Chesapeake Bay Tunnel-Bridge

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 02, 2025

Virginia's CBBT Expansion Progress

Construction crews in Virginia continue making progress on the $756 million Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) expansion as they look ahead to a 2028 completion date. The project includes a new two-lane tunnel from the southernmost island under the Thimble Shoal Channel to the next island, providing a new pathway for drivers crossing the Chesapeake Bay....

Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Tunnel - Fri February 07, 2025

Chessie Completes Mining Ops at Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel

After mining more than 6,300 ft. under Thimble Shoal Channel, Chessie has officially completed her journey, successfully exiting the receiving pit on Two Island on Jan. 29, 2025. Mining was then paused to allow Chesapeake Tunnel Joint Venture (CTJV), the design-build contractor for this project, to remove the temporary bracing struts and steel beams that were in place....

Eastern Shore Post - Mon December 28, 2020

Virginia Tunnel Boring Continues, Completion Pushed to 2024

Construction continues on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel's first parallel tunnel, near the Virginia Beach side of the bridge, with projected completion in 2024, two years later than originally estimated....

Mon April 02, 2018

Help Chesapeake Bay-Area Students Name New Tunnel Boring Machine

Students from the Chesapeake Bay area have been hard at work coming up with names for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel's tunnel boring machine. In December 2017, local sixth graders were invited to enter name suggestions for the new machine, which will bore a 42-ft.-diameter, one-mi.-long tunnel beneath the Thimble Shoal Channel in the Chesapeake Bay, a $756 million project....

Emily Buenzle - Tue September 19, 2017

Officials Break Ground for $756M Chesapeake Bridge-Tunnel Expansion

For the first time in the 53 years since its opening, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel will build another tunnel for $756 million. More than 100 people gathered Sept. 18 for a groundbreaking ceremony on a man-made island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, although they refrained from actually breaking the ground, The Virginian-Pilot reported....