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 CBBT ...

A colossal project to reduce traffic in the underground tunnels connecting the Virginia cities of Norfolk and Hampton just had a big breakthrough — literally. Since 1957, the two cities have been ...

The first four tunnel boring machines are coming to New Jersey to build the Gateway rail tunnel. Here's what they do and why ...

A massive tunnel boring machine has arrived in southwest Detroit as part of an $87 million infrastructure project aimed at protecting neighborhoods from flooding during heavy rain events.

Work to begin digging a new Hudson Tunnel is set to begin this spring as two tunnel boring machines custom-built for the project are on their way to New Jersey. The new rail tunnel, called the Gateway ...

WASHINGTON — A major new phase of DC Water’s long-running Clean Rivers Project is officially underway. District leaders gathered at West Potomac Park on Monday to mark the start of construction on the ...

Disassembled sections of two tunnel boring machines that will help dig a $16 billion rail tunnel between North Jersey and Manhattan are on their way to the Garden State. The German-made machines were ...

Boring Company CEO Steve Davis said he wants to eventually expand and connect underground transportation tunnels across the state, but key milestones still stand in the company’s path. “The hope and ...

On a flat, windswept green plain north of Hamburg in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, a Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine is now 200 meters deep into burrowing under the Elbe River estuary.

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