2004 vs today… so there's still just 4 through lanes to the Bridge, and actually reduced to 3 on the main carriageway.
Posted by grimacefry
2004 vs today… so there's still just 4 through lanes to the Bridge, and actually reduced to 3 on the main carriageway.
Posted by grimacefry
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Rookie numbers compared to the lanes [when the toll booths were in operation](https://www.reddit.com/r/melbourne/s/rGj0KeRjBC)
But Transurban will be happy with their $$$ so that’s all that really matters I suppose.
Wow, what a grotesque concrete eyesore. Just what we needed- more cars moving and bigger cars than ever before!
We should be ashamed of the world we’re leaving to the next generations.
I like the look of the old better.
I’d love a comparison video, of the bridge peak times both directions and seeing how the the tunnel has impacted it. While people might not use the tunnel they will be indirectly impacted by it.
more lanes doesn’t equal faster transit
And for most of those twenty years it looked identical to the top photo too.
For the same net result
Wow we no longer have to obey the speed limit on that road
To be fair there would be zero point to adding any more lanes when there’s only 4 on the bridge. Good use of money to just cause more congestion.
What a mess
Coming from Geelong, I absalutly LOVE the tunnel. Its pretty funny heading into the city, the eastern or northern suburbs and sailing past kms of traffic stuck on the westgate side, feel like I’m in the business class entry.
absolutely
Why does it have a boner?
Bridge ain’t getting any wider, and it’s still Australia’s most highly trafficked bridge by a large main.
Westgate freeway had a decent capacity upgrade with the dual carriageway system and neither is really the “main” one.