Domain Tunnel
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The Domain Tunnel is a west-bound tunnel joining the Monash Freeway to the West Gate Freeway in Melbourne, Australia. The tunnel is part of the CityLink Tollway operated by Transurban and provides a bypass of the central business district. It runs under the Yarra River and Kings Domain. Regular radio transmission cannot be received while in the tunnel. Commercial stations have installed their own transmitters. A variable speed limit applies in the tunnel. In normal circumstances, the speed limit is 80km/h. During maintenance, a 60km/h speed limit applies and normal radio broadcast is regularly interrupted by announcements.
The tunnel was constructed between 1996 and 1999 by Transfield-Obayashi Joint Venture. It is 1.6km long and is comprised of 0.7km of driven tunnel and 900m of cut-and-cover which includes a shallow river crossing.
On 23 March 2007 just before 10am, a pile-up occurred in the Burnley tunnel involving three trucks and four cars. The crash resulted in multiple explosions and a subsequent fire. This forced the evacuation of motorists from the Burnley Tunnel. The Domain Tunnel was closed and any drivers in the Domain Tunnel at the time drove out normally. Cross passage tunnels between the Domain and burnley Tunnels were used by evacuees to exit from the Burnley Tunnel into the Domain Tunnel.
In May 2007 a dramatic incident involving a truck and a sedan was caught by a A Current Affair film crew investigating the safety of the tunnel in light of previous events. Authorities are currently investigating if the crew, who were driving vehicles in the tunnel, may have contributed in instigating the crash.[1]
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- Burnley Tunnel, an east-bound tunnel running parallel to the Domain Tunnel.
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