![The English Street bridge over the Tullamarine freeway near Essendon Fields is already closed to be pulled down.](/web/20170107132541im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/m/a/n/w/image.related.landscape.460x307.gtm9r6.png/1483626832734.jpg)
Three-day shutdown of Tulla freeway has started; it won't be pretty
The shutdown of a key part of the Tullamarine Freeway began at 10pm on Thursday night and will add an estimated 40 minutes to journeys between the city and the airport as tens of thousands of vehicles snake their way through the north-west suburbs via lengthy detours.