HAMPTON, Va. — With a loud groan, and cheers and applause from a crowd of onlookers, Mary, the tunnel-boring machine, broke through onto the south island of the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Wednesday ...

Mary, the Tunnel Boring Machine, broke through the final headwall of the new Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel at the HRBT South Island on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. Boring of both the East and Westbound ...

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 ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The U.S. Secretary of Transportation joined Governor Glenn Youngkin on Wednesday to mark a milestone for the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project. Mary, the massive tunnel ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Summer’s heating up, and so is construction on the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project. Crews recently reached a series of milestones as the multi-year, $3.9 billion ...

Mary the Tunnel Boring Machine breaks through on … News / Sep 24, 2025 / 01:47 PM EDT ...

With the travel season in full swing, our region’s perpetually congested roads require a little extra patience from everyone. Frustrating as it may be, traffic congestion is as much a feature of life ...

The 430-ft-long, 4,700-ton variable density tunnel boring machine began its round trip beneath the harbor in April 2023, completing the first tube just under one year later. The $3.9-billion expansion ...

With a loud groan, and cheers and applause from a crowd of onlookers, Mary the tunnel boring machine broke through onto the south island of the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Wednesday afternoon. Hillary ...