Kings Cross Tunnel

This article is about the road tunnel in Sydney Australia. For the railway tunnel in London England, see Gasworks Tunnel.

The Kings Cross Tunnel is a twin-tube road tunnel in Sydney, Australia. It runs beneath Kings Cross from William Street to New South Head Road. It was built in conjunction with the Eastern Suburbs railway line that has a tunnel immediately below the road tunnel at its eastern end.^[1]

Kings Cross Tunnel

Overview
Location	Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia
Start	William Street
End	New South Head Road
Operation
Opened	15 December 1975
Owner	Transport for NSW
Traffic	Automotive
Technical
Length	274 metres
No. of lanes	4
Operating speed	60 km/h (37 mph)

Work commenced in 1970.^[2] Two bridges were constructed at Victoria Street and Ward Avenue forming the portals.^[3][4] A foot bridge was built near the eastern approach.^[5] Built using the cut and cover method, it was opened on 15 December 1975 by Premier Tom Lewis.^[1][6][7] The air rights were sold in the 1980s and developed as apartments by Walker Corporation.^[8][9]