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# The Transcontinental Burrito Hypertunnel
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/its-okay-be-smart/episode/the-transcontinental-burrito-hypertunnel-8ysrto/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:16:50.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T09:55:47.000Z
- Description: We dug a classic doc that tells the story of the transcontinental burrito hypertunnel.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Be Smart, Season 9, Episode 4, #ZZZ_Episode_13b41826-485e-49c7-96b8-e9f481221a54, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_dc38a6e9-266e-43c1-b647-45e7445fad27, #v1.16

The finest burritos in the world are made in San Francisco’s Mission District. But how can you get a hot & fresh one in New York City in time for lunch? Physics, that’s how. For this very serious and scientific video, we dug a classic documentary out of the vault that tells the story of the transcontinental burrito tunnel, and its successor, the transcontinental burrito hypertunnel.