Logan Motorway
| Logan Motorway Queensland | |
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| Looking west from Wembly Road crossing, 2015 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Motorway |
| Length | 30 km (19 mi) |
| Route number(s) |
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| Former route number |
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| Major junctions | |
| West end |
  Ipswich Motorway, Gailes, Queensland |
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| East end |
 Pacific Motorway, Loganholme, Queensland |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs / towns | Drewvale, Loganlea |
| Highway system | |
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Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Queensland | |
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The M2/MR6 Logan Motorway is a 30-kilometre toll road between Ipswich and the M1 or Pacific Motorway at Loganholme, and the Gateway Motorway, providing access to the Gold Coast on the eastern seaboard and to the rural areas of the Darling Downs to the west.
The road is operated and owned by Transurban.[1] Electronic free-flow tolling was implemented in 2009. Three toll points are located along this transport corridor at Stapylton Road and Loganlea Road on the Logan Motorway and at Kuraby on the Gateway Extension.[1] Most of this road was formally Metroad 4 prior to the Gateway Motorway extension in 1997.[2]
History
The Logan Motorway Act of 1987 permitted a franchise period of 30 years from completion of construction.[3] The original owner was the Logan Motorway Company Ltd.
It originally opened as a two-lane motorway on 13 December 1988, and was upgraded to four in two stages.[1] The first stage of the duplication (Ipswich Motorway to Wembley Road) was completed in December 1996, followed by the second (Wembley Road to Pacific Motorway) on 23 May 2000. The Gateway Motorway was linked in 1997.[3]
Upgrade
In 2015, the road was deemed to be a traffic bottleneck. It was exceeding its planned capacity with up to 60,000 vehicles per day using the motorway.[4] Late in the same year it was announced that Transurban will upgrade the Logan Motorway will undergo a $450 million upgrade expected to be constructed from 2016 through to 2019.[5] [6]
Exits and interchanges
| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Brisbane–Ipswich boundary | Wacol–Gailes boundary | 0 | 0.0 | Ipswich Motorway (State Route M2) west – Ipswich, Toowoomba | Western motorway terminus: continues as Ipswich Motorway westbound; no access to Ipswich Motorway north-eastbound or from Ipswich Motorway south-westbound |
| 0.5 | 0.31 | Brisbane Road – Goodna, Redbank Plains | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| Carole Park | 0.8 | 0.50 | Formation Street – Camira, Carole Park | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
| 2 | 1.2 | Boundary Road – Carole Park, Wacol | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| Brisbane | Forest Lake | 3.4 | 2.1 |  Centenary Motorway (State Route M5) – Springfield, Jindalee, Brisbane | No eastbound exit to M5 northbound; no westbound entrance from M5 southbound |
| 7 | 4.3 | Heathwood toll point | |||
| Heathwood | 8.2 | 5.1 |  Stapylton Road (State Route 35) – Forestdale, Forest Lake | ||
| Larapinta | 10.9 | 6.8 | Paradise Road – Acacia Ridge, Forestdale | ||
| Parkinson–Drewvale boundary | 13.9 | 8.6 | Beaudesert Road – Acacia Ridge, Brisbane, Regents Park, Beaudesert | ||
| Drewvale | 15.8 | 9.8 |  Gateway Motorway (State Route M2) north – Sunshine Coast, Cairns, Brisbane Airport | Trumpet interchange; Route transition: M2 westbound, Metroad 6 eastbound | |
| Logan | Berrinba | 16.9 | 10.5 |  Wembley Road (State Route 50) – Browns Plains, Logan Central | |
| Loganlea | 22.7 | 14.1 |  Kingston Road (State Route 95) via Jutland Street & Station Road – Bethania, Underwood | Eastbound exit and entrance via Jutland Street, westbound exit and entrance via Station Road | |
| Meadowbrook | 24.2 | 15.0 | Loganlea Road – Daisy Hill, Loganlea | Westbound exit and entrance | |
| 24.5 | 15.2 | University Drive to Loganlea Road – Daisy Hill, Loganlea | Eastbound exit and entrance | ||
| 25.2 | 15.7 | Loganlea toll point | |||
| Tanah Merah–Loganholme boundary | 29.3 | 18.2 | Drews Road | ||
| Loganholme | 29.8 | 18.5 | Pacific Highway frontage road – Loganholme, Brisbane | Eastbound exit is via Drews Road ramp | |
| 30.3 | 18.8 | Pacific Motorway (State Route M1) south – Gold Coast, Ballina, Gold Coast Airport | Eastern terminus: continues as Pacific Motorway southbound; no access to M1 northbound or from M1 southbound | ||
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See also
References
- 1 2 3 "About the Logan Motorway". Queensland Motorways Limited. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
- ↑ "Road Photos & Information: Queensland". Paul Rands. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
- 1 2 Howells, Mary (2003). Logan River Tinnie Trail. Logan City Council. p. 45. ISBN 0975051903.
- ↑ "Logan Motorway Corridor Strategy". Department of Transport and Main Roads. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- ↑ Andrew Dawson (28 October 2015). "Funding to fix one of Queensland's worst bottlenecks given the green light". Quest Community News. News Corp. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- ↑ Amy Mitchell-Whittington (23 November 2016). "Logan Motorway upgrade given green light". Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
External links
Media related to Logan Motorway at Wikimedia Commons
