Chessie, the tunnel boring machine designed and built by Herrenknecht specifically for this ... Chessie's work is a huge part ...

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.

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 the ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — After multiple delays, including a 9-month delay involving a century-old anchor, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) expansion achieved a major milestone as its tunnel boring ...

(Video – Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel) It’s a big milestone ... The next step is for the road to be built inside the tunnel and put into place the electrical and mechanical systems and build ...

The latest is that the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission has replaced ... lights and do justice to this amazing span, which was built at an untold cost both in money and lives.

Chessie, the tunnel boring machine designed and built by Herrenknecht specifically ... part of construction of a new tunnel for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. The bridge-and-tunnel system ...

Chessie, the tunnel boring machine designed and built by Herrenknecht ... for 150th anniversary The bridge-and-tunnel system crosses the lower Chesapeake Bay, connecting Virginia’s Eastern ...