The Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Expansion Project is entering its last year of major construction — as one of its biggest stars is making its exit.
Six months after breaking through on the second of two new tunnels, the final piece of Mary, the massive tunnel boring machine, is being dismantled on the HRBT’s South Island and shipped home. Mary has been on site since 2022.
“She has been the star of our show for so long, but now with her time here done, we get to move on,” said Ryan Banas, the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Project Director for the HRBT Expansion…