Road
Photos & Information: Queensland
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Ross
Street, Currumburra Road, Olsen Avenue, Oxley Drive, Broadwater Avenue
& Hope Island Road (State Route 4) |
Statistics:
- Length: 24 km
- Northern Terminus: Pacific
Mwy (M1) and Tamborine-Oxenford Rd (SR95) at Helensvale (Exit 57)
- Southern Terminus:
Nerang-Broadbeach Rd (SR90) and Birmingham Rd at Carrara
- Suburbs, Towns & Localities
Along The Route: Helensvale, Hope Island, Hollywell, Runaway
Bay, Coombabah, Biggera Waters, Labrador, Southport, Ashmore, Benowa
and Carrara
Route Numbering:
- Current:
- Former:
- Road Authority Internal
Classification: 114 (Helensvale to Biggera Waters) & 116
(Biggera
Waters to Carrara) 1
General Information:
State Route 4 is an arterial route in the
mid-western suburbs on Queensland's Gold Coast.
A multi-laned divide road, the route services
mostly residential and commercial zones. The route acts as by-pass of
the main Gold Coast area and feeds suburban traffic to the Pacific Mwy
(M1).
Sometime between the 1999 and 2005, the route was
renumbered from SR95 to SR4.
History:
- Early 2000s: Renumbering of SR95 east of Pacific
Mwy (M1) to SR4.
- September 2008: Completion of duplication of
Hope Island Road from Siganto Drive to Gracemere Drive. Installation of
new traffic signals at Anaheim Drive and River Links Boulevard.
Completions of upgrade of Monterey Keys Drive roundabout to two lanes.
Opening of new bridge over Robinsons Creek with pedestrian footpaths on
both sides. 2
- January 2009: Work begins on an upgrade of Hope
Island Rd and Broadwater Av between Cova Boulevard to Boykambil
Esplanade at Hope Island.
- November 2009: Work starts on upgrade work on
Oxley Dr between Coombabah Ck and Columbus Dr at Hollywell. 2
- February 2010: Completion of upgrade between
Cova Boulevard to Boykambil Esplanade at Hope Island. Works included a
new two-lane service road from the new Marina Quays Development to
Crescent Avenue that will provide local access, installation of signals
at Crescent Avenue and Mervyn Thomas Drive, creation of new cycleways
along both sides of the roadway and improved street light and an
upgrade the existing roundabout at Helensvale Road. 2
- September 2010: Completion of the Oxley Dr works
between Coombabah Ck and Columbus Dr at Hollywell. The upgrade included
the construction of an extra lane in each direction and the
installation of traffic lights at the junctions with Sunbird Avenue and
Matthew Flinders Drive. 2
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Distance
Sign:
RD sign at Biggera Waters on Oxley Dr
(SR4), March 2009.
Image © Rob Tilley
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Hand
Painted
Advance Directional Sign:
Hand painted AD sign on Lae Dr at Runaway
Bay, approaching Oxley Dr (SR4), March 2009. Note the old route numbers.
Image © Rob Tilley
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Trailblazer:
SR4 trailblazer on Oxley Dr in Runaway
Bay, March 2009.
Image © Rob Tilley
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Advance
Directional Sign:
AD sign on Oxley Dr (SR4) approaching Gold
Coast Hwy (SR2) and Olsen Av (SR4) at Biggera Waters, March 2009.
Image © Rob Tilley
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Transport and Main Roads, Queensland state-controlled roads and region
maps, South Coast Region: front
2 Transport and Main Roads,
Projects, Hope Island Road duplication
Last updated: 17-Dec-2019 0:55
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