A 700-foot-long tunnel boring machine named Mary is being assembled in Washington, D.C., to dig a 5.5-mile stormwater and ...

Mary’s job is done. On Wednesday, the tunnel-boring machine known as Mary, responsible for digging the two new tunnels for the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion, completed the second and final leg ...

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 ...

Work to start digging a new Hudson Tunnel is set to begin this spring as two tunnel boring machines custom-built for the project are on their way to New Jersey. The new rail tunnel, called the Gateway ...

Often described as "steel dragons," tunnel boring machines, or TBMs, are colossal pieces of equipment essential for digging underground passages. Unlike machinery operating above ground, TBMs work in ...

A tunnel-boring machine stalled beneath China’s Yangtze River while excavating a highway tunnel, forcing engineers to complete an unprecedented mid-river docking operation over two years.

DC Water took a major step Tuesday in the Potomac River Tunnel Project, lowering the cutterhead for ‘Mary,’ the tunnel boring ...

Deep under the Yangtze River, a stranded tunnel boring machine that looked like a sunk cost has instead become a showcase of ...

Just over a week after groundbreaking, HCM City’s Metro Line 2 - connecting Ben Thanh and Tham Luong - has entered the geotechnical survey phase, with preparations underway to install a massive tunnel ...

A giant boring machine has broken through to complete excavation work to all of the tunnels along the 140 mile route of the HS2 railway. The enormous 125m (410ft) long machine emerged today (Mon) ...