List of tunnels in Australia
This is a list of tunnels in Australia which includes any road, railway, waterway or other form of tunnel, anywhere in the country.
New South Wales
- Airport Tunnel on General Holmes Drive (Mascot, road, 550m)
- Carcoar Tunnel (rail Blayney-Domondrille line)
- Cross City Tunnel (Sydney, road)
- Cudgen Road Tunnel (Tweed Valley, road)
- Dorrigo railway line 2 tunnels
- Eastern Distributor Tunnel (Sydney, road)
- Fernleigh Tunnel (former rail, now rail trail-cycleway)
- M2 Lane Cove Tunnel (Sydney, road)
- Main North Line
- Boronia Tunnels ( 1-4 in use, 5 deviated; double track)
- Long Island
- Mullet Creek
- Woy Woy Tunnel (rail, opened 15 August 1887) (double track)
- Tickhole Tunnel
- Ardglen Tunnel (rail)
- Main South Line
- New Main Tunnel (Picton)
- Old Main Tunnel (Picton, rail, 181 metres, disused, 1-Mar-1867 until 13-Jul-1919)[1]
- Redbank Tunnel - deviated, filled in
- Gib tunnel - one single track, one double track
- Bethungra Spiral (rail) (2 tunnels)
- Main West Line
- Old Glenbrook Tunnel (rail) (deviated)
- Glenbrook Tunnel
- Clarence Tunnel (rail) (deviated by 10 Tunnels, used by Zig Zag)
- Belmore Tunnel (Zig Zag rail)
- Ten Tunnels Deviation 1910 (rail) (replaced Zig Zag)
- North Coast Line
- Coffs Harbour has 5 (North Coast railway line, New South Wales)
- Cougal Spiral (rail) (2 tunnels)
- Border Tunnel (rail) (NSW-QLD)
- South Coast Line
- Helensburgh Tunnels, (South Coast rail line, 7 tunnels, disused)
- Merewether Bluff (rail, disused, Australia's first 2 railway tunnels, 1861 & 1862, privately operated)[2]
- M5 East Tunnel (Sydney, road)
- NorthConnex- 9km (under construction)
- St Helena Tunnel (road) (opened 18 December 2015)
- Sydney Harbour Tunnel (road)
- Sydney underground railways
- City Circle (rail)
- Airport railway line (rail, 10 km long)
- Eastern Suburbs railway line (rail)
- Epping to Chatswood railway line (rail)
- North West Rail Link (under construction, open 2019) (Bella vista-Epping)
- Tugun Bypass Tunnel (Tweed Heads, road)
- WestConnex (Sydney, road) (under construction)
Queensland
- Airport Link (Brisbane, road) - Australia's longest road tunnel at 6.7 km
- Boggo Road Busway (Brisbane, bus)
- Boolboonda Tunnel [3] (Mount Perry, rail heritage)
- Border Tunnel
- Cherry Gully Tunnel (railway tunnel, Southern Downs Region)
- Clem Jones Tunnel (Brisbane, road)
- Cross River Rail (Brisbane, rail) - proposed
- Dalveen Tunnel (railway tunnel, Southern Downs Region)
- Dularcha Railway Tunnel (former railway tunnel, Sunshine Coast Region)
- Inner City Bypass (Brisbane, road)
- Lahey's Canungra Tramway Tunnel (Gold Coast, heritage) - c.1900 [4]
- Legacy Way (Brisbane, road)
- Leopard Street Tunnel (Brisbane, stormwater) - c.1890
- Main Range tunnels
- Muntapa rail tunnel (Cooyar, rail heritage)
- Nundah Bypass (Nundah, road)
- Toowoomba Second Range Crossing (Toowoomba, road) - proposed
- Tugun Bypass tunnel (Gold Coast, road)
- Victoria Tunnel (Grandchester, rail)
- Yimbun Railway Tunnel (railway tunnel, Somerset Region)
- Many Peaks - Monto loop line 6 tunnels (disused railway line)
See; Railway Tunnels in Queensland, Australia
South Australia
- Heysen Tunnels on the South Eastern Freeway
- Sleeps Hill Tunnel Main South Line (rail)
- Former Sleeps Hill Tunnels Main South Line (rail)
- Shepherds Hill Road Tunnel Main South Line (rail)
- Former Coromandel Tunnel Main South Line (rail)
- Former Pinera Tunnel Main South Line (rail)
- Belair National Park Tunnel Main South Line (rail)
- Long Gully Tunnel Main South Line (rail)
- Upper Sturt Tunnel Main South Line (rail)
- Yantaringa Tunnel Main South Line (rail)
- Murray Bridge Tunnel Main South Line (rail)
- Clarendon Weir to Happy Valley Reservoir Tunnels (water)
- Torrens Gorge Tunnel (water)
- Barossa reservoir supply tunnel from South Para River (water)
- Dowds Hill Tunnel Peterborough - Broken Hill railway (rail)
- Tod River Reservoir works (water)
Victoria
- City Loop Tunnels (Melbourne, rail tunnels)
- Burnley Tunnel (Melbourne, part of the CityLink road network)
- Domain Tunnel (Melbourne, part of the CityLink road network)
- Melba Tunnel (Melbourne, part of the EastLink road network)
- Mullum Mullum Tunnel (Melbourne, part of the EastLink road network)
- Spotswood sewer tunnel (under Yarra River, Fishermans Bend and Spotswood)
- Westgate Tunnel (Melbourne, a proposed tunnel to reduce congestion on the Westgate Bridge)
Western Australia
- Canning Tunnel (water)
- Northbridge Tunnel (Perth, road)
- Swan View Tunnel (Perth, rail, closed)
- William Street Tunnel (Perth, rail)
- Wungong Tunnel (water)
Tasmania
- Rhyndaston Tunnel (rail)
See also
References
- ^ Old Main Tunnel, Main South Line, Nswrail.net (accessed 13 July 2011)
- ^ Glenrock State Conservation Area, Plan of Management, Department of Environment, Climate Change & Water, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, New South Wales Government, September 2010, p.28 (accessed 13 July 2011)
- ^ Alex Brown (2003-05-07). "Gin Gin explodes out of the blocks for its 9.93 seconds of fame". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
- ^ "Lahey's Canungra Tramway Tunnel (entry 602529)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 11 May 2011.