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 said.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — After multiple delays, including a 9-month delay involving a century-old anchor, the Chesapeake Bay ...

After a more than 6,300 foot journey, the tunnel boring machine nicknamed “Chessie” has fully completed its task of ...

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.

An expansion of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) reached a milestone this week with the tunnel boring machine “Chessie ...

Chessie officially completed her journey, successfully exiting the receiving pit on Two Island on Wednesday. Chessie reached ...

Chessie has been a mining workhorse for Bay Bridge Tunnel project Chessie, the newly named tunnel boring machine for the Thimble Shoal Parallel Tunnel project on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel ...