Video shows concrete falling inside Boston tunnel, damaging vehicles

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A camera has captured a section of concrete falling from the ceiling onto the roadway in the Prudential Tunnel in Massachusetts, USA. The tunnel was in the grip of freezing temperatures, and experts say the concrete slab fell off due to extreme freeze-thaw cycles. The concrete froze and then delaminated when temperatures rose again.

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Concrete debris falls onto highway in Prudential Tunnel in Boston, damaging some cars - The Boston Globe

Officials said that “non-structural concrete at an expansion joint” below Huntington Avenue became dislodged and fell into a travel lane on the interstate.

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Concrete falls on highway in Boston tunnel

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation launched emergency inspections Friday afternoon inside the Prudential Tunnel in Boston after concrete came crashing down on unsuspecting motorists.

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Concrete crashes down in Boston’s Prudential tunnel [+See video]

MassDOT says it will carefully examine tunnels in Boston and across the state after it launched emergency inspections inside the Pru Tunnel when concrete came crashing down on unsuspecting motorists. Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver says a four-inch piece of concrete that he estimated to be 4 to 5 feet long fell from the tunnel’s ceiling, damaging several vehicles on the westbound side of the Mass Pike in Boston’s Prudential Tunnel. No in…

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Video shows concrete falling inside Boston tunnel, damaging vehicles

Several vehicles were damaged Friday when concrete debris fell from the ceiling of a Boston tunnel, resulting in damage and considerable traffic backups.

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Video shows concrete fall on Mass. Pike in Prudential Tunnel, backing up highway

Concrete fell on the Massachusetts Turnpike, narrowly missing several vehicles in Boston’s Prudential Tunnel on Friday afternoon but causing damage and traffic delays. The incident occurred in the westbound lanes on the Massachusetts Turnpike, state police said, damaging multiple vehicles. Video shows the concrete fall just in front of a pickup truck and a car, which run over the debris. No injuries were reported, state police and the Massachuse…