The first four tunnel boring machines are coming to New Jersey to build the Gateway rail tunnel. Here's what they do and why they're the safest method.

NEW YORK (PIX11) — The first commuter rail service through the new Hudson River tunnel is planned to run about a decade from now. But crews are busy building structures and clearing the way for the ...

NORTH BERGEN, N.J. — Disassembled sections of two tunnel boring machines that will help dig a $16 billion rail tunnel between North Jersey and Manhattan are on their way to the Garden State. The ...

CAPE CHARLES, Va. (WAVY) — The tunnel boring machine known as Chessie broke through the receiving pit on Two Island at the Thimble Shoal Channel at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Monday, the CBBT ...

Mary, the tunnel-boring machine, is on the move again! Thursday, Mary began boring a twin eastbound tunnel in part with the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project. Watch: First of 4 gantries ...

The Hudson Tunnel Project is marking another major milestone as it nears a critical point in the $16 billion process. During its Aug. 20 board meeting, Gateway Development Commission announced that ...

A colossal project to reduce traffic in the underground tunnels connecting the Virginia cities of Norfolk and Hampton just had a big breakthrough — literally. Since 1957, the two cities have been ...

Seven months after beginning its journey, Elaine the tunnel boring machine has completed its subterranean mission drilling out the Northside Interceptor Tunnel (NSIT). The 16.5-foot diameter, ...

HAMPTON, Va. — On April 17, Mary the Tunnel Boring Machine emerged through the headwall at the Hampton end of the HRBT. Exactly six months later, she's starting her next journey: creating the twin ...

Two legs of the I-35 Capital Express Central project – focused on drainage tunnels and the Lady Bird Lake bridge – will hit ...