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 ...

The first of the tunnel boring machines that will dig HS2’s last two tunnels is due to set off on its journey to Euston ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

A £100m water supply project has reached a key milestone after engineers completed digging a tunnel beneath a motorway – without disrupting traffic. A remotely operated tunnel boring machine spent 32 ...