Excerpt from Report of the Transit Department for Eleven Months Ending December 31, 1925
The extension of the Dorchester tunnel, known as Section K, and under construction at the time the previous report was issued, was completed by Coleman Bros., Inc., on October 29, 1925, several months ahead of the contract time. Much of the work on this section was diffit, calling for a high degree of skill and care. A considerable part was constructed diagon ally under the four main line tracks of the Boston diion of the New York, New Haven Hartford Railroad Company which carry an exceedingly heavy passenger and freight traffic.
The work. Included the supporting of the abutments of the Boston Street bridge and the construction Of a new bridge in Dorchester avenue.
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