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Nov 10, 2008 9:39 pm US/Eastern

Cell Phone Service Debuts In Big Dig Tunnels

BOSTON (AP) ―

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There's another milestone of sorts for the Big Dig.

The nation's most expensive highway project now boasts uninterrupted cell phone service throughout it network of tunnels, on-ramps and off-ramps in Boston.

The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority announced Monday that customers of AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless can now use their phones inside the Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Tunnel on Interstate 93 and the Interstate 90 Connector, which links the Massachusetts Turnpike to the Ted Williams Tunnel and Logan International Airport.

The turnpike's executive director, Alan LeBovidge, says in addition to helping commuters and public safety officials, wireless phone service will also generate badly needed revenue for the authority.