Re: Level Crossing Stupidity

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@nospam.bhp.com.au>]

Simon Webb <simon_webb@elec.uow.edu.au> wrote in message
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> One thing that I found almost unbelievable on my first trip to Melbourne
was the
> number of level crossings on suburban streets, the Bell St one being very
> prominent.  There are a few in the back streets here at Wollongong, but
any busy
> road which hitherto would have had a level crossing has long since had an
> overpass constructed or has been bypassed.  As for Bell st, a level
crossing on
> a multi-lane suburban road, that would be just unheard of up here.
>
> Simon
>
What about the Princes Highway level crossing between Unanderra and Kembla
Grange? There are also the Dunmore and Bombo quarries which have level
crossings over the Princes Highway. Bong Bong Road at Dapto is very busy and
still has a level crossing.
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Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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