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 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 ...

Recent advancements in rock cutting and tunnel boring machine (TBM) performance have underscored the importance of optimising cutter design, operational parameters and understanding rock fracture ...

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.

Elon Musk's The Boring Company has unveiled its first hard-rock tunnel boring machine, designed to drill through Nashville's limestone terrain, The Tennessean reported. The machine is a major ...

The Boring Company said tunneling beneath Nashville presents new geological challenges compared to its previous projects, according to a new company social media post. Nashville sits upon ...

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.

In August, the mayor's office sent a list of nearly 80 questions to the Elon Musk-owned company, addressing everything from safety to project permitting. In the latest batch of new details about the ...