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 ...

New tunnel is the big goal for project. Chessie's work is a huge part of construction of a new tunnel for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. The bridge-and-tunnel system crosses the lower ...

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 path.

Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel toll schedule for passenger cars and other light vehicles starting Jan. 1, 2024. Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel toll schedule for heavy trucks and RVs starting Jan. 1, 2024.

CHESAPEAKE BAY, VA - After a more than 6,300 foot journey, the tunnel boring machine nicknamed “Chessie” has fully completed its task of excavating what is planned to become a new expanse of ...

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.

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.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) -- Virginia is preparing to expand the tunnel that connects Hampton Roads to the state's Eastern Shore.Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Tuesday that the $756 million project to ...

Completed in 1964 – The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is a staple for East Coast travelers. "We [see] 11,000 vehicles a day or about 4 million cars a year," said Tom Anderson, Director of Finance ...

Juan Lopez, Deputy Safety Director, stands in a control room on the Tunnel Boring Machine on Island One of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel on Aug. 25, 2023 near Virginia Beach, Virginia.