 

 loop ramps to connect to 1-93, removing 

 existing elevated expressway ramps over 

 City Square and improving vehicular and 

 pedestrian circulation in City Square and 

 adjacent city streets. There will also be 

 a realignment of the Charlestown Bridge 



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