CROSS CITY TUNNEL
Post-opening Photos and Videos
Eastern portal - Rushcutters Bay |
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Looking east from Ward Avenue, directly above the eastern portals. The central roadway, on the lowest level, is the Cross City Tunnel eastbound carriageway - the Kings Cross Tunnel portal is on its left and the on-ramp from Ward Ave to New South Head Rd is on its right. Oct 2006. |
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Looking west from the Roslyn St footbridge towards the eastern portals. The lower roadway is the Cross City Tunnel westbound carriageway - the Kings Cross Tunnel port is on its right and the on-ramp from Ward Ave to New South Head Rd is on the far right. Oct 2006. |
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Another view of the eastern portals from Roslyn St footbridge. Ward Ave is on the top, Kings Cross Tunnel in the middle and the Cross City Tunnel at the bottom. Oct 2006. |
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Western Portal - Darling Harbour |
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Looking east along the ramp from Western Distributor to Bathurst Street. Two lanes branch off to the right just beyond the "Reduce Speed Now" sign into the Cross City Tunnel portal. Oct 2005. |
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Looking south over the westbound ramp from Cross City Tunnel to Harbour Street. The main outlet for westbound traffic has joined the Western Distributor here - it is the 2 left lanes on the viaduct. Aug 2006. |
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Looking south where the westbound Cross City Tunnel lanes (left) join the Western Distributor (right). The viaduct crossing the Western Distributor is the westbound on-ramp from Druitt Street. Aug 2006. |
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Northern Portal - Cahill Expressway |
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Looking south from the footbridge across the Eastern Distributor at Woolloomooloo. This is where the west-to-north ramp from the Cross City Tunnel surfaces, in the middle of Sir John Young Crescent. Oct 2006. |
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Northbound view from the same footbridge. The Cross City Tunnel lane is the middle of the three lanes in the cutting on the left. Oct 2006. |
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Looking north-west over Cahill Expressway from Art Gallery Road. The Cross City Tunnel ramp is the third lane from the left - it joins the mainline Cahill Expressway just before the Domain Tunnel portal in the distance. Oct 2006. |
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Inside the tunnel - Videos |
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EASTBOUND - Entering the tunnel from the Western Distributor, exiting onto New South Head Road at Rushcutters Bay. (Right-click, "Save Target As" - mp4 format, 5.10MB - taken 6th November 2005) |
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EASTBOUND - Entering the tunnel from Harbour Street, exiting onto the Eastern Distributor at Darlinghurst. (Right-click, "Save Target As" - mp4 format, 2.72MB - taken 6th November 2005) |
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WESTBOUND - Entering the tunnel from Craigend Street, exiting onto the Western Distributor at Darling Harbour. (Right-click, "Save Target As" - mp4 format, 4.17MB - taken 6th November 2005) |
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WESTBOUND - Entering the tunnel from Craigend Street, exiting onto Cahill Expressway at Woolloomooloo. (Right-click, "Save Target As" - mp4 format, 1.95MB - taken 6th November 2005) |