Pacific Motorway
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Pacific Motorway
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| Brisbane-Eight Mile Plains | Eight Mile Plains-Tugun |
| Queensland Roads | |
| Length | 102km |
| General direction | North-South |
| From | Brisbane, Queensland |
| To | Tugun, Queensland |
| Places passed | Rochedale, Loganholme, Beenleigh, Nerang, Mudgeeraba |
The Pacific Motorway (M1/Metroad 3) is a 102 km long motorway in Australia between Brisbane, Queensland, and the New South Wales-Queensland border at Coolangatta. The frst section built was originally known as the South East Freeway.
The motorway features eight traffic lanes with a 110 km/h speed limit between the Logan Motorway and Smith Street Motorway and generally six or four lanes at 100 km/h on other sections. The motorway passes through the major tourist region of the Gold Coast, the destination for most of the vehicular traffic from Brisbane. More than AU$2 billion has been spent on the motorway since the late 1990s, including widening the road and improving safety.
In March 2006 the Queensland Government released planning for substantial changes to the section between Springwood and Daisy Hill. The changes are mainly to the entrances and exits in the section, most of which cause substantial traffic problems on surrounding streets and traffic backups onto the Motorway. The planned upgrade has led some people to protest, mainly by those whose homes will be resumed for the project. The Government hopes to commence development in early 2007 but it is reliant on the Federal Government funding half the cost. Planning for the Daisy Hill to Loganholme section will begin mid-2007, with the draft plans released for public consultation in early 2007
There are also plans to progressively widen the four lane section from Nerang to Tugun to six lanes with preliminary work already been undertaken but it is still many years off before any major works starts happening.
The Tugun Bypass is expected to be completed in 2008.
Travellers along the Motorway will pass close by many Gold Coast attractions such as Warner Bros. Movie World, Wet 'n' Wild, and Dreamworld, which are among the most popular theme parks in Australia.
[edit] Exits
| Pacific Motorway | ||
| Northbound exits | Exit Number | Southbound exits |
| Road continues as Coronation Drive (SR33) to Indooroopilly | - | Northern Suburbs, Sunshine Coast Boomerang Street (Metroad 3) |
| Northern Suburbs, Sunshine Coast Boomerang Street (Metroad 3) |
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| no exit | - | Skew Street |
| Herschel Street | - | Southband traffic use North Quay |
| Turbot Street | - | Start Motorway |
| Elizabeth Street | - | Elizabeth Street |
| Margret Street | - | Margret Street |
| South Brisbane Stanley Street (SR41) |
2 | South Brisbane Vulture Street (SR41) |
| Greenslopes Juliette Street |
5 | Greenslopes Cornwall Street |
| no exit | 8 | Tarragindi Marshall Road (SR11) |
| Mount Gravatt Gaza Road |
9 | no exit |
| no exit | 11 | Upper Mount Gravatt Klump Road / Mains Road (SR36) |
| Eight Mile Plains, Upper Mount Gravatt Logan Road (SR95) |
14 | Eight Mile Plains, Upper Mount Gravatt Logan Road (SR95) |
| End M1, Start Metroad 3 | 16 | no exit |
| Sunshine Coast, Brisbane Airport Gateway Motorway (M1) |
End Metroad 3, Start M1 | |
| no exit | 19 | Rochedale South, Springwood, Underwood Rochedale Road (SR30) |
| Springwood, Underwood Logan Road (SR30) |
20 | Springwood Old Pacific Highway |
| no exit | 22 | Springwood Old Pacific Highway |
| Daisy Hill, Logan Central Paradise Road (SR50) |
23 | Slacks Creek, Logan Central Chatswood Road (SR50) |
| Daisy Hill, Loganlea Loganlea Road |
24 | Daisy Hill, Loganlea Loganlea Road |
| Slacks Creek Nujooloo Road |
25 | Shailer Park Shailer Road |
| Shailer Park Old Pacific Highway |
26 | no exit |
| Shailer Park, Loganholme Bryants Road |
28 | Shailer Park, Tanah Merah Bryants Road (SR47) |
| Loganholme, Redland Bay, Cleveland Beenleigh - Redland Bay Road (SR47) |
30 | Loganholme, Redland Bay, Cleveland Beenleigh - Redland Bay Road (SR47) |
| Loganholme, Ipswich, Toowoomba Logan Motorway (Metroad 6) |
31 | Loganholme, Ipswich, Toowoomba Logan Motorway (Metroad 6) |
| Beenleigh City Road (SR92) |
34 | Beenleigh, Eagleby City Road (SR92) |
| Beenleigh, Eagleby Main Street (SR94) |
35 | Beenleigh, Eagleby Main Street (SR94) |
| Yatala, Jacobs Well Stapylton - Jacobs Well Road |
38 | Stapylton, Jacobs Well, Stapylton Travel Centre Stapylton - Jacobs Well Road |
| Yatala, Ormeau Computer Road |
41 | Yatala, Ormeau Computer Road |
| Ormeau, Kingsholme, Norwell Mirambeena Drive |
45 | Ormeau, Kingsholme, Pimpama Peachey Road |
| Pimpama, Willow Vale, Jacobs Well Pimpama - Jacobs Well Road |
49 | Pimpama, Willow Vale, Jacobs Well Pimpama - Jacobs Well Road |
| Coomera, Upper Coomera, Coomera Travel Centre, Dreamworld Foxwell Road |
54 | Coomera, Upper Coomera, Dreamworld Foxwell Road |
| Oxenford, Hope Island, Tamborine Mountain Hope Island Road (SR4) Tamborine - Oxenford Road (SR95) |
57 | Oxenford, Hope Island, Tamborine Mountain Hope Island Road (SR4) Tamborine - Oxenford Road (SR95) |
| Helensvale, Oxenford, MovieWorld, Wet'n'Wild Helensvale Road |
60 | Helensvale, Oxenford, MovieWorld, Wet'n'Wild Helensvale Road |
| Helensvale, Pacific Pines Gold Coast Highway (SR2) |
62 | Helensvale, Pacific Pines Gold Coast Highway (SR2) |
| Southport, Pacific Pines Sea World Smith Street Motorway (SR10) |
66 | Southport, Pacific Pines Sea World Smith Street Motorway (SR10) |
| Nerang, Ashmore, Southport Southport - Nerang Road (SR20) |
69 | Nerang, Ashmore, Southport Southport - Nerang Road (SR20) |
| Nerang, Broadbeach, Beaudesert, Murwillumbah Nerang - Broadbeach Road (SR90) |
71 | Nerang, Broadbeach, Beaudesert, Murwillumbah Nerang - Broadbeach Road (SR90) |
| no exit | 71A | Nerang Pappas Way |
| Nerang, Cararra, Broadbeach Nielsons Road (SR40) |
73 | Nerang, Cararra, Broadbeach Nielsons Road (SR40) |
| Worongary, Cararra Elysium Road |
75 | Worongary, Cararra Elysium Road |
| Worongary, Merrimac, Broadbeach, Tallai Gold Coast - Springbrook Road (Gooding Drive) (SR50) |
77 | Worongary, Merrimac, Broadbeach, Tallai Gold Coast - Springbrook Road (Gooding Drive) (SR50) |
| Mudgeeraba, Robina, Springbrook Robina Town Centre Drive |
79 | Mudgeeraba, Robina Robina Town Centre Drive (SR42) |
| Mudgeeraba, Springbrook The Link Way (SR99) |
80 | no exit |
| Robina, Mudgeeraba Robina Parkway |
82 | Robina, Mudgeeraba Robina Parkway |
| Burleigh Heads, Reedy Creek, Varsity Lakes Reedy Creek Road (SR80) |
85 | Burleigh Heads, Reedy Creek, Varsity Lakes Reedy Creek Road (SR80) |
| no exit | 85A | Penny Lane |
| Burleigh Heads, Reedy Creek, Southport Bermuda Street (SR3) |
87 | Burleigh Heads, Reedy Creek Bermuda Street (SR3) |
| Burleigh Heads, Tallebudgera Tallebudgera Creek Road |
89 | Burleigh Heads, Tallebudgera Tallebudgera Creek Road |
| Palm Beach, Elanora Palm Beach Avenue |
92 | Palm Beach, Elanora Palm Beach Avenue |
| Palm Beach, Elanora, Currumbin K.P. McGrath Drive |
93 | Palm Beach, Elanora, Currumbin Sarawak Avenue |
| Start Motorway End National Route 1, Start M1 |
95 | Currumbin, Currumbin Valley Stewart Road (SR98) |
| Currumbin, Currumbin Valley Stewart Road (SR98) |
End Motorway continues on as Pacific Highway (National Route 1) |
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Notes
1. Exits are numbered depending on distance to Brisbane CBD.
2. SR - State Route
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