Smith Street Motorway, Gold Coast

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Smith Street Motorway

Queensland Roads
Length	6km
General direction	East-West
From	Gaven
To	Southport
Places passed	Parkwood

Smith Street Motorway (SR10) (or the Smith Street extension) is a main route in the Gold Coast, Australia. It is Gold Coast's second motorway, the other being Pacific Motorway. It connects one of the Gold Coast's major centres, Southport to the Pacific Motorway.

The road is motorway standard for 5km from the Pacific Motorway (exit 66), until the Parklands Drive intersection. It then runs as a divided road up until High Street in Southport, where it turns into North Street up until the Gold Coast Highway. Important places along the route include Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus and Parklands Gold Coast, the city's showgrounds. The Gold Coast University Hospital is also planned for along the route.

A new iconic red bridge for pedestrians across Smith Street was completed in early 2007. The red bridge joins the existing parklands campus of Griffith University to the new site on the southern side of Smith Street. A new rapid transist stops will be located beneath the pedestrian bridge and a new Gold Coast Teaching Hospital will be located within the southern side campus grounds.

[edit] Exits and Intersections

Smith Street Motorway
Westbound exits	Distance from Southport (km)	Distance from Pacific Motorway (km)	Eastbound exits
Merge with Pacific Motorway continues as Pacific Motorway to Brisbane	8	0	Start Smith Street Motorway continues from Pacific Motorway
Pacific Pines, Brisbane Smith Street Pacific Motorway	8	0	Pacific Pines Smith Street Pacific Motorway
Molendinar Precision Drive	6	2	no exit
Parkwood, Ashmore Olsen Avenue	4	4	Parkwood, Ashmore Olsen Avenue
Intersection destinations			Road name
Parklands Gold Coast Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus	3	5	Parklands Drive
Musgrave Hill	2	6	Kumbari Avenue
Start Smith Street Motorway continues from Smith Street	2	6	continues as Smith Street to Southport

[edit] External links

Smith Street major upgrade and 24-hour T3 transit lanes

v • d • e Road Infrastructure in the Gold Coast

Motorways:	Pacific Motorway(bypass) · Smith Street Motorway

Highways:	Gold Coast Highway · Pacific Highway

Major Roads:	Ashmore Road · Bermuda Street · Bundall Road · Ferny Avenue · Ferry Road · Gooding Drive · High Street · Nerang - Broadbeach Road · Robina Parkway