[COM] South Road Superway | $842m | 3km

[Norman]

The underpass will fully open in 3 weeks. I too have photos and videos to put together soon.

[sam]

and Sam lining up for a portrait.

I didn't take my camera, so no photos, but there's my portrait >>

LOL!

[Xaragmata]

Here's the photos;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shuz7/sets ... 355875898/

Nice selection!

[Xaragmata]

The underpass will fully open in 3 weeks. I too have photos and videos to put together soon.

I didn't mind having the chance to enter while it is still a work site, with exposed piles and unfinished bits, and the
consortium did a good job with the showbags and displays.

[Shuz]

Er, guys. Need a bit of help with uploading videos to YouTube...

The first file, is Premier Rann's spech - 281mB, .avi format, 320x240. I figure this is astronomically large...
The second file, is a recording of the beams installation - 79mB and the third file, a golf-kart "drivethrough" of the underpass, 17mB....

I tried uploading the first one onto youtube. 4.5 hours... still going. Figure they wont take on 281mb file. Whats your ideas?

[Will409]

There is a bulk uploader function on youtube which will allow you to upload videos upto 1gig on there.

[Omicron]

I went there, saw Norman & Cruise? (I think it was Cruise) and Omi on the tram heading for work; and Sam lining up for a portrait. lol... got some photos, a coupla vids, rarararah. Will upload them when I can; I have so much homework to get through!!

It was a lovely day. I was hungover, unshaven, sleepy, late for work, and had just spilled water on myself. Then I hopped onto the tram and ran into practically the entire forum. Excellent.

[crawf]

and Sam lining up for a portrait.

I didn't take my camera, so no photos, but there's my portrait >>

LOL!

Lol nice

[Xaragmata]

Some more pics from the community event here:
http://www.xaragmata.thebbs.org/album/c ... index.html

[drsmith]

Was it too hard to change Mike Rann's schedule so that the open day would coincide with the completion of the project ?

[muzzamo]

So for those that have been there now, do they agree that with minor modification the underpass can hold 6 lanes of traffic?

[Ben]

So for those that have been there now, do they agree that with minor modification the underpass can hold 6 lanes of traffic?

I went yesterday and think it could easily accomodate 3 lanes each way.

[rhino]

It's looking good.

No comments about the name yet - what do people think? Personally, I don't mind it at all, but I wouldn't have minded Glandore Underpass (or any of the other suburbs there) either.

[Shuz]

I think the name's a respectful one. I can't think of anything in Adelaide that's been honoured after Gallipoli yet (except that big statue thing on North Terrace) and it ties in unison with the Anzac theme.

[Xaragmata]

It's looking good.

No comments about the name yet - what do people think? Personally, I don't mind it at all, but I wouldn't have minded Glandore Underpass (or any of the other suburbs there) either.

I'm quite happy with the name, which goes with the Anzac theme, but I had forgotten the earlier controversy about
naming it after one of the two VC recipients from WWI ...

http://hills-and-valley-messenger.where ... nnel-feud/ (April 2008)

Anzac tunnel feud

[It is understood the government plans to call the 700m-long new road tunnel either “Inwood Underpass” after
Reginald Roy Inwood, or “Blackburn Underpass” after Arthur Blackburn.

Both men received a Victoria Cross (VC) medal for bravery during World War I. Mr Blackburn died in 1960 and Mr
Inwood in 1971.

While supporting a war-themed name for the underpass, because it crosses under Anzac Hwy, RSL state president
Jock Statton said it should be named after a major World War I battle ground, either “Gallipoli” or the “Western
Front”. ]

Gallipoli Underpass has a better ring to it than Western Front Underpass, IMO.