Not that that stopped the guy who tied up traffic Tuesday:

... In a video released by the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority Thursday, the flatbed truck carrying a crane is seen heading into the Ted Williams Tunnel. It triggered the overheight sensors and the warning sign before the tunnel's entrance, but the driver didn't stop. ...

Seems part of the Ted Williams Tunnel was built in such a way to make it impossible to inspect bolts - you know, those things that are supposed to keep the ceiling from falling on you.

The Globe reports:

A tall truck hit an electric sign near the entrance to the westbound Ted Williams Tunnel this morning, forcing traffic on Interstate 90 down to one lane, State Police said.

Isn't the Ted Williams Tunnel supposed to be all modern and stuff? How tall was that truck?

Third Decade admits to looking anxiously upward while driving back from Logan through the Ted Williams Tunnel yesterday - after first taking the detour through Charlestown to the airport:

Luckily we didn't see or experience anything out of the ordinary. Still, I'm glad I don't have to travel back and forth between the city and East Boston by car regularly. I can't imagine adding that much more anxiety to my daily commute. ...

So Big Dig workers used duct tape to hold up failing bolts in the Ted Williams Tunnel when the Superglue didn't work.

Aaron Margolis: Boston commuters have probably been joking for years that the Big Dig was put together with duct tape; sadly, a silly joke has turned into reality.

Tim at Boston Crazy Driving shows how wonderful the Internets are: You can read the 1998 Inspector General's report on bad bolts in the I-90 connector in the comfort of your own home.

Chris at Left Center Left wishes some enterprising blogger would compile a Big Dig for Dummies site that would answer questions such as:

... Did Christy Mihos really get pushed out because he was a whistleblower? At the time, I thought Swift wanted to fire him because he wanted to lower the Turnpike tolls, while the powers that be wanted to raise them to help with Big Dig costs. ...

Andy at Mass. Revolution Now notes the Globe story in which Tom Reilly is caught in yet another one of those contradictions that do little to bolster one's faith in his candidacy, involving last year's settlement talks with Bechtel /Parsons:

... The one lesson Tom Reilly needs to learn from this campaign is that he is best when he IGNORES COMPLETELY his political intuition, he has none. This is also not the first time the Attorney General's puffing has been deflated. Right now Reilly has an opportunity to turn the Big Dig into political gain without being political! If Reilly just does his job, something he has usually proven to be pretty good at, the politics will take care of itself. ...

Leave it to Soxaholix, of course, to remind us what's truly at stake here:

... Memo to the Big Dig engineers: You were working on the Ted Williams Tunnel, you know, Teddy Baseball, the Splendid Splintah, hello, war hero and not the Charles Stuart Tunnel or the Albert Desalvo Tunnel. Have some civic pride fercrissakes.

Yeah, right now Larry Bird is on the phone with his lawyah, "Hey, put in my will that when I'm dead Boston can't name anything aftah me, OK?" ...

Aaron Margolis at Hub Politics salutes Mitt Romney for his inspired leadership during the crisis.

Some leadership, Sco snorts, wondering where His Mittness was when everything else in the tunnels was falling apart.

Closing down. Closing down.
Another tunnel closing down.
My fair gov'nor.

Take some glue and fix it up.
Fix it up. Fix it up.
Take some glue and fix it up.
My fair gov'nor.

How will we open it up?
Open it up? Open it up?
How will we open it up?
My fair gov'nor.

Pay Bechtel lots of dough.
Lots of dough. Lots of dough.
Pay Bechtel lots of dough.
My fair gov'nor.

What would the Big Dig debacle be without a Big Dig Debacle blog?

Universal Hub's own Big Dig page.

This one, Exit 24 from I-90 west to 93, had been a route around the closed deadly tunnel. Even more delays for commuters - and potential headaches for residents in South Boston, where surface roads will be used as a detour:

This traffic diversion is expected to cause significant delays and traffic concerns in the South Boston community.

Additional Boston Police officers have been assigned to the effected area. However, it is strongly encouraged that motorists plan accordingly and if possible stagger work times, utilize alternate routes of travel and/or take public transportation. ...

More from AP.

John Daley: You didn't think it was going to get better, did you?

What's that about history and farce? Blue Mass. Group Blue Mass. Group has the scoop:

The Federal Highway Administration will investigate the Big Dig tunnel collapse. The FHA is headed by J. Richard Capka - who has some familiarity with the Big Dig:

... Capka was hired as the Big Dig's project director in December 2000, and was soon criticized for failing to get a handle on spiraling costs at the massive construction project. Others lambasted him for backing million-dollar, six-month severance contracts for three lawyers who were involved with the project -- deals that he later acknowledged were mistakes. ...

Also investigating: The National Transportation Safety Board:

... Augmenting the investigators who have been on-scene since shortly after the accident occurred, the NTSB is sending additional highway engineers, a metallurgical engineer, and the agency's director of highway investigations. There will be a total of seven Safety Board personnel working on-scene, supported by other specialists, as needed, from NTSB headquarters. ...