West Gate Tunnel project workers recently completed the final concrete road surface of the bridges and elevated roads which will take drivers from the tunnel to West Melbourne, Docklands and the city.
To build the elevated road and other city connections stretching from Footscray to Docklands, crews have installed 11.6 kilometres of road deck, more than 4000 barriers along the bridges and more than 22.5 kilometres of barrier rail.
During construction, the workers installed 278 separate spans of road to build the series of connections, with the longest being about 100 metres.
The remaining works on the city connections will include the installation of drainage, sign gantries, electrical and safety systems, including the intelligent traffic management system (ITS), along with the final layer of asphalting.
The project aims to deliver an alternative to the West Gate Bridge, providing a second river crossing, cutting congestion and taking 9000 trucks off local roads daily.
It will also create 14 kilometres of upgraded walking and cycling paths and close to nine hectares of new parks and wetlands.
