Prufrock is on a mission! Prufrock, The Boring Company’s tunnel boring machine, has been spotted bursting through the ground near Las Vegas Boulevard. The advanced machine has been used in Las Vegas to build tunnels for the Vegas Loop, an underground system that shuttles passengers within the resort corridor. | Cheddar Gadgets

Mary, the tunnel-boring machine, made its final breakthrough on the new Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnels Wednesday. Gov. Glenn Youngkin and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy were in attendance for the historic moment, marking a major milestone in the HRBT Expansion Project — a nearly $4 billion project that has taken almost 17 million man-hours. The new tunnels are expected to open by spring 2027. | WTKR News 3

Here is the moment a tunnel boring machine reached what will become the Westmead metro station – the western-most end of the Metro West line. Tunnel boring machine Betty worked for two years to chew through 790,000 tonnes of earth, lining the walls with concrete along the way. Passengers will be able to travel between the Sydney CBD and Westmead in 22 minutes when the 24-kilometre line is complete. It is set to open in 2032. Tunnelling has also begun underneath Darling Harbour to finish the east

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