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The Eastern Distributor is a six-kilometre long motorway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Part of Metroad 1, it links the Sydney central business district (CBD) with the Airport. The centre-piece is a 1.7km tunnel running from Woolloomooloo to Surry Hills. Image File history File links Eastern_Distributor_logo. ... The Cahill Expressway was the first true freeway constructed in Sydney, Australia. ... The colour scheme used to denote a primary route. ... Southern Cross Drive, near Moore Park Southern Cross Drive is a major road in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... William Street from the air in the 1950s William Street is a major thoroughfare in Sydney, Australia. ... Anzac Parade, Kingsford Anzac Parade is a major road in the south-eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Image File history File links NSW_M1mwy. ... Image File history File links NSW_M1mwy. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Eastern_Distributor_tunnel. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Eastern_Distributor_tunnel. ... Motorway symbol in UK, Australia, Spain, France and Ireland. ... This is about the city of Sydney in Australia. ... Metroad 1 or M1 is one of Sydney, Australias Metroads. ... Sydney Airport redirects here. ... A disused railway tunnel now converted to pedestrian and bicycle use, near Houyet, Belgium A tunnel is an underground passage. ... Woolloomooloo Bay and Finger Wharf Woolloomooloo is a harbourside, inner-city eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Surry Hills, Shopping Village St Peters Catholic Church Central railway station clock tower Surry Hills is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state New South Wales, Australia. ...

The motorway is tolled in one direction (northbound) with the toll plazas at Woolloomooloo and at the William Street exit. Prior to 1 April 2008 the toll was $4.50 for a car or motorbike and $9.50 for other vehicles. From April 2008 the toll for cars and motorbikes was to rise to $5. ^[1] William Street from the air in the 1950s William Street is a major thoroughfare in Sydney, Australia. ...

This motorway is part of the 110 kilometre Sydney Orbital Network. For about half its length, it is in a trench inside South Dowling Street. The motorway provides a southbound exit for Lachlan Street / Dacey Avenue, a northbound exit for Cleveland Street, northbound entrance ramp from Cleveland Street and connections to William Street. There are also connection to the Cross City Tunnel, giving motorists direct connections under the city to the Western Distributor. There are also northbound/southbound entry/exits to Moore Park Road and Anzac Parade. The Sydney Orbital Network is a 110-km motorway ring-road in the city of Sydney, Australia. ... Cross City Tunnel exit at Sir John Young Crescent, Woolloomooloo. ... The Western Distributor is a primarily elevated small freeway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia that links Victoria Road, White Bay (Rozelle), with the Bradfield Highway at the southern end of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. ... Anzac Parade, Kingsford Anzac Parade is a major road in the south-eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...

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The need for an Eastern Distributor was first talked about in 1951. It was not until the Bob Carr, state Labor Government in the 1990s that the project was initiated. The motorway was opened in two stages with stage 1 opened to the traffic in December 1999 and stage 2 following in July 2000. The term of private ownership is 48 years after which the road will revert to government ownership. For other persons named Bob Carr, see Bob Carr (disambiguation). ...

The project's centrepiece is the 1.7 km piggyback tunnel under one of Australia's most densely populated urban areas. Two separate contractors began digging from either end at Surry Hills and Woolloomooloo in January 1998. On December 4th of that year the two teams were shaking hands in the middle – 30 m beneath Taylor Square. By March 1999 all digging was complete., after 400,000 cubic metres of soil, largely Sydney Hawkesbury Sandstone was removed – equal to 40,000 truckloads. Taylor Square is a major road junction in Sydney, Australia at the corner of Oxford Street and Flinders Street, on the border of the suburbs of Darlinghurst and Surry Hills. ...

The tunnel's claim to fame at the time it was built was that at 24.5 m across at its widest point, it was the widest tunnel in the world. At 14 m high, the tunnel is also notably large from the ceiling to the floor. A concrete ledge in the middle was added after the original construction phase to separate the northern and southern roadways – with northbound cars using the three top lanes and southbound traffic using three lanes directly beneath. The requirement for three lanes each way within the existing roadway corridor meant a piggyback tunnel was the only choice.

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Metroad 1 or M1 is one of Sydney, Australias Metroads. ... The Western Distributor is a primarily elevated small freeway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia that links Victoria Road, White Bay (Rozelle), with the Bradfield Highway at the southern end of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. ...

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