The Kings Cross Tunnel is a twin-tube road tunnel in

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, Australia. It runs beneath Kings Cross from William Street to

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. It was built in conjunction with the Eastern Suburbs railway line that has a tunnel immediately below the road tunnel at its eastern end. Work commenced in 1970. Two bridges were constructed at Victoria Street and Ward Avenue forming the portals. A foot bridge was built near the eastern approach. Built using the cut and cover method, it was opened on 15 December 1975 by

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Tom Lewis. The air rights were sold in the 1980s and developed as

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s by Walker Corporation.Walker's $27.5m Kings Cross deal
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