Commissioners unanimously approved the emergency closure during a special meeting Friday, only about an hour after ACHD Staff received the inspection report.
Project leaders with the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel reported that Chessie, the tunnel boring machine used to dig the second tunnel, had broken through at the second island.
Large concrete planters were placed at the feet of the bridge after a fatal collision in 2022, when a motorist drove onto the pedestrian bridge and struck three people, killing two of them.