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Harvard Square was originally the northwestern terminus of the Red Line and a major transfer point to streetcars that also operated in a short tunnel — which is still a major bus terminal, although the area under the Square was reconfigured dramatically in the 1980s when the Red Line was extended.
At the upper end of the Gallery on the right-hand side there is a hole near the roof which opens into a short tunnel by which access can be gained to the lowest of the Relieving Chambers.
The tunnel led from H-Block 7 and was short of the perimeter wall.
Service through the trolleybus tunnel is by dual-mode buses, which operate electrically in the tunnel and on a short section on the surface and use diesel power for the rest of the route.
Three miles ( 5 km ) from Hatton Top Lock the canal passes through Shrewley Tunnel, with its separate horse tunnel, and then passes Rowington village to Kingswood Junction where a short spur connects with the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal.
South of the town, the road passes through a short tunnel beneath Gibraltar Hill ; to the north east of the town, it follows the line of the Wye valley.
The line crossed undeveloped open countryside and was on the surface, apart from a short tunnel north of Hendon Central.
The short side tunnel alcoves were excavated using explosives.
It enters the tunnel where the fire occurred after the short open-air section on the trestles.
There is a short tunnel at Curdworth, after which fields and flooded gravel pits line the canal.
A short distance to the north east is the 1, 100 yard Warren Hill tunnel.
There were 65 locks in all, with two tunnels: a short tunnel near Gringley Beacon, and the major 2, 880 yard long Norwood Tunnel.
Sometimes, a short tunnel is constructed at the entrance to reduce wind and heat loss when the door is opened.
It includes a short tunnel next to Kassel Hauptbahnhof RegioTram platforms which are on the ramp replacing former main railway platforms.
In 2005, a tour with Social Distortion was cut short when drummer Nick Gigler required surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome in his wrists which was affecting his drumming.
Trams from Piccadilly Gardens run along Aytoun Street, on to London Road and along a short distance on segregated track, before crossing the road and entering the undercroft through a tunnel.
The two stations were connected by a short tunnel on a severe 1-in-37 ( 2. 7 %) descent from the L & SWR to the GWR lines, a problem amplified by the GWR insisting that all LSWR trains stopped at its own Exeter station.
Following an agreement to leave a short section at one end of the tunnel untreated, and more sympathetic treatment of the rest of the tunnel, the work went ahead and the route reopened – much later than originally anticipated – in 1998.
The tunnel is entered via a sloping brick-lined open-air cutting at each end, leading to the entrance portals, followed by a short cut-and-cover section of tunnel until the first of the tunnel's four shafts are reached.
Instead of cutting a short road tunnel through Twyford Down, the entire escarpment was carved-out and the motorway placed through it.
The final loss was made all the more gruelling as the team took up to 7 hours to travel the short journey down to Virginia Beach due to traffic congestion and accidents on I-95, I-295, I-64 and at the I-64 tunnel.

short and exits
In the more powerful cartridges, the short barrel of a carbine has significant disadvantages in velocity, and the high residual pressure when the bullet exits the barrel results in substantially greater muzzle blast.
* has its western terminus at a junction with M-140 and runs only a short distance east before it exits the county as it continues toward Dowagiac.
Puerto Rico Highway 60, the Carretera Dionisio Casillas, is a short freeway located entirely in Humacao, and has exits serving downtown Humacao and Anton Ruiz.
Route 73 comes to two exits for Route 38 and Route 41 within a short distance of each other.
After passing near Greenwich Lake, there are exits for CR 653 and CR 673 within a short distance of each other.
He is the main narrator of the story, and his short exits and introductions are often the only transition between stories.
Several have fireplaces aligned with windows and it is not unusual to find a double flue exiting out of the wall, generally with the exits aligned parallel to the prevailing wind to improve the updraft on a relatively short flue ( e. g. Upholland Windmill, Lancashire, where the fireplace is at second floor level ( First floor in British English ), and the doors and windows are aligned to the cardinal points of the compass ; or Much Wenlock windmill, Shropshire, which has double flues of uncertain purpose rising from the middle floor level.
The clinoid segment, or C5, is another short segment of the internal carotid that begins after the artery exits the cavernous sinus at the proximal dural ring and extends distally to the distal dural ring, after which the carotid artery is considered ' intra-dural ' and has entered the subarachnoid space.
On many roads, the shoulder disappears for short periods, particularly near exits and sometimes when going across or under bridges where the cost savings outweigh the disadvantages of not having the shoulder.
There are three exits on this short section, signed as " The Forty Third Infantry Division Memorial Highway ".
There are no exits on this short connection, however, so it is signed as being a toll facility.
The North Fork exits Lake Cushman's southern end and flows a short distance to another reservoir, Lake Kokanee, from which it flows south into the Skokomish Valley to join the South Fork, forming the main stem Skokomish River.
Some autostrade are called bretelle, diramazioni or raccordi because they are short and have few exits.
The path exits the Country Park next to the tearooms and twists and turns along a short nature trail until it meets the Hamble Rail Trail.
* Grosse Pointe Blank at the scene when Martin Blank exits Debbie Newberry's radio-booth after a short interview in which we learn he stood her up at prom night and disappeared for 10 years.
Route 3 exits I-93 at Exit 26, passes through Leverett Circle, and runs for a short way along the Charles River to the Longfellow Bridge where it crosses over to Cambridge and joins Memorial Drive.
Usually running two to three minutes, this short segment identifies the theater chain and is often used to inform the audience about exits, ask them to refrain from smoking, talking, cell phone use, and encourage patronization of the snack bar.
Starting in the east, with a roundabout, with exits to the east ( the A47, and Humberstone Gate to the west ), it passes south along St George's Way, until it joins the route of the London Road ( the A6 ), and becomes Waterloo Way for a short distance.

short and on
The man took two short steps backward then sat down heavily on the pavement.
Tolerance and compromise, social justice and civil liberty, are today too often in short supply for one to be overly critical of Trevelyan's emphasis on their central place in the English tradition.
In a short time the officer returned and Thomas followed on his heels.
In short, the traditional epithet for Milton of ' Lady of Christ's ', while eminently fitting, rests only on this baffling passage in the midst of the most treacherous piece of writing Milton left us.
They laughed and, true to national form and manners, never talked long or solemnly on any subject at all, but some of them worried out loud about short memories and ghosts.
Even at this short distance they were only vague shapes, setting up the machine gun on a small knoll so that it could fire above the heads of the rest of the patrol.
`` Chickens have short memories '', the doctor remarked, `` that's why they are better company than most people I know '', and he went on to break some important news to Alex.
In my short period here I believe that at no time has he been otherwise than the most popular man on both sides of the aisle.
Sacrifice will have to be made in some cases, but it is to the municipality's advantage to finance the change-over for a short period of time rather than pay interest on tax anticipation notes indefinitely.
Miss Sally May Saabye, ( Miss Rhode Island 1960 ) says that within a short time -- on June 17th -- her reign will come to an end.
Rich in Christian and Moslem art, Istanbul is today a fascinating museum of East and West that recently became a seaside resort as well with the development of new beaches on the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmara only a short distance from the center of town.
The central storage is near a main artery quite easy to reach with large transports on a short crescent swing, with fewer trucks in the residential streets.
This behavior on her part subsided only after I had come to see the uncomfortably close similarity between, on the one hand, her arranging the ventilation of the common living room to her own liking, or turning the television off or on without regard to the wishes of the others, and on the other hand, my own coming stolidly into her room despite her persistent and vociferous objections, bringing my big easy chair with me, usually shutting the windows of her room which she preferred to keep in a very cold state, and plunking myself down in my chair -- in short, behaving as if I owned her room.
Limitations on the lengths of these sequences diminish the stability of the comparatively short crystallites which can be formed, and this is reflected in a broadening of the melting range.
He cannot leave the farm to take work in another locality on short notice ; ;
So Mel Chandler set out to sell him on the spirit of Garryowen, just as he himself had been sold a short time before.
However nothing on four legs was supposed to be faster than a lion over a short distance, unless it was a cheetah.
Pete Ward was sent in for House and, after failing in a bunt attempt, popped to Howser on the grass back of short.
Carey singled on a slow-bouncing ball to short which Robinson cut across to field and threw wide to first.
their total passing yardage in three games, 447 on 30 completions in 56 attempts, is only 22 yards short of their total passing yardage in 1959, when they made 469 on 37 completions in 86 tries.
In short, the book, based largely on lectures delivered at Harvard University, is both reliable and readable ; ;

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