Just six months ago on April 17, Mary broke through the headwall at the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) for the ongoing expansion project. On Thursday, Oct. 17, around noon, Mary began boring a ...

Already the largest project ever tackled by the Virginia Department of Transportation, the $3.8 billion Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion will kick into gear later this year when a $70 million ...

Mary, the Tunnel Boring Machine, broke through the final headwall of the new Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel at the HRBT South Island on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. Boring of both the East and Westbound ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The HRBT Expansion Project reached a significant milestone on Jan. 14 as the final piece of Mary the Tunnel Boring Machine’s (TBM) shield was extracted, marking a pivotal moment ...

Mary’s job is done. On Wednesday, the tunnel-boring machine known as Mary, responsible for digging the two new tunnels for the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion, completed the second and final leg ...

The U.S. Secretary of Transportation is joining Governor Glenn Youngkin on Wednesday to mark a milestone for the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project. Mary, the massive tunnel boring machine ...

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 ...

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 twin ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Nowadays, there’s a holiday for everything. Did you know, for instance, that Wednesday is World Tunnel Day? The Virginia Department of Transportation is celebrating by opening ...

HAMPTON, Va. — With a loud groan, and cheers and applause from a crowd of onlookers, Mary, the tunnel-boring machine, broke through onto the south island of the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Wednesday ...