China is also building a massive bridge-tunnel connecting two major cities across a staggering 30.8 miles (49.7km) in the greater bay area of Guangdong, which is home to roughly 86million people.

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 ...

CAPE CHARLES, Va. — Project leaders with the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel reported that Chessie, the tunnel boring machine used to dig the second tunnel, had broken through at the second island.

After a more than 6,300 foot journey, the tunnel boring machine nicknamed “Chessie” has fully completed its task of excavating what is planned to become a new expanse of the ...

Nicknamed "Chessie," the tunnel boring machine broke through the receiving pit on Two Island at Thimble Shoal Channel. Chessie will complete its final hours of mining after tempor ...

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 ...

The Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel Project at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in the U.S. state of Virginia reached a significant milestone today when 13.1m diameter Herrenknecht TBM ‘Chessie’ reached ...

ONE, TWO. TWO. ONE. GO! MINUTES LATER, THE WBAL TEAM AND I, BRAVING THE CHILLY WATERS OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. PLUNGE! GO, GUYS. GO! THEN MORE THAN 2500 PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN THE BIG MARYLAND ...

The $1.38 billion project to replace Portage Bay's 1960s-era bridge with a seismically resilient structure is underway as crews for design-build team lead Skanksa create a temporary work bridge to ...