> I'd be interested to know if any US cities have deeper tunnels The downtown portions of Chicago's Blue Line[1] and Red Line[2] were primarily dug using tunne

> I'd be interested to know if any US cities have deeper tunnels The downtown portions of Chicago's Blue Line[1] and Red Line[2] were primarily dug using tunnel boring machines in the 1940s. Here's a better view of the tunnels being not square[3]. Edit: infographic of various tunnels under Chicago, many of which are even deeper than these bored ones[4] 1: http://www.chicago-l.org/operations/lines/dearborn_subway.html http://www.chicago-l.org/operations/lines/dearborn_subway.ht... 2: http://www.chicago-l.org/operations/lines/state_subway.html http://www.chicago-l.org/operations/lines/state_subway.html 3: http://www.railworks.com/track-project/cta-red-line-tunnel http://www.railworks.com/track-project/cta-red-line-tunnel 4: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/32697b82560fbd40ec95ec12b1ee51f5794211dc8decaa776828fa28166aa3dc.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/32697b82560fbd40ec95ec1...