Big Dig

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Big Dig

Summary

Big Dig is a tunnel[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of tunnel entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (885 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Big Dig is located in Boston[3].
  • Big Dig is in the country of United States[4].
  • Big Dig's image is recorded as BigDigSupportsCentralArtery.agr.jpg[5].
  • Big Dig's instance of is recorded as tunnel[6].
  • Big Dig's instance of is recorded as transport megaproject[7].
  • Big Dig's instance of is recorded as controlled-access highway[8].
  • Big Dig's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 125606924[9].
  • Big Dig's locator map image is recorded as Boston-big-dig.png[10].
  • Big Dig's locator map image is recorded as Boston-big-dig-area.png[11].
  • Big Dig's locator map image is recorded as Boston Highway System Pre Post Big Dig.gif[12].
  • Big Dig's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88680384[13].
  • Big Dig's Commons category is recorded as Big Dig[14].
  • Big Dig's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 10000029[15].
  • Big Dig's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.36197, 'lon': -71.05562}[16].
  • Big Dig's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01c_x[17].
  • Big Dig's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Central-Artery-Tunnel-Project[18].
  • Big Dig's date of official opening is recorded as +2002-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].
  • Big Dig's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Big Dig'}[20].
  • Big Dig's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007461537105171[21].
  • Big Dig's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/9173395c-01ce-4a6f-b31d-7a3a0d1c7b83[22].

Body

Geography

Big Dig is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Boston[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include tunnel[6], transport megaproject[7], and controlled-access highway[8].

Why It Matters

Big Dig ranks in the top 1% of tunnel entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (885 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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