Parallel Thimble Shoals Tunnel

Project Summary

Performing construction materials testing and specialty testing for a $1.2B two-portal island expansion in the Chesapeake Bay and a 1-mile tunnel underneath. Building & Earth has been working on the 5,700-foot Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel project since 2017. Located in the Chesapeake Bay, this tunnel will connect two southbound trestles of the existing Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel, a 17.6-mile structure connecting the Norfolk/Virginia Beach areas to Virginia’s eastern shore, which first opened in 1964.

Project Details

Services Provided

  • Construction Materials Testing
  • Specialty Testing

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