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'Chessie' the boring tunnel machine back up and running to improve CBBT travel
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) has some good news about Chessie—the tunnel boring machine being used for its ...
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'Chessie' the boring machine back at work on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
Chessie scoops out sand at the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay, making way for these 20,000-pound segments that create the tube ...
Machine resumes digging at Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel after old ship anchor delayed project
The tunnel boring machine known as Chessie got back to work on April 8, days before the 60th anniversary of the bridge-tunnel ...
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World’s ‘biggest, fastest’ tunnel machine completes 9km dig
The world’s biggest tunnel-boring machine has dug the 9km-long Gudauri tunnel in the mountains of the Caucasus state of ...
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HRBT expansion’s first tunnel boring is complete
Mary, the Tunnel Boring Machine, finished the first of two tunnels that are part of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion. Photo courtesy VDOT. Mary, the tunnel boring machine that has been paving ...
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Tunnel Boring Machine Finishes First Tunnel in Virginia
A tunnel boring machine dubbed "Proud Mary," in honor Mary Winston Jackson, has finished the first of two tunnels at the site of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project in Hampton, Virginia, ...
Major milestone: Mary, tunnel boring machine for HRBT expansion, finishes first new tunnel
Mary, the Tunnel Boring Machine, is expected to emerge from the North Island Wednesday morning. According to VDOT, Mary began from the South Island in April of 2023, creating the first of two tunnels ...
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HRBT Expansion Project's boring machine breaks through to North Island, marking 1st bored tunnel in Virginia
Mary the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) has arrived at the North Island after launching from the South Island on the Norfolk side in April 2023. VDOT officials say the machine was custom-built for ...