Gateway Motorway

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Gateway Motorway
M1: Bald Hills to Eight Mile Plains
Metroad 4: Eight Mile Plains to Drewvale
Length 48 km
General direction North-South
From Bruce Highway
Bald Hills, Brisbane
via Nudgee, Eagle Farm, Belmont, Eight Mile Plains
To Logan Motorway, Drewvale, Brisbane
Allocation M1
Major Junctions Gympie Arterial Road
Deagon Deviation
Port of Brisbane Motorway
Mount Gravatt - Capalaba Road
Pacific Motorway

for full list see exits.


The Gateway Motorway (M4 to Eight Mile Plains and M1 to Pine River) is a major freeway in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The Gateway Bridge is owned and operated by Queensland Motorways.

It bypasses Brisbane in order to provide easier access between the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast. It runs from the Logan Motorway in Drewvale (near Browns Plains) to the Gympie Arterial Road in Bald Hills. At the interchange with the Pacific Motorway at Eight Mile Plains (Pacific Motorway exit 16) the route number changes from Metroad 4 (Logan Motorway - Pacific Motorway) to M1 (Pacific Motorway - Bruce Highway (Gympie Arterial Road)). The Gateway Bridge is part of the Gateway Motorway and the Motorway provides access to the Port of Brisbane, Brisbane Airport and Brisbane Entertainment Centre.

The Gateway Motorway is currently being upgraded to 6 lanes from Mt Gravatt-Capalaba Road to Wynnum Road and 8 Lanes from Wynnum Road to the Gateway Bridge. The Gateway Bridge crossing will be upgraded to 12 lanes by building a duplicate bridge immediately downstream to the existing structure. North of the bridge the motorway will be routed further east from its current placement and will include an additional access road to Brisbane Airport. Manual toll booths will be removed and replaced with full electronic tags for all vehicles crossing the new bridge - and refurbished original Gateway Bridge.

In addition to the above, there are plans to 6-lane the southern section of the motorway (Mt Gravatt-Capalaba Rd to Pacific Motorway) as part of the M1-Upgrade (currently under proposal).

[edit] Exits

Gateway Motorway
Northbound exits Distance from
Gateway Bridge
(km & direction)
Southbound exits
Merge with Gympie Arterial Road
continues as Bruce Highway
to Caboolture, Sunshine Coast
23 N Start Gateway Motorway
continues from Bruce Highway
Bracken Ridge
Bracken Ridge Road
20 N Bracken Ridge, Brighton
Bracken Ridge Road
no exit 19 N Brighton, Redcliffe
Deagon Deviation
Deagon, Sandgate
Depot Road
17 N Deagon, Sandgate
Deagon Deviation
Boondall, Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall Wetlands
Bicentennial Road
14 N Boondall, Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall Wetlands
Bicentennial Road
Nudgee, Nudgee Beach, Gateway Travel Centre
Nudgee Road
9 N Nudgee, Nudgee Beach
Nudgee Road
Nundah, Northgate
Toombul Road
6 N Nundah, Northgate
Toombul Road
Brisbane Airport, Hendra
Airport Drive, East - West Arterial Road
4 N Brisbane Airport, Hendra
Airport Drive, East - West Arterial Road
Eagle Farm, Hamilton
Kingsford Smith Drive
2 N Eagle Farm, Hamilton
Kingsford Smith Drive
Gateway Bridge (Toll Bridge)
Murarrie, Lytton, Port of Brisbane
Port of Brisbane Motorway
1 S Murarrie, Lytton, Port of Brisbane
Lytton Road
Tingalpa, Cannon Hill, Wynnum, Manly
Wynnum Road
3 S Tingalpa, Cannon Hill, Wynnum, Manly
Wynnum Road
Carindale, Sleeman Sports Complex, Capalaba, Cleveland
Old Cleveland Road
6 S Carindale, Sleeman Sports Complex, Capalaba, Cleveland
Old Cleveland Road
Mackenzie, Wishart, Capalaba, Mount Gravatt
Mount Gravatt - Capalaba Road
11 S Mackenzie, Wishart, Capalaba, Mount Gravatt
Mount Gravatt - Capalaba Road
Eight Mile Plains, Eight Mile Plains Busway Station, Sunnybank
Miles Platting Road
15 S Eight Mile Plains, Eight Mile Plains Busway Station, Sunnybank
Miles Platting Road
no exit 16 S
Exit 16
Logan, Logan Central
Pacific Motorway
End Start End Start
Underwood, City
Logan Road
17 S Underwood, City
Logan Road
Toll
no exit 20 S Kuraby, Runcorn
Compton Road
no exit 25 S Logan, Gold Coast
Logan Motorway
Start Gateway Motorway
continues from Logan Motorway
Merge with Logan Motorway
continues as Logan Motorway
to Ipswich, Toowoomba

Notes

Distances are approximate and rounded. Measured to ends of Gateway Bridge.

[edit] See also

Brisbane Metroads and Motorways
M1 Metroad 2/M2 Metroad 3 Metroad 4 Metroad 5/M5 Metroad 6
Major Motorways
Pacific Bruce Gateway Ipswich Logan Western / Centenary