The Boring Company's First Tunnel Is All Dug Up

Elon Musk has tweeted images of his tunnel-boring machine with the caption 'Congratulations @BoringCompany on completing the LA/Hawthorne tunnel! Cutting edge technology!' The update comes a couple weeks after Musk showed off the Boring Company's LA tunnel and said it was 'on track' for an opening party on December 10th. Ars Technica reports: The tunnel appears to end at what The Boring Company calls 'O'Leary Station,' which is located on a piece of commercial property that The Boring Company purchased in Hawthorne. This location is close to, but not the same as, the location for which The Boring Company recently received approval to build a tunnel entrance within a residential garage. 'O'Leary Station' references a SpaceX/Boring Company employee who recently passed away. The Hawthorne tunnel is just a test tunnel for The Boring Company, which also plans to complete a second, 3.6-mile, one-way tunnel from Los Angeles Metro to Dodger Stadium. Eventually, the company wants to dig a tunnel in Chicago between O'Hare International Airport and the city's downtown.

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