The Race to Replace a Cracked Dam
Infrastructure 09 Aug 2023
Over 151 years later, America's economy still relies on this crumbling tunnel
The Northeast Corridor is the busiest passenger railway in the US. Connecting Washington D.C. and Boston, it’s critical to keeping a huge slice of America’s economy moving. And yet the line is dotted with tunnels and bridges that are more than a century old, and some are deteriorating fast. Our latest documentary sees Fred Mills take a rail trip along the NEC to discover how teams are at last replacing some of its most outdated infrastructure following a major funding boost. Join Fred as he journeys from Baltimore to New York to find out what makes these upgrades so urgent, why they’re finally now able to happen and how construction teams are under pressure to deliver them before it gets too late.
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