CAPE CHARLES, Va. (WAVY) — The tunnel boring machine known as Chessie broke through the receiving pit on Two Island at the Thimble Shoal Channel at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Monday, the ...

The tunnel boring machine known as Chessie got back to work on April 8, days before the 60th anniversary of the bridge-tunnel’s opening on April 15, 1964.

HAMPTON, Va. — On April 17, Mary the Tunnel Boring Machine emerged through the headwall at the Hampton end of the HRBT. Exactly six months later, she's starting her next journey: creating the ...

Mary, the tunnel boring machine that has been paving the way for the expanded Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, hit a milestone Wednesday when she finished the first of twin tunnels that are part of the ...

VTA asks residents to name its $76 million tunnel boring machine The tunnel boring machine was purchased last year and cost $76 million By Grace Hase | ghase@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group ...

The tunnel boring machine used for the CBBT project was designed and built by Herrenknecht of Germany and has a cutterhead that measures 43 feet in diameter and an overall length of 308 feet. The ...