Massachusetts Turnpike Extension connects to the Ted Williams Tunnel.

The highway opens for eastbound traffic to Logan Airport opens for eastbound traffic. It opens for westbound traffic the next day. Ravi Jain and Stefan Economou, two young transportation enthusiasts, are in the first car allowed through. They had also been in the first car through the new Leverett Circle Connector in October, 1999, ridden on the first Acela express train from Boston to New York, and were on the first trip of Amtrak’s new Downeaster train from Boston to Maine.