Eastern distributor

Eastern distributor
Basic data
Operator:	Airport Motorway Ltd.
Start of the street:	Southern Cross Drive; Kensington ( Sydney ) ( NSW ); ( 33 ° 55 ′ S , 151 ° 13 ′ E )
End of street:	Cahill Expressway; Wooloomooloo ( Sydney ) ( NSW ); ( 33 ° 52 ′ S , 151 ° 13 ′ E )
Overall length:	6 km
States :	New South Wales
	Tunnel entrance in Wooloomooloo

Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The Eastern Distributor is an urban motorway in the center of Sydney in the east of the Australian state of New South Wales . It connects Southern Cross Drive in Kensington with the Cahill Expressway in Wooloomooloo . Thus, together with its connections, it connects Kingsford Smith International Airport with the city center. To the north the road is tolled. Tolls are located at the beginning of the road in Wooloomooloo and on William Street . Since July 2012, the toll for cars and motorcycles has been AU- $ 6.00 and for other vehicles (trucks, buses) AU- $ 12.00. 2048, if the contract with Airport Motorway Ltd. expires, the toll will no longer apply.

course

The Eastern Distributor begins in the southeastern suburb of Kensington as a continuation of Southern Cross Drive (Met-1). The city freeway runs north along the western border of Moore Park . Anzac Drive joins its northern end . From there to almost its end point in Wooloomooloo, the road runs in a ditch and tunnels, through Darlinghurst and to the connection of William Street (above ground) and the Cross City Tunnels (S76) (underground) in western Kings Cross . The tunnel ends on Cathedral Street and the Eastern distributor covers the last 500 m to Cowper Wharf Roadway at Park The Domain , where it merges into the Cahill Expressway (Met-1).

history

The first talk of the need for an eastern distribution road was around 1951. But it was not until the Labor Party came to power in Australia under Bob Carr before the project really began.

With its 6 km length, the Eastern Distributor was created to connect downtown Sydney with the already existing Southern Cross Drive. It was supposed to reduce traffic congestion between the city center and the airport. During the construction that Leighton carried out for Airport Motorway Ltd. was carried out, 5,000 workers were employed. Thus the Eastern Distributor was financed privately and is also operated privately, namely by Transurban . The state took over the planning, the support of the operator and the management. The freeway cost AU $ 730 million and opened on December 19, 1999, with the connection to William Street not opening to traffic until July 23, 2000, just in time for the start of the Olympic Games . The road will remain in private hands for 48 years and will then fall to the state of New South Wales on July 23, 2048.

Two subcontractors began construction of the northbound tunnel in January 1996, each at one end in Wooloomooloo and Surry Hills , respectively . Seven drill heads were used, with the ceiling being stabilized with tie rods and liquid concrete. On December 4, 1998, the breakthrough occurred in the middle, 30 m below Taylor Square . The actual construction work began in August 1997 and the earthworks were finished in March 1999. 400,000 m³ of earth and rock, mostly Hawkesbury sandstone - equivalent to 40,000 truck loads - were excavated.

The most important part of the project is the 1.7 km long tunnel under one of the most densely populated urban areas in Australia, which was made necessary by the six-lane expansion in the existing road corridor. The arrangement of three lanes next to each other and the two directional lanes on top of each other led to the need for a single-lane tunnel. Halfway up, a pre-stressed prefabricated concrete ceiling was installed on which the tunnel leading to the north rests. The tunnel to the south is below. So only a tunnel ceiling had to be built together with the walls.

Crossings and junctions

Eastern distributor
Connections to the north	Distance to Sydney city center (km)	Distance to Kingsford Smith International Airport (km)	Connections to the south
End of Eastern Distributor continues as Cahill Expressway to Hornsby / Newcastle / Brisbane	-	11	Eastern distributor of the Cahill Expressway begins
TOLL BOARD			Cathedral Street
TUNNEL EXIT			Paddington, Sydney city center William Street
Sydney city center, Paddington William Street	3.5	10.5	TUNNEL ENTRANCE
Sydney city center, Parramatta Cross City Tunnel	3.5	10.5	TUNNEL ENTRANCE
no exit	4.5	9.5	Randwick, La Perouse Anzac Parade Moore Park Road
TUNNEL ENTRANCE	5	9	TUNNEL EXIT
START OF THE TOLL ROUTE	6th	8th	to Lachlan Street via Waterloo Dacey Avenue South Dowling Street
to Cleveland Street via Surry Hills South Dowling Street	6th	8th
TUNNEL	-	-	TUNNEL
Waterloo, Moore Park South Dowling Street	8.5	5.5	no exit
Kensington, Zetland Link Road	9	5	End of Eastern Distributor continues as Southern Cross Drive to Wollongong / Canberra
Start of Eastern Distributor further from Southern Cross Drive	9	5

Web links

source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007, ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 , pp. 21 + 22.

Individual evidence

↑ Great prices . In: Eastern Distributor :: A Place for :: Payments . Airport Motorway Limited. Retrieved July 3, 2009.
^ Justin Norrie, Jordan Baker: How inequality rules Sydney's road network . In: The Sydney Morning Herald . September 4, 2006. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
^ Cahill Expressway / Eastern Distributor / Eastern Freeway: History and Development . Ozroads. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Chris Jewell, Noel Merrick: Modeling of the groundwater impact of a sunken urban motorway in Sydney, Australia (PDF; 211 kB) 2003. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Accessed November 10, 2012.
↑ Transurban turnover rises as traffic grows . In: The Sydney Morning Herald . Fairfax Media. January 12, 2012. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved on November 10, 2012.
^ Eastern Distributor Construction Homes Damage . Parliament of New South Wales. September 11, 2001. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved on November 10, 2012.
↑ Eastern distributor . Roads and Maritime Services. September 11, 2001. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved on November 10, 2012.
^ ^A ^b ^c ^d ^e Eastern Distributor, Sydney . Australasian Tunneling Society. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
↑ Steven Lai, Dee Wong, Dicken Wu: Fire and life safety designs for road tunnels in Asia . Fire Division, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. Pp. 23-24. April 9, 2009. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved on November 10, 2012.

[1] Great prices . In: Eastern Distributor :: A Place for :: Payments . Airport Motorway Limited. Retrieved July 3, 2009.

[2] Justin Norrie, Jordan Baker: How inequality rules Sydney's road network . In: The Sydney Morning Herald . September 4, 2006. Retrieved October 9, 2010.

[3] Cahill Expressway / Eastern Distributor / Eastern Freeway: History and Development . Ozroads. Retrieved October 9, 2010.

[JM-4] Chris Jewell, Noel Merrick: Modeling of the groundwater impact of a sunken urban motorway in Sydney, Australia (PDF; 211 kB) 2003. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Accessed November 10, 2012.

[5] Transurban turnover rises as traffic grows . In: The Sydney Morning Herald . Fairfax Media. January 12, 2012. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved on November 10, 2012.

[6] Eastern Distributor Construction Homes Damage . Parliament of New South Wales. September 11, 2001. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved on November 10, 2012.

[7] Eastern distributor . Roads and Maritime Services. September 11, 2001. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved on November 10, 2012.

[ATS-8] A ^b ^c ^d ^e Eastern Distributor, Sydney . Australasian Tunneling Society. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2012.

[9] Steven Lai, Dee Wong, Dicken Wu: Fire and life safety designs for road tunnels in Asia . Fire Division, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. Pp. 23-24. April 9, 2009. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved on November 10, 2012.