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The History And Future Of Cincinnati's Abandoned Subway Tunnels

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, the residents of Cincinnati voted to begin work on a to ease downtown traffic. But after 6 miles of infrastructure and 2.2 miles of underground tunnels were completed, the project came to a halt.

It was dropped due to accumulating costs and political contention, and the set of tunnels left unfinished is the largest of those abandoned in the United States.

Here to talk about the history of this unused subway system and its potential future are author of the book ?,? Jake Mecklenborg, and Director of and with the , and historian with Applied History Associates, Dan Hurley.

Maryanne Zeleznik joined WVXU in 2005 and is responsible for all news and public affairs programming. She also hosts Morning Edition Monday through Friday.