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M5 A5 | Legacy Way, Western Freeway & Centenary Highway (M5 / A5) - Darra to Springfield |
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The Centenary Highway is a limited access road in the western suburbs of Brisbane. The M5 section of the route is 21 kilometres in length and starts at Springfield Central at the interchange with Augusta Parkway and Sinnathamby Boulevard to eventually join up with the Western Freeway. West of the interchange, the Centenary Highway is numbered A5 to the interchange with the Cunningham Highway (NH15) and Ipswich-Boonah Road (SR93), a distance of 18 km.
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Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Centenary Hwy (M5) approaching Garden Rd which joins up with Progress Rd (SR30), June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart |
Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Springfield approaching Springfield Pkwy, October 2009. Image © Rob Tilley |
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Intersection Directional
Sign: ID sign at the Garden Rd (SR30) interchange in Richlands, June 2012. Click here for a photo from August 2009 of this interchange prior to upgrading. Image © Justin Cozart |
Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Springfield approaching Springfield Pkwy, October 2009. Image © Rob Tilley |
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Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on the Garden Rd / Progress Rd (SR30) interchange approaching Pine Rd at Richlands, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart |
Springfield Parkway: Centenary Hwy (M5) at Springfield Pkwy at Springfield, October 2009. Image © Rob Tilley |
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AD sign: Advance directional sign on Garden Rd interchange approaching Progress Rd (SR30) at Richlands, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley |
Springfield Parkway: AD sign on the off-ramp from Centenary Hwy (M5) to Springfield Pkwy at Springfield, October 2009. Image © Rob Tilley |
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Progress Road: Looking southwest at the Progress Rd (SR30) interchange in Richlands, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart |
Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Greenbank approaching Logan Mwy (M2) interchange, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart |
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Intersection Directional
Sign: ID sign facing Garden Rd interchange at Richlands, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley |
Logan Motorway Interchange: Centenary Hwy (M5) at the Logan Mwy (M2) interchange at Greenbank, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart |
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Waterford Road: Centenary Hwy (M5) as it passes over Waterford Rd at Ellen Grove, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart |
Intersection Directional
Sign: ID sign facing Pine Rd on the Garden Rd interchange at Richlands, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley |
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Diagrammatic Advance
Directional sign: AD sign at Ellen Grove approaching the Logan Mwy (M2) interchange, June 2012. Click here for a photo of the previous sign by Rob Tilley from August 2009. Image © Justin Cozart |
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Supplemental Advance
Directional Sign: Supplemental AD sign at Forest Lake approaching Logan Mwy (M2), June 2012. Click here for a photo of the previous sign by Rob Tilley from August 2009. Image © Justin Cozart |
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Logan Motorway
Interchange: The unusually shaped interchange with the Logan Mwy (M2) at Forest Lake. The shape is due to the ramp arrangements - Logan Mwy traffic travelling southeast join the Centenary Hwy via a right-hand merge, and northbound Centenary Hwy traffic join the Logan Mwy via a cloverleaf ramp, plus Bullock Head Creek runs up the middle of the interchange as well, August 2009. This section of the route has since been upgraded to dual carriageway. Image © Rob Tilley |
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Logan Motorway
Interchange: Centenary Highway at the interchange with Logan Motorway (M2) at Forest Lake, August 2009. This section of the route has since been upgraded to dual carriageway. Image © Rob Tilley |
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Intersection Directional
Sign: ID sign at the interchange with Logan Mwy in Forest Lake, August 2009. This section of the route has since been upgraded to dual carriageway. Image © Rob Tilley |
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Intersection Directional
Signs: ID sign gantry at the interchange with Logan Mwy in Forest Lake, June 2012. Click here for a photo of this sign prior to the introduction of M5 along this stretch by Rob Tilley from August 2009. Image © Justin Cozart |
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Distance Sign: Reassurance directional sign at Greenbank after the Logan Mwy (M2) interchange, June 2012. Click here for a photo of this sign prior to the introduction of M5 along this stretch by Rob Tilley from August 2009. Image © Justin Cozart |
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Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Greenbank, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart |
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Advance Directional
Sign: AD sign approaching Springfield Parkway and Springfield-Greenbank Arterial Road at Springfield Lakes, June 2012. Click here for a photo of this sign prior to the introduction of M5 along this stretch by Rob Tilley from August 2009. Image © Justin Cozart |
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Supplemental Advance
Directional Sign: Supplemental AD sign at Springfield Lakes approaching the interchange with Springfield Pkwy, June 2012. Click here for a photo of the previous sign by Rob Tilley from August 2009. Image © Justin Cozart |
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Supplemental Advance
Directional Sign: Supplemental AD sign at Springfield Lakes for the interchange with Springfield-Greenbank Arterial Road, August 2009. Image © Rob Tilley |
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Intersection Directional
Sign: ID sign at Springfield Lakes at the interchange with Springfield-Greenbank Arterial Road, June 2012. Click here for a photo of this sign prior to the introduction of exit numbers by Rob Tilley from August 2009. Image © Justin Cozart |
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Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on the off-ramp to Springfield Pkwy and Springfield Lakes Blvd at Springfield Lakes, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart |
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Intersection Directional
Sign: ID sign at Springfield Central at the interchange with Sinnathamby Blvd, August 2009. This is were M5 becomes A5. Image © Rob Tilley |
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Click
here for the continuation of A5 between Springfield and Purga Click here for the continuation of M5 between Darra and Kelvin Grove |
1 Main Roads Queensland State Road Network Map
2 Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads, Centenary Highway Extension: Springfield to Yamanto Web Site
3 Michael Greenslade
4 Queensland Transport Projects & Initiatives Web Site
5 Main Roads Centenary Hwy Upgrade and Extension Web Site
Last updated: 05-Feb-2019 22:56
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