The West Gate Distributor was a proposed toll road in Melbourne, Australia, to provide access between the West Gate Freeway and the Port of Melbourne, primarily for heavy freight vehicles. The project was eventually scrapped in favour of a similar project known as the Western Distributor.
Stony Creek in Yarraville, which would be crossed by a new West Gate Bridge off-ramp as part of the proposed West Gate Distributor.
Heavy vehicles at the southern end of Whitehall Street, which would form part of the West Gate Distributor route to the Port of Melbourne. The West Gate Bridge is in the background.
The West Gate Tunnel, formerly known as the Western Distributor, is a four kilometre toll road currently under construction in Melbourne, Australia, to link the West Gate Freeway at Yarraville with the Port of Melbourne and CityLink at Docklands via twin tunnels beneath Yarraville, as well as a bridge and elevated road section.
Freight trucks from the Port of Melbourne use Francis Street, Yarraville, in Melbourne's inner west, to access the West Gate Freeway. The route will be replaced by the West Gate Tunnel.
Construction work on the West Gate Freeway near the proposed southern portal of the West Gate Tunnel in 2020.
Williamstown Road, Seddon, which is expected to receive a "significant increase" in truck numbers once the tunnel is built.
