Western Freeway, Brisbane

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Western Freeway
Queensland
   
General information
Type Undefined
Length 5 km (3 mi)
Major junctions
NE end Mount Coot-tha Road
Toowong, Brisbane
SW end Centenary Motorway
Indooroopilly, Brisbane

The M5 is a 5 km long freeway in western Brisbane that runs from Milton Road in Toowong to the western side of Indooroopilly where the freeway becomes the M5 Centenary Motorway. The freeway bears the symbol and forms part of Metroad 5. There is one interchange, at Indooroopilly onto Moggill Road. A bicycle path runs the length of the freeway, allowing commuting to Toowong and onto Brisbane by bicycle.

Options are currently being investigated in to a possible Kenmore Bypass. This would connect with the M5 along the existing preserved corridor to Chuwar, Queensland. This preserved corridor was identified in the 1960s for a future freeway.

Construction

The Western Freeway was constructed in two stages. The first stretched from Milton Road at Toowong south to Taringa Parade at Taringa, and was opened to traffic on 31 August 1970. Construction of the second stage (Taringa Parade to Moggill Road) commenced in 1975 and was opened in 1979.[1] Later construction began on a direct link to the Centenary Highway, and this extension was opened to traffic on 19 December 1984.[2]

Work began in 1985 on the duplication of the freeway as part of the larger Mount Cootha Road to Calmont Street project, which also involved the duplication of Centenary Bridge. The works were completed and commissioned by Russ Hinze on 27 March 1987.[3]

Exits and Interchanges

Western Freeway
Northbound exits Distance to
Brisbane
(km)		 Distance to
Springfield
(km)		 Southbound exits
Roundabout (clockwise to Brisbane)
Frederick Street to Ashgrove (4 km) and Bruce Highway (29 km)
Milton Road to Brisbane (3.5 km)
Miskin Street to Toowong (1 km)
Mount Coot-tha Road to Mount Coot-tha (2 km), Springfield (27.5 km) and Sydney (987 km)
Roundabout (clockwise from freeway)
Mount Coot-tha Road to Bardon (1 km) and Mount Coot-tha (1.5 km)
Mount Coot-tha Road to Brisbane (4 km)
End Western Freeway 4.5 26.5 Start Western Freeway
Start Western Freeway
continues from Centenary Motorway 		9 22 Indooroopilly, Kenmore
Moggill Road
End Western Freeway
continues as Centenary Motorway
to Springfield / Sydney

References

  1. ↑ Krosch, Allan (March 2009). "History of Brisbane's Major Arterial Roads– A Main Roads Perspective". Queensland Roads 7: 16. Retrieved 6 January 2014. 
  2. ↑ Queensland: Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), Legislative Assembly, 25 February 1987 (PDF)
  3. ↑ Centenary Bridge plaque (JPG photo)

See also


Brisbane Motorways
M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M7
Major Motorways
Pacific  · Bruce  · Gateway  · Ipswich  · ICB  · Legacy  · Logan  · Western  · Centenary  · Port of Brisbane  · CLEM7  · Airport Link
Road infrastructure in Queensland
Motorways
National Highways
Highways
Developmental Roads /
Outback Tracks
Proposals

Coordinates: 27°29′17.19″S 152°57′59.27″E / 27.4881083°S 152.9664639°E / -27.4881083; 152.9664639


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