They call it the Big Dig, two little words for the largest, most complex highway construction project ever undertaken in the history of this country. At a cost projected at $15 billion, the Big Dig is creating state-of-the-art tunnels and bridges, reclaiming wasteland for parkland, and providing the last piece of the U.S. Interstate Highway System begun in the 1950s. This massive project is currently fascinating, puzzling, and frustrating virtually every Bostonian, and is being scrutinized by politicians, city planners, and city dwellers around the country. Officially, it is Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel Project. Its mission is to reconstruct two sections of interstate highway running through the heart of Boston. Key to the project is replacing the "Green Monster," the rusting, dangerous, and confusing elevated highway that bisects the city, cutting it off from its historic waterfront. In its place will be a sleek new tunnel capable of moving traffic quickly and efficiently. Book jacket.

Dan McNichol has been involved with the Big Dig for many years. Appointed by the White House to work at the Department of Transportation in Washington, DC, Dan became familiar with the project before the digging even started. Seven years ago he went to work for the Big Dig, where he served as Deputy Director of Public Affairs Andy Ryan professional career began in 1983, shooting for the International Volunteer Program in Kingston, Jamaica. Since then he has photographed a wide variety of subjects ranging from the 1989 crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square to the current construction of China's Three Gorges Dam