FACTS AND FIGURES

 The CLEM7 tunnel

• The CLEM7 connects to Lutwyche Road, Inner City Bypass, Shafston Avenue, Ipswich Road, Pacific Motorway and the Airport Link (opening 2012).
• The tollway is monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by the Tollway Control Centre
• There are 2 traffic lanes in each direction
• The tollway is 6.8km in length
• The tunnel is 4.8km in length
• The lowest point the tunnel is 60m below the Brisbane River

  Construction of the CLEM7

• Over 11,000 people have worked on the project
• The CLEM7 was excavated using Roadheader machines and 2 Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) which were 12.4m in diameter, over 250m long and weighed 4,000 tonnes.
• It took 22 people to operate these machines where they progressed up to 20m a day using 78 tungsten carbide tipped 19 inch disc cutters

 Major milestones