The bridge-and-tunnel system crosses the lower Chesapeake Bay, connecting Virginia’s Eastern ... bored tunnel from the project's southernmost island under Thimble Shoal Channel to a second ...

Construction of a new tunnel for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel continues to bore ... lane bored tunnel from the project's southernmost island under Thimble Shoal Channel to a second Island.

Nicknamed "Chessie," the tunnel boring machine broke through the receiving pit on Two Island at Thimble Shoal ... they decided they better stop,” Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District ...

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.

A recent Facebook post from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel showed ... the CBBT’s southernmost island, back in February and will now place 9,000 tunnel segments to complete the one-mile Thimble ...

Since it opened in 1965, more than 67 million vehicles have crossed the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. One artificial island actually has a gift shop, restrooms, and a parking lot to allow drivers ...

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. However, when they ...

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) is closed after a crash early Wednesday morning. The single-vehicle crash happened on Two Island at Thimble Shoal Tunnel of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel ...