Centenary Motorway

Centenary Motorway
Queensland
Motorway extension near Ripley, Queensland
General information
Type Motorway
Length 43 km (27 mi)
Route number(s) M5
Major junctions
North end Western Freeway, Kenmore
 
South end Centenary Highway, Springfield
Location(s)
Major suburbs / towns Darra
Sinnamon Park
Highway system
Highways in Australia
National Highway • Freeways in Australia
Highways in Queensland

The M5 (Centenary Motorway) is a 43-kilometre (27 mi) motorway in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Australia.

It starts as a two-lane arterial road at Yamanto, travelling to Springfield, where it becomes a two-lane highway and travels across the M2 Logan Motorway at Ellen Grove (formerly Metroad 4 / M4) and ends at Kenmore where it changes its name to the M5 Western Freeway. It features eight interchanges, the major ones being with the M7 Ipswich Motorway (formerly Metroad 2 / M2) in Darra and another at Sinnamon Park. The Centenary Freeway links traffic from the west to the north of Brisbane.

In October 2012, it was announced that the planned bikeway from Springfield to the existing bikeway along the Motorway would not proceed. Instead the existing two lane road would be expanded by two lanes.[1]

Recent Motorway designation

Almost the entire length is of road is of freeway/motorway standard and has now been designated as such. Those sections not of freeway standard are being upgraded and re-designated over time. As of October 2006 the blue hexagonal Metroad 5 signage is getting progressively replaced with M5 signage. Officially the M5 starts/ends at the Sumner Road Interchange and not at the M7/M5 Interchange. This will change when the M7/M5 Interchange is upgraded.

The M5 has been identified to receive a major upgrade in the South East Queensland Infrastructure Plan and Program. Additional lanes will be added to accommodate Transit Lanes.

Extension

The motorway was extended to Yamanto and opened in late June 2009.[2] The extension cost $366 million and was opened by Anna Bligh. Five bridges along the new section were named after local people, places, events and football teams, including botanist Lloyd Bird and the Box Flat Mine disaster.[2]

Interchanges

LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
BrisbaneIndooroopilly00 Western Freeway (M5) north-east / Moggill Road (State Route 33) north-west – Brisbane, Kenmore, IndooroopillyNorthern motorway terminus: continues as Western Freeway; northbound exit only to Moggill Road
Indooroopilly–Fig Tree Pocket–Chapel Hill–Kenmore quadripoint21Fig Tree Pocket Road – Fig Tree PocketParclo interchange
Brisbane River42Centenary Bridge
BrisbaneJindalee4.52.8Sinnamon RoadNorthbound entrance and southbound exit
4.7–
5		2.9–
3		Seventeen Mile Rocks RoadNo northbound entrance
Mount Ommaney–Sinnamon Park boundary64Dandenong Road west / Glen Ross Road eastRoundabout interchange
Jamboree Heights–Sumner–Darra tripoint74Sumners Road
Darra85 Ipswich Motorway (M7) – Oxley, Brisbane, Ipswich, ToowoombaNo northbound exit to M7 westbound; no southbound entrance from M7 eastbound
Richlands9.55.9 Garden Road (State Route 30) – Richlands, Forest LakeSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
106 Progress Road (State Route 30) – Wacol, WoodridgeNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
Forest Lake138 Logan Motorway (M2) – Ipswich, Gold Coast, Logan CentralNo southbound exit to M2 north-westbound; no northbound entrance from M2 south-eastbound
IpswichSpringfield–Springfield Lakes boundary2012Springfield Parkway west / Springfield Lakes Boulevard east
Springfield Lakes2113Springfield–Greenbank Arterial – Greenbank, Springfield CentralSouthbound exit only
Springfield Central–Augustine Heights boundary2214 Centenary Highway (A5) west / Augusta Parkway north / Sinnathamby Boulevard south – Warwick, Redbank Plains, Springfield CentralSouthern motoway terminus: continues as Centenary Highway

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tony Moore (10 October 2012). "Bikeway axed for Centenary Motorway widening". Brisbane Times (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tony Moore (28 June 2009). "New Centenary Highway opens tomorrow". Brisbane Times (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 21 June 2013.

Coordinates: 27°38′54.77″S 152°55′59.76″E / 27.6485472°S 152.9332667°E

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