Chinese engineers have pulled off a stunning rescue, saving a tunnel boring machine (TBM) stuck 177 feet underground beneath ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CAPE CHARLES, Va. (WAVY) — The tunnel boring machine known as Chessie broke through the receiving pit on Two Island at the Thimble ...

In the early decades of the 19th century, London was facing a major problem. The city had become the world's busiest port, but in order to transport goods from the docks to the heavily-populated ...

Contractors in Seattle have once again shut down the tunneling machine Bertha because of a new problem. The world’s largest boring machine moved forward two feet this week after a seven week shutdown.

The $80 million tunneling machine known as ‘Bertha’ resumed mining Tuesday beneath the Seattle waterfront for the first time in about seven weeks. The machine moved forward about two feet, allowing ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Now that the anchor’s away, expansion work at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is back at full bore. Burrowing of a new tunnel to help carry more vehicles between Virginia Beach and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Next year, the first modern tunnel-boring machines ever used in New Jersey will arrive in North Bergen to begin drilling the first ...

Contractors working for the state of Washington are planning a high-stakes operation to rescue Bertha — the world's largest tunneling machine. Bertha is supposed to be boring a 2-mile highway tunnel ...

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 ...

The five-story-tall tunneling machine that will bore a hole from SODO to Queen Anne for the new SR 99 tunnel now has a name: Bertha. The Washington State Department of Transportation launched a ...

SAN JOSE – The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority said Monday it authorized the purchase of the transit tunnel boring machine to complete the five-mile underground section of the VTA BART ...