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 ...

CHESAPEAKE BAY, VA - An expansion of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) reached a milestone this week with the tunnel boring machine “Chessie” breaking through to the end of its tunneling ...

the tunnel boring machine nicknamed “Chessie” has fully completed its task of excavating what is planned to become a new expanse of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT). Chessie broke ...

The toll for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel will increase by $2, costing $16 during off-peak days. And it will jump to $21, a $3 increase, during peak season, which is Friday through Sunday from ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — A major expansion project at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel has been delayed for several months after workers came across an old ship anchor buried beneath the shipping channel.

Construction of a new tunnel for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel continues to bore ahead as it enters the next phase. The bridge-and-tunnel system crosses the lower Chesapeake Bay, connecting ...

Approximately ten miles away, as the seagull flies, the 308-ft-long earth pressure balance machine Chessie mined more than 6,300 ft for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel’s new parallel tube at ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Construction of the new tunnel at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is now running about four years behind, according to the deputy director of the bridge-tunnel. "It's very ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — It’s one of the greatest engineering marvels, and for many years, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel was the longest bridge-tunnel crossing in the world. Now ...

After beginning her mining endeavor way back in February 2023 beneath the Thimble Shoal Channel, 'Chessie' has now completed ...