Asked at a community meeting if the state is considering replacing the Tobin Bridge with a tunnel ... of whether certain vessels could fit under the bridge if waters keep rising.

BOSTON - Asked at a community meeting if the state is considering replacing the Tobin Bridge with a tunnel ... whether certain vessels could fit under the bridge if waters keep rising.

"Even if tunnel construction is more costly the net benefits may be well worth it." The post Into the Mystic: Boston.com ...

Also, with a tunnel, you don’t have to worry about water levels eventually rising so much that ships can’t fit under the bridge. So who knows, perhaps a Tobin Tunnel wouldn’t be so bad.

Asked at a community meeting if Massachusetts is considering replacing the Tobin Bridge with a tunnel ... of whether certain vessels could fit under the bridge if waters keep rising.

But apparently, when it comes to replacing the increasingly rickety Tobin Bridge, they think sinking the whole shebang under the Mystic River is exactly what the doctor ordered. “Less disruptive ...

THE TOBIN CUTS THROUGH A LARGE PART OF CHELSEA ... "You can't build it under the existing bridge, and we have a nice community here, so I'm wondering what that would entail," said Jim Cadden ...