VIRGINIA BEACH — A major expansion project at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel has been delayed for several months after workers came across an old ship anchor buried beneath the shipping channel.

Engineer Bob Brignano examines the exposed end of on anchor rod cast in 2010 undergoing a corrosion stress test for the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge in Oakland, Calif. on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013.

There are more problems on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge -- a flaw that could damage the main cable. 24/7 Live San Francisco East Bay South Bay Peninsula North Bay. Welcome, Mickey.

By water, Anchor Bay East is just about a mile from the collapsed bridge, now the site of extensive salvage and cleanup efforts.Normally a hub for pleasure boaters grabbing crabs or a crush at the ...

Anchor would have had a 'hard time' stopping ship that struck Baltimore bridge: Expert. Former merchant mariner Sal Mercogliano joins 'Your World' to discuss what NTSB investigators can learn from ...

The bridge was shut down earlier this week after a junior engineer noticed several of those anchor rods had been sheared and severed. RIDOT said the anchor rods date back to 1968, when the bridge ...

Of 58 anchor cables, the state asked the contractor to replace 46. “We wanted to make sure we had the longevity for the bridge so we wanted them replaced,” Steve Peer, of the Washington State ...

The Anchor Point community turned out Saturday on the bank of the Anchor River for the annual duck races. Hosted by the VFW Post 10221, the event is now in its fourth year and is growing into a Fourth ...

For the Hartland Bridge, however, they created a footing of compacted 3/4-in. concrete aggregate then placed the first layer of Anchor Diamond Pro 8 x 18 x 12-in. blocks in Granite Gray.