I took these photos while walking from South Melbourne to Docklands, which takes you underneath the West Gate Freeway and this portal (one of two) built around these elevated roadways.
It was windy, drizzly, and freezing cold the morning I took these photos. I’m glad I managed to get some good shots; made the whole effort worth it!
Portal along the West Gate Freeway
Black and white photo taken from ground level of a large concrete archway structure constructed around two elevated roadways. A sign attached to the lower roadway reads “M1 West Gate Fwy” and tells drivers that, if they turn left, they will head to the West Gate Bridge and Geelong.
Turn left for the West Gate Bridge
Black and white photo taken from ground level of a large concrete archway structure constructed around two elevated roadways. A sign attached to the lower roadway reads “M1 West Gate Fwy” and tells drivers that, if they turn left, they will head to the West Gate Bridge and Geelong.
The messy underneath of an elevated roadway
Black and white photo taken from ground level between two elevated roadways. There is a bit of litter on the road and few small scrubs growing in the dirt patch next to the road. The whole place looks messy and grimy.
Jaunty portal, serious hotel
Black and white photo taken from ground level of a large concrete archway structure constructed around an elevated roadway. This otherwise-rectangular archway structure has been built with a slight rotation, so it looks like it is twisting anticlockwise. Behind the portal is the tall, thin building of the Novotel Melbourne South Wharf hotel. There is traffic stopped at a red light below the elevated roadway.
Oakwood Premier hotel building rises above the roadway
Photo of a tall, narrow, blue-and-brown windowed tower rises up from behind an elevated roadway into an overcast sky. In the foreground of the photo, and in front of the elevated roadway, is a deep red coloured mini SUV.
Portal and hotel, almost touching
Black and white photo taken from ground level of a large concrete archway structure constructed around an elevated roadway. This otherwise-rectangular archway structure has been built with a slight rotation, so it looks like it is twisting anticlockwise. Because of the perspective of this photo, a tall, wide hotel building (Novotel Melbourne South Wharf) that is much further back from the portal looks like it is the same height as the portal. And because the portal is twisted towards the left, it looks like their tops are almost touching each other.