The Virginia Dept. of Transportation has given the go-ahead for work to begin on the $3.8-billion Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion project.
Hampton Roads Connector Partners (HRCP)—a design-build joint venture of Dragados USA, Vinci, Dodin Campenon Bernard and Flatiron Constructors—can now begin the 55-month process of adding twin two-lane tunnels parallel to existing tubes linking Hampton and Norfolk. HDR and Mott MacDonald are lead designers for the project, which spans 9.9 miles and includes 14,000 ft of new marine bridges, replacement of more than two dozen existing bridge structures and lane additions to sections of Interstate 64.