The Francis Scott Key Bridge ... ship strikes. By 1991, consideration for vessel collision was added to the U.S. bridge code (a nearly 2,000-page document). Existing bridges, like the Bay Bridge ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — After multiple delays, including a 9-month delay involving a century-old anchor, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) expansion achieved a major milestone as its tunnel boring ...

(WAVY) — The tunnel boring machine known as Chessie broke through the receiving pit on Two Island at the Thimble Shoal Channel at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge ... to be a large ship’s anchor ...

They will be focused on lifting pieces of the bridge out of the water and clearing them out to allow ships to use the channel into the Chesapeake Bay. Several ships remain essentially trapped in ...

In recent years only a handful of U.S. bridges had Dali-sized ships pass under them more frequently than Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay ... of a bridge strike like the Dali’s collision with the ...

An expansion of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) reached a milestone this week with the tunnel boring machine “Chessie ...

Chessie officially completed her journey, successfully exiting the receiving pit on Two Island on Wednesday. Chessie reached her end destination on Monday evening. Mining was then paused to allow ...

a large ship's anchor found that May threw a wrench in the plans. “Because of the size of the anchor, they decided they better stop,” Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District Deputy Executive ...