The bridge-tunnel complex is 17.6 miles long from shore to shore, and it cuts 95 miles off the journey between Virginia Beach and points north of Wilmington, Delaware. Click photo for larger image.

An expansion of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) reached a milestone this week with the tunnel boring machine “Chessie” breaking through to the end of its tunneling path.

Chessie, a tunnel-boring machine, has completed her work on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel's new Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel. The machine removed 500,000 cubic yards of soil, and installed ...

The tunnel boring machine reached its destiniation as part of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel expansion project. Author: Christopher Collette Published: 3:25 PM EST January 28, 2025 ...

New tunnel is the big goal for project. Chessie's work is a huge part of construction of a new tunnel for the Chesapeake Bay ...

Approximately ten miles away, as the seagull flies, the 308-ft-long earth pressure balance machine Chessie mined more than 6,300 ft for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel’s new parallel tube at ...

The ferry first took passengers across the Delaware Bay on July 1, 1964, three months after the Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel opened in Virginia. Both routes involve water crossings of ...

The tunnel boring machine reached its destiniation as part of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel expansion project. Author: Christopher Collette Published: 3:25 PM EST January 28, 2025 ...