Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) Expansion Project boring machine reaches North Island
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This would have blown the minds of the men that built the first subways
Man is still better then machine
And with time making life better@@jacobwillcox6004
@jacobwillcox6004 I agree but technology is kinda favored for saving lives. In that aspect being underground and all. Dangerous.
@@jacobwillcox6004they also measured the death rates by the mile
Where sandhogs got blown through the dirt, up through the East River, and survived.
The machine is like a monster..
Used to be one of the workers behind one of those monsters not particularly this one but it's magnificent to work behind the scenes of this tunnel monster😮
@@MarkHarper-ek8sscool to hear, there is something about big machines and men 😜✌🏻🤙🏻 this looks like an awesome job where this part is almost a party
Yum yum yum rock it says 😋
Dune-like.
The machine *is* a monster.
Man made engineering at its finest what a beautiful machine
Fun fact, these machines have been around since the late 50s but obviously weren't announced
They were working beneath the surface in Nevada.
We have been using them in london for 200 years you silly sausage
@@Rob741741still working today, underground cities in our mountain ranges
Even more impressed from the sign above showing that it was on schedule 👏👏
Just like 1+1=2 buddy
But was it under budget or over budget?
They just put those up that day probably.
.....after being reprinted 5 times 😂😂
and the concrete wall was scored EXACTLY where the drill was going to appear.
They call it boring but I find it really quite exciting
Ba-dum, tss
Its probably an invention from german speaking Countries (swiss or Austrian) bc digging means "bohren" hence boring
@@thomashauer6804 what no, no connection at all, its Elon Musk and his The boring company building tunnels for electric cars
@@soundye o thx...😂 The drilling tech was invented in the Alps but the name comes from musks Company true
I think it's quite drilling
The precision of drilling through underground for miles to make its exit at the exact pre-cut position is insane
That machine isn’t boring, it’s exciting!
Boring as in bore well. Not the boring you're implying.
😂@@Sakolbakche😅😢😊
@@Sakolbakcheit’s a joke
That’s like a double entendre 🙌 😯 brilliant
That's a mean piece of hardware
Very hardware
@2slick4u. Dad gum right!! Such a great example of successful engineering!! Beautiful sight to see
This was called Good Old Becky
@@MarkHarper-ek8sswhy did they name it after a women
@@MarkHarper-ek8ssmark mate, don’t leave us hanging 😂
It's Not a Boring machine..... It's actually quite interesting.
Ha! Ok, Elon.
lmao
Interestingly boring machine
ba dum-tss
😂
Absolute marvel of modern engineering. Love big machines.
I live in Hampton and trust me, that project can't be finished soon enough. Tomorrow would be great.
The UK/France built the Channel Tunnel in the 1980s. The two machins met in the middle and were only 130mm out of line. The tunnel is 27 miles long.
I like how you mix imperials and metrics in same comment.
@XantheFIN I'm a Brit, we jump from one to another with no effort
Width of a hand, 5 inches, most impressive.
@@monza1002000Well you’re not going to see that happen on the US side of the pond 🫤. My children decided at some point to go metric on their own. It really throws people
when they give C’ and cm 😅 just to mess with people. I will never understand why we didn’t make the move- it was a thing when I was in school; then someone decided it was too difficult? Sure- a systems of 10’s or a system of 12’s Duh
@Makkyddd I grew up with imperial then l started my engineering apprenticeship it was all metric. Two systems in my head now
Just imagine what the world could do if they all just got along and spent their money on structure instead of war, it would never happen just a thought
Instead, we tie value to monopoly money and vote for a system of dishonest, corrupt, evil demons to rule over us.
And then act surprised about the world we live in
Great Idea!!🐝🐝🐝
Teach the young
I agree but most of our technology comes from war.
We'd be very far advanced, and already visiting other planets with ships of humans
子供の頃砂山作ってトンネル掘って、向こう側貫通した時の感動も同じだった
My dad filled my hole in and that didn't sound good
Nice to see they were able to salvage that incredible piece of machinery after their failure at Ba Sing Se.
Ive been on big construction projects that involve multiple companies and it took months to over a year to finish. That comradery when the project reaches a big milestone is one of the most gratifying feelings a man can have. You group of men through toil and sweat have built a thing that will serve our society for decades to come.
It satisfies a need to create and provide and be part of something. I believe its why men take these kinds of roles. We seek that specific feeling of gratification
👍👍👍👍👍
😊😊😊😊😊
И это чувство не имеет границ
Оно для всех одинаково
Где бы ты не находился и жил
И на каком бы языке ты говорил
( и спасибо гугл переводчику )
And this is why we need strong men! Thank you! ❤
Don't forget when ribbons cut to scream like a child n clap like a downsie over something you had no part of the build.
Chill you're making me want to go make a tunnel.
Thank God for You Men. I think Men are beautiful. The image God created all of You in. With your Courage, Strength and Wisdom. Thank You All and May God Bless Every one of You in this World! ♥️♥️♥️
TBM: “We’ve been trying to reach you about your cars extended warranty”
😲🥺
Was hoping that boring, repetitious comment had died by now. Apparently not.
I came here for comments like this.
@@EaAsThailandwhy so serious
@@wook420 Why aren't you?
Good job! I've been doing this for more than 6 years
It's been a couple of years since I've crossed the bridge. I'm glad it's expanding
the amazing part is that the engineers knew EXACTLY where this would exit. that is amazing.
They made a trial run and then patched the hole up.
🫨🫨😳🙄🫣
It would be pretty scary of they didn't know exactly where it was going...
That’s the easiest part of the entire project. The boring machine also goes ridiculously slow too, so it’s not as if a few minutes of losing concentration for a minute or two will send you hundreds of meters off course.
Pre cut hole
Amazing footage...thank you!!!
APRIL 2024 Did this all ready happen?
It could have been a lil bit of a wider shot
Sacré tunnelier !❤
It's amazing how at the same time this thing is working, the workers behind it are removing debris and lining the wall with concrete at the same time🤯
To think machines like this exist is just mind blowing fantastic video
To think that machine just drilled through underneath the chesapeake bay is crazy too
Get out of moms basement an stop eating hot pockets.
@mrbailey4272 lol you had time to read through comments and find me n this other dude and make that reply but we are the lovers in mom's basement?
So they already made those saw cuts for the shape of the TBM, pretty precisely cut 👏🏽
I mean the concrete would split otherwise not that they’d care
It’s the pressure exerted/transferred on the material /wall that allows that to happen.
@@clintonwhite2966😂
You’re right those are saw cuts amazing i just noticed
We have laser guided servey on them 😊
These earth moving machines are so marvelous!!
Amazing how they scored that exactly where it was coming out. Just as amazed when the start at two end and meet in the middle.
"You can put down the shovel Hank, look what we just got!"
That is just incredible I’ve never seen one fully exit like this
Aklıma kötü şeyler geliyor 😂
@@akdogan6131bad or naughty ? 😅
What did he say I didn’t understand
That is awesome to see! What a machine and feat of engineering.
Fascinating how do they know where they're going in the ground with such precision
Around here, gray clay about three feet down and it is 100s of feet deep. Volcanic ash turned to clay.
It's a wonder that you could build anything significant atop that.
@@PatousMcGillicuddyjust mix in a bucket of epoxy and it’s all good
Where's your locale??? I'm in Harrisburg, PA!
I haven't lived there in like 15yrs.
They needed to do this 25 yrs ago. The HRBT sucked at rush
Hour. I hope it helps.
Same here. Used to be such a nightmare so this project is LOOOONNG overdue.
Nope still going to suck to many people in the 7 cities
Do you happen to know why there are two {60} roads leaving from HRBT South Island on the Hampton side? the unused one seems to turn more gently.🚧🛣️🌉
Sorry I'm from Glasgow Scotland and don't know where this is ..can you tell me..
imagine you're such a huge machine that does all the work and being called the boring machine
Crazy how we can build things like that
HTBMs are the most awesome machines there are! Horizontal Tunnel Boring Machines!
It's Made in Germany by Herrenknecht.
@@germanCrowbarNobody asked or cares.
@@germanCrowbar very interesting 🇩🇪
Not surprised.
@@Billy2011C says some farmer in Oklahoma named “Billy”
You need brain cells and a father to check your mouth
@@Billy2011C what a gross fella you are
More amazing the pre face cut exactly where the boring bit would breat through so it would be a clean hole due to the relief cuts in the outside of the concrete ❤😮 that was some good measurements!!
Hopefully that will take care of the traffic on that bridge forever now
WOW. Fantastic precision. How many mm was the drill off again?
Here's Johnny!
😂 Can see Jack Nicholson driving that f#@kin thing...
Incredible piece of machinery !!!
Can you imagine the amount of torque on that
That Bridge-Tunnel in VA is some amazing architecture! Mattafact, if I remember correctly, they have more than one. You have that main line, and then there are either one or two smaller ones around in the city area.
The greatest feeling a man can have is knowing all the time, effort, and hard-work created something that no one could understand - LT
This is absolutely amazing. TBM 👍🇬🇧
Tbm what do you mean
TBM what do you mean
@@syed3600 Tunnel Boring Machine
That’s impressive, They cut a perfect line to help the wall fall without seeing the drill
I think they drilled through before, and went back a bit, and built the cower wall after. 😅 Because I see the covering wall been pre-cut around in perfect shape, to make it look an accurate job.
Measure twice: cut once
These are some great engineers, mechanics, and construction workers
The Spice must flow.
Possibly the worst novel of my time.
@@george2113possibly the worst take of all time
@@eternalmiasma5586 so many incredible science fiction novels not made into movies and precious funding wasted on pointless remakes. I submit the Praxis series as an opportunity!
@@eternalmiasma5586People either love or hate Dune.
I miss doing this work so much. Hard work but get crews
I moved away from Hampton Roads to a place that really doesn't care about infrastructure or building much other than more drug treatment apartments. It has made me really appreciate where I came from.
There's really no place like the 757.
It’s the fire nation drill used to attack Ba Sing Sei
Came here and scrolled down for this. Avatar The Last Airbender, for the win!
BRILLIANT ENGINEERING!!!
Made in Germany by Herrenknecht.
And to think many of those boring machines are built for one project and then sealed off in another cave away from everything.
I personally don't know why but I know of several long tunnels where they simply took the machines after they were done and stuck them off to one side instead of recycling or put them to work, somewhere else.
Awesome indeed.👏🏾👌🏾👍🏾💯
Mbrekulli e mendjes dhe e dores njerrezore .❤
Man made horrors beyond comprehension
@@ryguy-qh2qkEXACTLY Seems every cho mo has a tunnel under their MTV cribs
When you can’t hold back that Taco Bell any longer.
Underrated comment!
"Hey hand me a hole saw bit. "
"How big?"
"Yes"
Its crazy how precise they can get it...look at the wall before it breaks throo...they have drawn a line around the wall where they plan it to come out... bang on the money
Un Enorme Taladro y muy Efectivo, Saludos desde México 🇲🇽
This is awesome! Really going to make those islands SO MUCH more accessible.
It's good that we've trained sand worms to be our friends and help us with work like this!
Definitely this machine is not boring 😂
We are finally seeing these machines. They have been around for a long time. The tunnels they have bore have been done long ago. One acronym. D.U.M.B.’s.
my favorite thing about the DUMB conspiracy is that they made the acronym "dumb" and y'all STILL fell for it. If this comment has made you upset you can submit your claim on an ID-10t form.
“Finally seeing” have you just had your eyes closed for twenty years? Watched a documentary about these borers when I was a child in the 90s
@@Spikeelsucko , that's why the US DOD recently spent a half billion dollars in underground warfare training, because Deep Underground Military Bases (DUMBs) don't exist.
As far as Deep Underground Military Bases is a conspiracy theory is concerned, tell that to the surviving Army soldiers & Marines who fought on Okinawa during World War Two.
@@TheHawk--oe8iq they are small minded and are afraid of what’s really happening in the world. They are the first to go when things go bad. They are always the first to try and make fun of these topics because they are soft. Forgive them they know not what they do.
Glad to see they got ones side done, hopefully this will help speed things along. The traffic going thru the original tunnels is getting rather ridiculous, its hard for us who work live on side and work on the other especially during the summer months when all the tourists use these highways and create miles of backups
Getting ridiculous? Man it's beeeen ridiculous!
That is one awesome powerful machine. How long is this new tunnel? Looks like they been digging for years.
I would literally never have thought it was a boring machine coming through.
Pretty cool, I thought that they were having a concrete form blowout...
One the worlds largest drill bits..
How perfect it’s cutting through
Que gran festejo mirar como los puntos de conexión fueron trabajados con precisión
That machine is not boring at all.
Digging tunnels is quite tedious.... almost as if it were.... boring. Is boring boring?
@@danwhitley7 it doesnt look boring.
After I married my wife in 2000 , she became active duty navy and moved to Norfolk. Now in Williamsburg I can’t wait to see this project finalized
The tunnel traffic was already collapsed in 2000. Way overdue project
I can feel the power comes out of the ROCK 🪨 🎸 💪🏻 , long live heavy machinery 🫡💪🏻👊🏻✌🏼
Machine looks like a Cybertron spaceship part
Amazing that the concrete hole was a perfect circle even though it was never touched by the tunneling machine.
I think they had it prepped for the milestone moment. That was cut from the outside.
They'd do that to cause less damage and make a cleaner exit. You can even see the hole is made up of multiple straight saw cuts. Jesus, some people.
@skylined5534 Absolutely right, it's a bunch of straight cuts but it's big enough that I can see why OP thought it was a perfect circle.
And you can thank Isambard Kingdom Brunel for this machine, way back in the early 1800's...
😊
200 лет ждала своего времени)))
My god what can't men make!!! This is impressive 👏
As a Finn these are so fascinating! We don't have soil that could be just bored.
TikTok gals are like “that’s average”
😅
Wow, very accurate soil, well done macroshaders 🎉
Bro is like that dude from the Incredibles
You're doing great sweetie!!!
I watched it a few times cause thats the coolest thing ive seen in a while
Amazing 👏
Seems pretty exciting to me.
This is amazing
*Uma Maravilha da Engenharia!*
The calculation drawing line from outside just amazing.
Cause I've done this, and it's not working well as expected 😂😂😂
"And then Bane came and gave a speech I swear" 😂
The council of man approves this video
This is actually pretty exciting. Nothing boring about it
I would just like to point out that the concrete was cut at the point the machine was going to exit, I don't think people appreciate the precision that goes into some of these things.
About Time ! This tunnel construction has been taking forever, the only thing that has progressed over the years is the increases in the tolls
I was expecting the cool aid guy 😂
im gonna run down to home depot and get me one of those drill bits
Weird how it popped out in a perfect circle.
Thank the Swedish for building this monster and the hard working men and women working all hours to get the job done 👍
That's insane!