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Development of the Pacific Highway and Sydney - Newcastle Freeway - Sound files

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Selected interview excerpts from the compilation cassette tape.

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Part 1: Introduction/Recollections of the Pacific Highway and travel conditions
TYPE TITLE SIZE PAGES
multimedia MP3 867Kb
multimedia Real Media 386Kb
Part 2: Observations of a new field assistant/work conditions/planning for a major deviation
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multimedia MP3 741Kb
multimedia Real Media 331Kb
Part 3: Road location & surveying skills/road design procedures and equipment/aerial photography & photogrammetry/computerisation of road design/Geographic information systems
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multimedia MP3 1.07Mb
multimedia Real Media 489Kb
Part 4: Need for improvements - climbing lanes & town bypasses/Life in the work camps
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multimedia MP3 950Kb
multimedia Real Media 424Kb
Part 5: Manual work/Construction equipment/Earthworks/Mechanisation of construction/materials - gravels, bitumen and concrete
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multimedia MP3 870Kb
multimedia Real Media 388Kb
Part 6: Increasing congestion north of Sydney/planning for Sydney-Newcastle Freeway/earthworks & construction challenges
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multimedia MP3 1.74Mb
multimedia Real Media 795Kb
Part 7: Route of Sydney-Newcastle Freeway/the official opening/environmental constraints
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multimedia MP3 826Kb
multimedia Real Media 370Kb
Part 8: Floods/ferries/major bridges/explosives
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multimedia MP3 2.06Mb
multimedia Real Media 933Kb
Part 9: Road vs rail freight/growth in heavy vehicle usage/bus operation
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multimedia MP3 940Kb
multimedia Real Media 420Kb
Part 10: Road safety/Road alignment standards/Enforcement/Bus accidents/Speed limits
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multimedia MP3 10.2Mb
multimedia Real Media 5.18Mb
Part 11: Guard rails/Road markings & signage/Environmental & heritage factors
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multimedia MP3 993Kb
multimedia Real Media 442Kb
Part 12: Community relations & property acquisition/Blackspots/Benefits of the Highway/Remaining problems and unresolved issues
TYPE TITLE SIZE PAGES
multimedia MP3 1.36Mb
multimedia Real Media 621Kb
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