The first four tunnel boring machines are coming to New Jersey to build the Gateway rail tunnel. Here's what they do and why they're the safest method.

HAMPTON, Va. — On April 17, Mary the Tunnel Boring Machine emerged through the headwall at the Hampton end of the HRBT. Exactly six months later, she's starting her next journey: creating the twin ...

Mary, the tunnel boring machine that has been paving the way for the expanded Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, hit a milestone Wednesday when she finished the first of twin tunnels that are part of the ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A new arrival is paving the path ahead for what James Utterback hopes means less headaches for drivers in Hampton Roads. “Traffic should move a lot better than it does during peak ...

Victorian government experts have confirmed that the tunnel boring machines are a “factor” in a sinkhole opening up in the ...

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 ...

Elon Musk’s oddball underground tunneling venture, the Boring Company, just completed a major milestone. Musk posted a video on Twitter showing the gigantic tunneling machine breaking through the ...

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 ...

Elon Musk's Boring Company is reportedly hard at work digging its first tunnel outside of SpaceX HQ in Hawthorne, California — but the company's eccentric leader has poetry on the mind. That hasn't ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Two tunnel-digging machines that will bore through the ground to create a path for the Metro Purple Line subway under Wilshire Boulevard were unveiled today. The tunnel-boring ...

After more than 400 submissions and 1,175 votes on a name for San Jose BART’s tunnel boring machine, we have a winner — and it’s sure to make sci-fi fans giddy. “Shai-Hulud” came in first place, with ...