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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CAPE CHARLES, Va. (WAVY) — The tunnel boring machine known as Chessie broke through the receiving pit on Two Island at the Thimble ...

Chinese engineers have pulled off a stunning rescue, saving a tunnel boring machine (TBM) stuck 177 feet underground beneath ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Now that the anchor’s away, expansion work at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is back at full bore. Burrowing of a new tunnel to help carry more vehicles between Virginia Beach and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Next year, the first modern tunnel-boring machines ever used in New Jersey will arrive in North Bergen to begin drilling the first ...

The $80 million tunneling machine known as ‘Bertha’ resumed mining Tuesday beneath the Seattle waterfront for the first time in about seven weeks. The machine moved forward about two feet, allowing ...

The Hudson Tunnel Project is marking another major milestone as it nears a critical point in the $16 billion process. During its Aug. 20 board meeting, Gateway Development Commission announced that ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A new arrival is paving the path ahead for what James Utterback hopes means less headaches for drivers in Hampton Roads. “Traffic should move a lot better than it does during peak ...

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 ...

What’s 14 feet tall, weighs 380 tons, lives more than a hundred feet underground, and moves 1/4 mile per hour at its fastest? Alexandria’s new tunnel boring machine, of course! The massive blue and ...

A massive tunneling machine has done its job, digging deep below the District. “It’s a monumental milestone for us,” said Carlton Ray, vice president of the Clean Rivers Project for DC Water. The ...