Time-lapse Construction Anthonys Cutting Realignment Project

The Western Highway - Anthonys Cutting Realignment involved constructing a new 5km highway connection south of the existing route, from Melton West to east of Bacchus Marsh.
Eon-FX was engaged with three cameras to cover construction works over the two year period. This is the presentation video result.

[@anicetune]

Step 1 - dig a hole Step 2 - build a bridge over it

[@Imanne87]

I don’t believe there was a hole dug out..just two high points connected to bridge the gap

[@alanmay7929]

@@Imanne87 yes to ease the flow of water in the area

[@brikshoe6259]

Step 3 - write invoices for millions ....

[@Engineer9736]

Watch the video more carefully... They built a ramp to reach higher ground, and in that ramp they left the hole for a road underneath it. Obviously no government is so stupid that they are going to create a hole to just for the sake of building a bridge. So it's a smartassy nonsense comment.

[@luckyluke5638]

I love the engineering behind these kinds of videos. But I also can't help thinking about all these pretty landscapes that got ruined around the world

[@GlobalistJuice]

Maybe you'd prefer to leave the civilization men built, and go live in an untouched forest somewhere, no roads, no amenities, just you, a cave, and all that "pretty landscape"?

[@luckyluke5638]

@@GlobalistJuice Damn, that is one bitter comment. When's the last time you got laid? Seems like you need it

[@KILLER.KNIGHT]

They could have planted many trees there but they didn’t!

[@jeffclark5268]

Doesn’t seem like they removed many trees…so not mush different than before?

[@luckyluke5638]

@@jeffclark5268 Well there's also the grading, and the fact that by diverting traffic nobody will get to experience how pretty it was before, now that it's all hidden down in the valley

[@StereoSpace]

Wow! They moved A LOT of dirt for that project! Beautiful results. Great job.

[@kewintaylor7056]

But why?....why dont just build roade on top?....this loook complicate....

[@princeb2k9]

Maximus Suriya Two main reasons: The soil on top will have vegetation and living things in it so needs to be replaced. Also loads from the traffic will need need to be disturbed into the ground. Therefore, certain materials with certain characteristics of strength and drainage will layered and compacted. This is called base course and and sub-base course. So if you would just place asphalt on the ground alone the weaker parts of the soil will settle and dip, causing cracking in the asphalt.

[@ASCP67AUS]

I don’t get who would dislike this video. Amazing amount of work here.

[@andrewwilde3389]

Amazing amount of work and also an amazing lack of information. . Question one. Which Continent?

[@EamonThePhilogynistWalford]

The dislikes probably came from Greens voters. 🧐

[@EamonThePhilogynistWalford]

@@andrewwilde3389 Australia. About halfway between Ballarat and Melbourne, to be more exact. 🙂

[@bagheerab278]

Because time lapse works best when you don't keep jumping camera angles around.

[@JT_8283]

It's amazing we can build a complete bridge in 2:51 seconds I mean not that long ago it would take months if not years and now they can build them in less than 3 minutes wow

[@starpawsy]

Yes, those machines move so fast, wow !

[@retrobass3693]

Interestiiing The ending of the time lapse was sweet

[@runheli]

Thanks for these great pictures of this fantastic work. Often you do not understand what it takes to create such a large structure. This film helps me to get an impression of the extensive work. Thank you. Thumbs up.

[@dannyr333]

best part was the end when it showed the night time traffic like wizzing by like all that work was done so that can be accomplished... so cool... this guy below me sterospace said they moved so much dirt so I looked for that and yuppers the whole video was like moving dirt so wow either that or cement so this was probably way cheaper and way faster this town doesn't get much sunny days its always overcast it seems I live in Florida so thats why I mentioned that peace

[@juliokomljenovic6771]

sim city makes it look easier

[@kagez6515]

You've come to the wrong place, did you take a Right when you got to the Real Life - Videogame Turn?

[@julianfletcher1912]

Amazed Lightbulb That is so stupid

[@dennisbudianto6791]

Julio Komljenovic yang

[@mrretr0648]

*cities skylines :v

[@Ninjaslayer56]

Sub to him

[@coffeeisthepathtovictory1290]

This project looks 5x more difficult than building a 20 story tower residential tower.

[@TheAmir259]

Terraforming sounds easy but...

[@phuturephunk]

Because it is.

[@DennisHidayat]

whoever made this. Thank You!

[@mickcarson8504]

Interesting. I've been driving on that road to Ballarat and saw three major changes, the building of the freeway in the early 80's, the expansion and widening of the freeway in the early 90's and now this bridge. I need to see it to get a glimpse of my days changed forever. I hope the bridge ends aren't as bumpy as the other bridges around Melton and Bacchus Marsh. Terrible to go over these bridges, with some of them being sunk to almost 3 inches and when driving over the bridge your car front end will be wrecked. I advise anyone who goes over these faulty bridges and have false teeth, to add extra glue because a sudden impact can make you accidentally swallow them, trust me. The bridges and road surface aren't exactly level and an impact can actually cause neck whiplash, damage car suspension or dislodge the front part of cars, wheels, ball joints, windscreen seals, etc.

[@KILLER.KNIGHT]

This is outrageous! So much space for planting many trees!

[@Thatperson336]

Civil Engineering at its finest.

[@maksmaso4741]

In Czech republic, this would be 10 years timelapse...

[@riesenmax92]

possibly the same in germany ...

[@lorenzogabrieltan9072]

this is so Satisfying.

[@mrboleus8240]

Lorenzo Gabriel Tan To me, to my eyes, it’s kinda sharp...

[@mjmeternal2696]

The best thing I have seen on KZbin

[@2ruthfox82]

Man can quiet literally move mountains.

[@tedf1471]

quite...

[@wrinkledm]

outstanding background Music!!!!

[@LanceandYing]

it does fit the video :)

[@RiverValleyAcres]

Awesome time lapse

[@ManufacturedLack]

play the video at 0.5 speed, the music gets real dark

[@Ninjaslayer56]

Italic it also gives me a headache

[@skeletalgamer1013]

O_O

[@pauldumont8995]

True

[@sodabashalikar2749]

Bro now it scares me lmao

[@LVEAGT]

I watched this video earlier and I didn't notice that I'm playing the video at 0.5 speed. I just realized that that is the reason that It's a little bit scary HAHAHA.

[@TheOne610]

I had to watch it a third time to realize that the two wide angle shots of the bridge are actually two separate bridges being built, four bridges in total. the first bridge is raising the slope of the road so the second bridge can clear that gap.

[@alikam34]

this is very magical. i dont believe my eyes

[@user-fc6lq4db6x]

The song is called : PMOL Music - Satyricon

[@Orikix]

1:20 You can see the crops on the lower left growing, which tells you a little about how long such a structure takes to build

[@theedgeeonfx]

Good observation. It is actually in the video description. It took approx. 2 years to build.

[@Orikix]

@@theedgeeonfx Cool

[@NotsoFree_StateofFlorida]

More urban sprawl brought by the highway improvement. The farmer probably made a bundle selling his land.

[@shpilPC]

круто, за один день до вечера успели

[@Imanne87]

Amazing

[@pioneerAv]

Somebody needs to be fired for continually moving the time lapse camera.

[@TgrHwke]

It says in the description that they used three cameras to film on the site. If you look at the surrounding landmarks you'll see that the three cameras never move from their positions. They just change which of the cameras are being viewed during the video to give different perspectives of the work.

[@SlyGoesMeow]

Cooliie

[@peterclark659]

That is precisely 10426 miles from my home. Wow that's a long way. Nice job though👍

[@machineshopinc.6783]

If you start driving now, you could be there in 5 or 6 days.

[@buddyclem7328]

@@machineshopinc.6783 😄

[@dcos5]

Anyone realize they also built a road under the bridge as well?

[@olh0102]

Not everyone is intertnationally orientated, despite the Internet. In other words, not everyone knows where Anthonys Cutting is.....

[@cagedtigersteve]

Let's see....they drive on the left side of the road. It's in the southern hemisphere. By the flat terrain it doesn't look like South Africa or New Zealand...so it has to be Australia.

[@yooochoob]

Harald Olsen I'm sure I went to school with him. I don't know what Anthony is up to today though.

[@kevinbyrne4538]

Anthonys Cutting is a section of the highway between Bacchus Marsh and Melton West, which are suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Highway_(Victoria)#Anthony.27s_Cutting_Realignment

[@Bidmartinlo]

Somewhere they can afford nice roads... ._.

[@passiton3801]

You mean psychic....

[@tinytonymaloney7832]

I think it could have been a fraction slower so you could get a better look at what was actually going on.

[@treborsirrah7916]

you can slow it down in settings,i tried 0.5 music is weird

[@rationalpuppet8163]

Damn where is this? Anywhere near me and they highway would have one excavator operator at most, and he'd work about 2 hours per day. The highway would be closed for years....

[@Phantomthecat]

Just near my place - between Melton and Bacchus Marsh in Victoria, Australia. The old highway winds through the hills and was dangerous for trucks, etc. This new bit is great. Part of the Western Highway to Ballarat from Melbourne.

[@Mboy245]

​@@Phantomthecat I bet it's probably more efficient overall too.

[@uncommonsense360]

Women...we've got this!

[@BGFarmerJD]

Nice Video, Like !!!

[@macforme]

Can you tell what the time span was from breaking ground to completion? Thanks in advance. For anyone who is currious as to where this is: "The highway forms part of the Route 8 between Melbourne and Adelaide and is a vital interstate freight route linking Melbourne, Ballarat and western Victoria." AUS-TRALL-YA

[@j777barbasiewicz]

I was currious like hell from the beginning.Thanks.

[@Paulosouza-bm5wp]

Poderia ter deixado o finalzinho do video em câmera lenta mas vlw obg.. 😀

[@robertlee3778]

wow 😱

[@austinmadelaine4194]

lets move some earth and then move it again x 6 !

[@humaaswad3815]

Wowww

[@hjohnstone6921]

Wow 👌🏻👍🏻

[@曾辰辰-f2f]

很用心好看

[@Texial]

One thing i always wanted to know is, how are roads that go into other countries built? Does the other county pursue the project or does the other countries worker's keep working on the project?

[@kaanosphere]

What are those white sheets between soil layers?

[@bnhmrt]

ang galing

[@trunggiap195]

Làm kì công quá..

[@wahidqymz2735]

معلم

[@MrNeptunebob]

What happened to the old highway? Will it be like we have in PA with the abandoned PA Turnpike trail?

[@charlieroberts7775]

Sorry I used to love Anthony's Cutting. Great bit of road if you knew how to drive.....

[@xaiano794]

Does anyone know why they did this? I mean what was the point of the project?

[@JacobDicker]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Freeway_(Victoria)#Anthony.27s_Cutting_Realignment The old route had a very sharp bend and steep gradients and was not of motorway standard, by the looks of things. A new alignment that eliminated those issues was constructed next to the old one.

[@xaiano794]

Jacob Dicker Thanks! That's really comprehensive, and it wasn't clear why they were doing it from the video.

[@steve531109]

I travelled the old stretch every day and every second day I saw the scars of an accident . I myself skidded off the old road in the rain .

[@alexthompson5275]

Xaiano it should of been done 50 yrs ago

[@stevenherrold5955]

to make you ask questions that looked like 2 years of work done in less then 3 minutes

[@austinharding9734]

does anybody know what direction the cameras were pointing in relation to each other? i've been trying to figure it out, I got 2 of them in relation but pulling my hair out for the 3rd! IDK Y not knowing these things drives me nuts!!!

[@TheOne610]

it looks like there are four bridges being built, I had to look at the landscape to realize it. So two pairs of bridges being built.

[@geoffreylee5199]

Trying to sound like Philip Glass.

[@frannybecker]

Hello saudações Bom dia!! Parabéns pelo canal 👏👏 obrigada por compartilhar ótimos vídeos 👍 Beijos com carinho 😘 uma abençoada semana 🙏 Love 💖

[@GabrielJanich]

In germany you would see the first eigth seconds in the video as 3 years in germany.

[@leumas_razalas4427]

Dw, in California the first eight seconds would be the first eight decades

[@dchawk81]

There's a project near me where I swear they forget what they're supposed to be doing. It's been going on for so long and it looks like it could be finished and reopened in weeks (it's been like this for months), but then they start doing something else.

[@tegreeyshutters1863]

Good music

[@antoniostumpo2399]

Wow

[@KlunkerRider]

Music please.....which Philip Glass score is this?

[@maryanne7544]

where is this?

[@Phantomthecat]

Near Melbourne, Australia - Towards Ballarat.

[@Ofer2906]

Champions

[@thestudentofficial5483]

name of music pls

[@nakedfaves4445]

Who knows............but considering certain parts of Koyaanisqatsi and Powaaqatsi I would dare say that it's a piece by Philip Glass.

[@markwarren7116]

Its called sh*tty music!

[@randomtask9643]

bad ass

[@andrewreid8922]

Xaiano...its a Melbourne thing!

[@starpawsy]

A complete non-sequitor 12 years later: All of that heavy equipment is diesel powered. It will never ever ever be battery electric. THat is completely impractical for manchinery of this size. For several reasons.

[@mikek7190]

But wait, they built it backwards! The cars are on the wrong side of the road!

[@JamesMillette]

What's with the Omen soundtrack?

[@Matijab.]

In Montenegro this would last simce yugoslavian times

[@Napsteraspx]

What country is this in?

[@ranga290]

+Jared Telford Melbourne, Australia

[@alexthompson5275]

Jared Telford Australia near Melbourne

[@shushupepyton7259]

What is the name of the song? It makes me remember of the game Bully.

[@KlunkerRider]

+Shushupe pytón I'm pretty certain the composer is Phillip Glass, at least that cuts down your search to one person.

[@shushupepyton7259]

Thank you

[@ergysbardhi]

why is this bridge build..no road neither river under it..

[@bigbrother9531]

Except for the music, interesting.

[@atelectro1]

Step 1: Increase population Step 2: Decrease farm land, wet-land, marshes, and animal hibitat.

[@andyghalip3900]

Bangun kaya gitu gk nyampe 3 menit cuy 😁

[@alexthompson5275]

Should of been built 40 years ago

[@LanceandYing]

How long did it take to make this?

[@gwaeron8630]

2 years. 9 months ahead of schedule.

[@LanceandYing]

@@gwaeron8630 nice!!!

[@MrJarbear]

👍

[@marcelo_rcosta]

Cada vídeo deste que eu vejo aumenta o asco que sinto dos administradores públicos do Brasil. Pela estratosférica carga tributária extorquida dos brasileiros, nossa infraestrutura deveria ser, isso mesmo apenas ser, mas não é novidade que nesta bosta de país não é. Brasil tem a mesma infraestrutura de quando nosso principal meio de locomoção eram as carroças. Administradores desgraçados, não fazem e quando o fazem 90% do dinheiro é desviado. É para ter nojo desta merda toda ou não?

[@99elasomon78]

Why don't just build a bridge from the lowest point to the highest point? Make two mountains and build a bridge between them for what?

[@Ofer2906]

לא מבין את מעלה הסרטונים שמראים דברים של הרכבת גשרים או מנהרות אך בסוף הסרטון לא מראים את התוצאה הסופית למשך כמה שניות ארוכות שנוכל להתרשם - ממש לא טוב .

[@carlshawver7332]

Correction; Make a “hole” by building two hills then build a bridge to span the gap...

[@fillup40]

An ungodly amount of money.

[@yutubve]

guay

[@keepingthefaithalive]

Cities Skylines it will take only a couple minutes instaed of years

[@lawright1223]

So, they just wasted money putting in a bridge where a bridge wasn’t needed.

[@zevinfadila]

Very fast, only takes 2.5 minutes 😂

[@shaggyhascancer8806]

2.82 minutes.

[@gkcmgk]

and now show me a time laps of created green earth with human machines that much fast as same as at the video..

[@user-pn9yb5ty8j]

What app si this?

[@buddyclem7328]

😄

[@hladnocrovka1925]

Step 1 - live in russia Ste.......

[@GablinskiSilicone]

someone needs to learn how to use world edit

[@Bernie0481USMC]

Too fast. Wanna see the slow version too

[@Wardell43]

No settlement gauges??

[@pranavnaxane2252]

What's that?

[@Wardell43]

@@pranavnaxane2252 Generally it's a steel plate roughly 3 x 3(1 meter x 1 meter) or so with a screw on adapter welded to the center to hold a section of 4 inch (100 mm) pipe. First off preliminary survey gathers the strata data to determine the foundation for the fill. As construction has begun, you place fabric like you see at 0:50 in the video than place 2 or more or whatever the survey data recommends of the steel plate on the fabric. So you get the elevation of the plate and screw in the first pipe section and get that elevation. Then as you add soil to the fill, you add a section of the pipe as needed until you get to the top of the fill, getting the elevation of each joint of pipe. The original survey data will recommend a time period or if you should add extra fill(surcharge) to assure that the weight of the fill has settled. I brought this up because of the existing water hazard My first bridge as part of the site survey team, didn't have the recommendations, so the contractor built the fill up (Over an existing road) and as we got near the top we noticed all of the surrounding trees were leaning and found our concrete survey monuments had moved roughly 10 feet or so. and the fencing was distorted from moving. So, Geo came back out and rebored and determined we needed to take the fill back down and put in Settlement gauges and build up the fill with a 10 foot surcharge and let it sit for roughly 3 months then check the elevation. After the bridge was opened the end bent still settled roughly 10 inches and caused a slight thump in the middle of the bridge. 30 years later they got rid of the thump. That was back in 1983.

[@juanaranda9265]

this gave me a headache

[@jamespfitz]

Too many angles. My brain hurts

[@ruokanen4163]

but there is working highway right next to it and you but millions on this...

[@Phantomthecat]

Old highway was steep and twisty - lots of accidents - mostly trucks. It was long overdue when built.

[@ohbobpleez]

4.5 days per second elapsed, if it was 2 years

[@Phantomthecat]

Just shy of that yes - about 20 months IIRC.

[@mladendjomla2424]

yeax

[@timorkarimi4688]

Small job . and spend tomatch mony and time

[@mrboleus8240]

Chinese workers in real time...

[@microwave9031]

MR BOLEUS XD

[@stbu9709]

They passed CoronaVirus round the world in similar time too! 😎

[@christophera.kreusel4329]

No other animal could do this. Maybe beavers. But not like this.