The Prudential Tunnel is a tunnel through which Interstate 90 (the

Massachusetts Turnpike The Massachusetts Turnpike (colloquially "Mass Pike" or "the Pike") is a toll highway in the US state of Massachusetts that is maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). The turnpike begins at the New York state li ...

) runs underneath the

Prudential Tower The Prudential Tower, also known as the Prudential Building or, colloquially, The Pru,subscription required'The Pru' everyone calls it: a resigned shrug of a name, as flat and uninflected as the wan moue its pronunciation requires." is an Inter ...

complex in

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. It was created in 1965 as part of the first extension of the Turnpike into Boston. The tunnel has been criticized for its poor lighting in comparison to the newer

O'Neill Tunnel The Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr. Tunnel (colloquially O'Neill Tunnel) is a highway tunnel built as part of the Big Dig in Boston, Massachusetts. It carries the Central Artery underneath downtown Boston, and is numbered as Interstate 93 (I-93), U ...

Fort Point Tunnel The Fort Point Channel Tunnel is a tunnel underneath the South Boston Streets and Fort Point Channel. It was built using a casting basin. It was built 1991–1994 in the Big Dig The Central Artery/Tunnel Project (CA/T Project), commonly kno ...

, and

Ted Williams Tunnel The Ted Williams Tunnel is a highway tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts. The third in the city to travel under Boston Harbor, with the Sumner Tunnel and the Callahan Tunnel, it carries the final segment of Interstate 90 (the Massachusetts Turnpike) ...

. In 2014, a hole was punched in the wall of the tunnel following an accident involving a large truck. The tunnel has since been repaired and is fully operational again. One exit is contained within the tunnel, the Copley Interchange on the Massachusetts Turnpike.

External links

Mass Roads information on the Western Expressway
Road tunnels in Massachusetts Tunnels completed in 1965 Tunnels in Boston Interstate 90 {{Massachusetts-bridge-struct-stub