INFRASTRUCTURE

Breakthrough for one of the "Seven Engineering Wonders of the Modern World"

A Herrenknecht TBM breakthroughs on the Virginia Beach to eastern Virginia tunnel

The Herrenknecht TBM “Chessie” at the breakthrough for the Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel

The Herrenknecht TBM “Chessie” at the breakthrough for the Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel | Credits: Herrenknecht

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel (officially known as the Lucius J. Kellam Jr. Bridge-Tunnel) has been one of the largest structures of its kind since it opened in 1964. Bridges and tunnels alternate between...

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