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Boston's $24B Highway Still Isn't Paid Off

Long-form13:09Education

Published Sep 30, 2026, 3:40 PM · 2w ago

MegaBuilds
MegaBuilds
120K subscribers · median 91.8K views
Views
24,876
+27 views/hour
Likes
363
1.5% of views
Comments
92
0.37% of views

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Views / hour now
27
measured 19h ago
Peak views / hour
27
19h ago
Avg views / day
1.6K
since upload
First 24 hours
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vs channel median
0.3×
Rank in channel
#15
of 20 tracked
Engagement
1.8%
likes + comments / views
Est. ad revenue
$249–$597
lifetime, $10–24 RPM

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Description

Boston buried a highway and paid $24 billion to do it. Nearly two decades after the Big Dig was finished, the bill still isn't settled. The public paid for it, but someone else got the real prize. So who's still paying for America's most expensive highway, and who quietly walked away richer?
Tags
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Details

Published
Sep 30, 2026, 3:40 PM
Length
13:09 (789 s)
Format
Long-form
Category
Education
Audio language
EN
Quality
HD
Captions
No
Made for kids
No
Licensed content
Yes
Video ID
dmQJ1DxjPjk

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