The rumble of construction

• Started construction in 1991 and it lasted 16 years, until December 2007
  
• During the peak of construction, 5,000 workers were on the job Also during peak of construction, $3 million was spent a day.
  
• The project included 118 separate construction contracts, with 26geotechnical drilling contracts.
  
• The project required the largest use of segmental bridge construction and the largest application of steel box girders in the United States.
  
• The project is excavating a total of 16 million cubic yards of dirt, enough to fill Foxboro Stadium (where the New England Patriots football team and Revolution soccer team play) to the rim 15 times.
  
• The project placed 3.8 million cubic yards of concrete, enough to build a sidewalk three feet wide and four inches thick from Boston to San Francisco and back three times.
  When the project was finished, a total of $14.6 billion