Virginian-Pilot | Tube groundbreaking starts new chapter for "engineering wonder" Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Virginian-Pilot When it was built, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel was called “one of the seven engineering wonders of the world.” Now 53 years after the 23-mile bridge-tunnel opened, it's adding another tube for the first time. And the construction of that $756 ... |