Twin Passages Burrow Under The Land of Lakes and Airplanes
It is the eighth-busiest U.S. airport in terms of plane traffic, but Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport also is near the top of the list for ongoing construction--especially tunneling.
Some $3 billion worth of new terminal, runway, tunnel and station work has been plugging along for seven years, says Gary Warren, director of airside development for the Metropolitan Airports Commission. "We've been spending $1 million a day since 1996," he says.