Next year, the first modern tunnel-boring machines ever used in New Jersey will arrive in North Bergen to begin drilling the first mile of the $16 billion Gateway Tunnel through the rocky Palisades.

The boring machines were manufactured in Germany for just one of 10 sections that make up the $16 billion Gateway project to build a new tube for Amtrak and NJ Transit trains into Penn Station. The ...

Sections of the German-made tunnel boring machines were shipped to ports in Elizabeth and Baltimore. They will reach North ...

The Hudson Tunnel Project reached a key milestone as factory testing finished for two tunnel boring machines now headed to New Jersey.

A colossal project to reduce traffic in the underground tunnels connecting the Virginia cities of Norfolk and Hampton just had a big breakthrough — literally. Since 1957, the two cities have been ...

The world’s largest-diameter shield tunneling machine passes the 10,000-meter mark, setting a major milestone in underground ...

Work to begin digging a new Hudson Tunnel is set to begin this spring as two tunnel boring machines custom-built for the ...

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 ...

A construction worker trapped by heavy machinery inside a 10-foot trench was rescued by St. Joseph firefighters on Friday.

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. The Boring Company has raised a new round of funding worth $675 million, with Elon Musk’s grand plan to “solve ...