Cross City Tunnel
Motorway tunnel in Sydney, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Cross City Tunnel is a 2.2-kilometre long (1.4 mi)[1] twin-road tunnel tollway located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The tunnel links Darling Harbour on the western fringe of the central business district to Rushcutters Bay in the Eastern Suburbs. Each of the twin tunnels has a different alignment, with the westbound tunnel running underneath William and Park Streets and the eastbound tunnel running underneath Bathurst Street.
Overview | |
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Location | Sydney |
Coordinates | 33°52′23″S 151°12′13″E |
Start | Western Distributor Darling Harbour |
End | New South Head Road Bayswater Road Rushcutters Bay |
Operation | |
Work begun | January 2003 |
Opened | August 2005 |
Owner | Transport for NSW |
Operator | Transurban |
Toll | See Tolls section below |
Technical | |
Length | 2.2 km (1.4 mi) |
No. of lanes | 4 |
Operating speed | 80 km/h (variable) |
Tunnel clearance | 4.4 metres |
The tunnel is owned by the Government of New South Wales and is operated by Transurban under a toll concession until 2035.
In early 2002, a year before construction began, transport planner Michelle Zeibots was quoted in local newspapers saying the tunnel would not reach its traffic targets.[2]