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	16 S Exit 16	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	25 S	Merge with Logan Motorway continues as Logan Motorway to Ipswich, Toowoomba