The Sydney Harbour Tunnel - 1993 Australian Road Construction Documentary Film 

It's easy to take infrastructure like this for granted when it's been around your entire life, videos like this really give you an appreciation for it!

I’ve driven through those tunnels countless times and never knew just how complex and well thought out they are. Very impressive

This film was clearly made by engineers. A very concise technical overview.

A very professional effort by Kumagi and Transfield. On time and on budget, and I’ve never seen a drop of water in the tunnel, unlike some others where water entry is less critical.

Loved nerding out on this.. Blows me away how clever humans can be on the one hand whilst being absolutely stupid on the other.... I won't take this stuff for granted anymore though !!!

Always wanted to understand the build process! Thanks for sharing.

Remember when it first opened a friend did 160 kmh through the tunnel and didn’t realise there were speed cameras inside 😆🤷‍♂️

The engineering required is mind boggling!

So amazing understanding what went into what most people just consider a road to get to work

Always blew my mind going through this tunnel, I (for some reason) always believed it went completely under the harbour, through the rock below, now I understand it sits at the bottom of the harbour! fascinating to see them tow in the sections and drop them down to the bottom as well as securing them in place, What a magnificent achievement!

Fond memories of working on this project all those years ago

At 12:38 mark is a hopper barge in the background, W.H.Discovery. I was a 13yo old kid going out on that barge every day in the school holidays. My old man drove a water cart cleaning the roadway from the original Paddy's Markets at Haymarket to Pier 16 as the excavated soil from the construction of what is now Market City was used as fill around the immersed tunnel sections to minimise lateral loads. Dad would drop me off at Pier 16 on his first trip of the day and pick me up when he was done for the day. I'll never forget standing on the deck with a deckhand named Will, the 6-toed Canadian, and the captain, Dooley, called me up to the wheelhouse. He handed me a pair of binoculars and told me to look at the 40-odd ft pleasure cruiser nearby. The cruiser had the distinct Playboy bunny logo on the back and also an actual Playboy bunny, stark naked, doing a photo shoot on the rear of the cruiser. GREAT day for a 13yo boy! 🤣🤣

so far advanced and well thought out. its a real shame that Australia doesn't have anymore of these types of projects the engineering feat along with the future in mind is something so easily forgotten nowadays, not to mention on time and on budget.

bloody marvellous

Very informative.

Never knew the Pylon on the bridge had exhaust fans in it...thought its was just thick Pylons to support the bridge..who knew in 1932 when the Sydney harbour Bridge was completed that it would have such a use.

Very interesting. I remember it all as if it was just yesterday however, I never knew the complexities of just how much work was needed to complete this magnificent project. Thanks for creating and sharing. DM.

I remember a Holden touring car going through also!

All managed without tech advancements of today, just good old fashioned work , congrats to all involved

I could listen to this narration all day

Somehow I never realised (or more likely forgot) that they reused the northern pylons of the bridge as exhaust stacks. Also genuinely surprised that there was an easily removed protest banner at the opening that wasn't removed. A few bits of this piece were definitely giving off Turbo Encabulator vibes! And the music somewhat unexpected for a 1990's film but it could have been a lot worse!

on schedule and on budget is something you dont hear anymore

Wow full of infos

Back in the hay day of Australia/Japanese engineering contracts. Now we deal with the Devil at our own peril.

I rode a motorised push bike through it once northbound in the early hours in 2000.

Wow, almost up to the 30 year mark.

Two lanes. Big woop . Bridge did 8 in early 1900.

And so began the legend of the "trans tunnel 200 club"

Still don't know why the toll remains on one lane of the tunnel while the other lane already had its toll taken off

We did all this but a high speed rail.... woah now... let's not be hasty :P

Looks impressive but would this project get 🌈✔ ?

Heading west

So it’s now the end of August 2022. Is the handover going to happen as planned?

I dont know when that is the contruction of the Briged in Labuan island has begun between of mainland Sabah and Labuan . .until then is nothing to do to built its ....eeemmmmm

Is the casting yard in Port Kembla the current site for the AAT terminal?

We are in 2022 now so its payed off but tolls ars still happening??

Anyone know where the actual excavation waste got dumped out at sea. GPS location?

Who else managed to join the 200 club :) IYKYK

I was a ( white) security guard in Wollongong babysitting the tunnel construction.

Look at that disgusting building - Blues Point Tower - ruining the view. How this monstrosity got built. Oh wait a minute.

No wonder why the tunnel still works. Japanese engineering.

2 years before i was born.

And they made it 2 lanes only. 🤣Typical of NSW government.

Needs some simple diagrams to explain WTF the engineer is talking about!! Ludicrous musical accompaniment - Gustav Mahler FFS!

Why is this recommended in 2024 - the tunnel no longer exists

imagine the libs trying this.