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 Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel Project at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in the U.S. state of Virginia reached a ...

Unknowns beneath the ground on tunnel path The complicated parts are the underground knowns ... significantly slowed down when the tunnel boring machines encountered unexpected obstructions.

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 ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — After multiple delays, including a 9-month delay involving a century-old anchor, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) expansion achieved a major milestone as its tunnel boring ...