Road Photos & Information: Queensland: Gateway Motorway, Logan Motorway, Ipswich Motorway, Warrego Highway, Landsborough Highway & Barkly Highway (M2/A2)

M2 A2

Gateway Motorway, Logan Motorway, Ipswich Motorway, Warrego Highway, Landsborough Highway & Barkly Highway (M2/A2) - Rochedale to Dinmore

Statistics:

Length: 2029 km (Rochedale to Dinmore: 33 km)
Western Terminus: Northern Territory / Queensland Border near Camooweal
Eastern Terminus: Pacific Motorway (M1/M3) and Gateway Motorway (M1) at Rochedale
Miscellaneous: Continues as Barkly Highway (NH66) in Northern Territory
Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along The Route: Rochedale, Eight Mile Plains, Kuraby, Drewvale, Parkinson, Larapinta, Heathwood, Forest Lake, Carole Park, Wacol, Gailes, Goodna, Redbank, Riverview and Dinmore

Route Numbering:

Current: M2

Former:
Road Authority Classification: U16 (Ipswich Motorway), 210A (Logan Motorway), and N332 (Gateway Motorway) 1

General Information:

M/A2 is the main link from Brisbane to the Northern Territory. It varies from motorway standard in the Brisbane metropolitan area, to dual carriageway rural highway standard between Brisbane and Toowoomba, and rural highway standard beyond Toowoomba.

History:

13 December 1921: Brisbane-Toowoomba Road was declared a Main Road under the Main Roads Act, 1920. 2
December 1988: Stage one completion of the Logan Motorway, initially known as the Goodna-Loganholme Road. It was constructed to link the Cunningham and Pacific Highways via Carol Park, Browns Plains, Loganlea and Loganholme. 3 The route began life as a Super-2 motorway. 4
October 1995: Announcement of the duplication of Goodna-Loganholme Road between the Ipswich Motorway and Wembley Road. This was linked with the Gateway Motorway, by the Gateway extension via Kuraby in 1997. 3
December 1996: Thiess Contractors planted 80 000 native trees, shrubs and grasses along the Gateway Motorway Extension from Rochedale to Drewvale. 5
1997: The Gateway Motorway extension from Rochedale to Drewvale opened to the public, providing an opportunity for motorists to bypass the City from Ipswich to the Sunshine Coast. 5 Also duplication of Logan Motorway to Pacific Motorway begins at the eastern, including interchange works with Pacific Motorway. 6
September 2000: Completion of duplication works along Logan Mwy. 6
May 2006: Construction begins on the Logan Motorway / Paradise Road interchange at Larapinta. 7
6 November 2006: Upgrade works commence on the Mt Lindesay Hwy (NR13) interchange with Logan Mwy. Work includes realignment of the ramp, removal of a right hand curve and the easing of a second left hand curve. 8
February 2007: Construction commenced on the Logan Mwy / Ipswich Mwy interchange upgrade. 9
March 2007: Official opening of the Paradise Road interchange on the Logan Motorway by Premier Peter Beattie and Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Paul Lucas. 10
13 October 2008: Work commences at Kuraby on the installation of a tolling gantry in preparation for the transition to free-flow tolling. 11
March 2009: Metroad 2 between Dinmore and Gailes replaced by the M2 route number, Metroad 4 replaced in its entirety by the M2 route number. 12
30 June 2009: Work commences on the Ipswich Mwy to increase it from four lanes to six lanes and improve safety on an 8 kilometre section of the motorway between Dinmore and Goodna, and also to increase the route from four lanes to six lanes along a 2.5 kilometre section of the motorway between the Logan Motorway Interchange and Sandy Creek (Wacol to Darra). 13

Click here for photos of M2 between Dinmore and Goodna prior to widening.
Click here for construction photos between Dinmore and Goodna

Rochedale to Dinmore		Dinmore to Rochedale
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	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign on Gateway Mwy (M1) at Rochedale at the interchange with Pacific Mwy (M1) and Gateway Mwy Extension (M2), July 2018. Click here for a photo of this location featuring a freeway green sign by Justin Cozart from June 2012. Image © Rob Tilley		Advance Directional Sign : AD sign at Riverview approaching River Rd, November 2009. Sign should have 'To' prefixed to the mention of SR33. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: Diagrammatic AD sign at Rochedale approaching Logan Road (SR95, former NR1) interchange on Gateway Mwy (M2), July 2018. Click here for a photo of this location featuring a freeway green sign by Rob Tilley from March 2009. Image © Rob Tilley		Supplemental Advance Directional Sign : Supplemental AD sign at Riverview approaching River Rd, November 2009. Sign should have 'To' prefixed to the mention of NH15 (now M15). Image © Rob Tilley
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign on Gateway Mwy (M2) at Eight Mile Plains at the interchange with Logan Road (SR95), July 2018. Click here for a photo of this location featuring a freeway green sign by Justin Cozart from June 2012. Image © Rob Tilley		Supplemental Advance Directional Sign : Supplemental AD sign at Riverview approaching River Rd, November 2009. Image © Rob Tilley
	Logan Road: Gateway Mwy (M2) as it crosses over Logan Rd (SR95) at Eight Mile Plains, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart		End Darren Lockyer Way: Sign indicating stretch of Warrego Hwy named after football player Darren Lockyer ends. Riverview approaching River Rd, March 2012. Image © Paul Rands
	Distance Sign: Reassurance directional sign at Eight Mile Plains, July 2018. Click here for a photo of this location featuring a freeway green signby Justin Cozart from June 2012. Image © Rob Tilley		River Road Interchange : Looking east at the River Rd interchange at Riverview, November 2009. Image © Rob Tilley
	Toll Point 2km: Sign showing distance to toll point, Runcorn, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Redbank approaching Mine St, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Kuraby approaching Compton Rd (SR30), July 2018. Click here for a photo of this location by Justin Cozart from June 2012. Image © Rob Tilley		Reassurance Directional Sign: Disyance sign at Riverview, March 2012. Image © Paul Rands
	Tolling Payment Sign: Sign at Kuraby near the electronic toll point with details how to pay toll, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Redbank approaching Mine St, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Kuraby approaching Compton Rd (SR30), July 2018. Click here for a photo of this location featuring a freeway green sign by Justin Cozart from June 2012. Image © Rob Tilley		Entering Redbank: Ipswich Mwy (M2) as it enters the suburb of Redbank, March 2012. Image © Paul Rands
	Toll Point: Electronic toll point gantry that replaced the conventional toll plaza at Kuraby, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart		Mine Street: Ipswich Mwy (M2) at the Main St interchange, Redbank, March 2012. Image © Paul Rands
	Compton Road Interchange: Intersection directional sign at the Compton Rd (SR30) interchange in Kuraby, July 2018. Image © Rob Tilley		Entering Goodna: Ipswich Mwy (M2) as it enters the suburb of Goodna, March 2012. Image © Paul Rands
	Reassurance Directional Sign: RD sign at Stretton, April 2019. Image © Dean Sherry		Heavy Vehicle Restriction Sign: Heavy vehicle restriction sign at Goodna approaching Logan Mwy (M2), March 2012. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Stretton approaching Logan Mwy (Metroad 6 / M2), June 2012. Metroad 6 has since been renumbered to M6 and this sign has also been replaced. Image © Justin Cozart		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Goodna approaching Church St interchange, March 2012. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Drewvale approaching Logan Mwy (Metroad 6 / M2), July 2018. Click here for a photo of this location by Justin Cozart from June 2012. Image © Rob Tilley		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Goodna approaching Church St interchange, March 2012. Image © Paul Rands
	Logan Motorway Interchange: Gateway Mwy (M2) in Drewvale at the interchange with Logan Mwy, which travels east as Metroad 6 and west as M2, July 2018. Click here for a photo of this location by Justin Cozart from June 2012. Image © Rob Tilley		Church Street: Ipswich Mwy (M2) at the Church St interchange, Goodna, March 2012. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Drewvale approaching Mt Lindesay Hwy (NR13), July 2018. Image © Rob Tilley		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Gailes approaching the M7 section of Ipswich Mwy and also Logan Mwy (M2), June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Drewvale approaching Mt Lindesay Hwy (NR13) interchange , April 2019. Click here for a photo of this location by Rob Tilley from July 2018. Click here for a photo of this location featuring a freeway green sign by Justin Cozart from June 2012. Image © Dean Sherry		Entering Gailes: Ipswich Mwy (M2) as it enters the suburb of Gailes, March 2012. Image © Paul Rands
	Tolling Sign: Sign at Drewvale indicating Mt Lindesay Hwy (NR13) is the last chance for vehicles to exit before the next toll point, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Gailes approaching the M7 section of Ipswich Mwy and also Logan Mwy (M2), March 2012. Click here for a photo by Rob Tilley of this location from November 2009. Image © Paul Rands
	Mt Lindesay Highway Interchange: Intersection directional sign on the Logan Mwy at Mt Lindesay Hwy (NR13) at Drewvale, April 2019. Click here for a photo of this location by Rob Tilley from July 2018. Click here for a of this location featuring a freeway green sign by Justin Cozart from June 2012. Image © Dean Sherry		Logan Motorway & Ipswich Motorway Interchange: Ipswich Mwy (M2) at the interchange with Logan Mwy (M2) and Ipswich Mwy (M7) at Gailes, March 2012. Click here for a photo by Rob Tilley of this location from November 2009. Image © Paul Rands
	Mt Lindesay Highway Interchange: Freeway green intersection directional sign on the Logan Mwy at Mt Lindesay Hwy (NR13) at Drewvale, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart		Logan Motorway, Ipswich Motorway & Brisbane Road Interchange: Ipswich Mwy (M2/M7) at the Brisbane Rd and Logan Mwy (M2) at Wacol, April 2012. Image © Paul Rands
	Freeway Green Reassurance Directional Sign: RD sign at Parkinson, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart		Distance Sign: Freeway green RD sign with M2 cover plate (over Metroad 4) on the Logan Motorway at Wacol, near the Formation Street interchange. June 2009. Image © Trent Thomson
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Parkinson approaching Paradise Rd, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Carole Park approaching the Centenary Hwy (M5/A5) interchange. Note the missing route numbers for the exit. June 2009. Image © Trent Thomson
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Parkinson approaching Paradise Rd, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart		Freeway Green Distance Sign: Old freeway green RD sign with M3 cover plate over Metroad 4 at Carole Park, approaching the Centenary Highway interchange, June 2009. Image © Trent Thomson
	Paradise Road Interchange: Logan Mwy (M2) at Parkinson at the Paradise Rd interchange, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart		Distance Sign: RD sign on Logan Mwy at Forest Lake, June 2009. Image © Trent Thomson
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on the Paradise Rd interchange at Larapinta, June 2009. Image © Trent Thomson		Toll Plaza Sign: Sign at Forrest Lake indicating lanes for the Toll Plaza near Stapylton Road at Forest Lake. June 2009. The toll plaza has since been replaced with an electronic toll point. Image © Trent Thomson
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Larapinta approaching Stapylton Rd (SR35), June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart		Heavy Vehicles Sign: Sign indicating the assigned lane at the toll plaza for heavy vehicles. Forest Lake, June 2009. Image © Trent Thomson
	Heavy Vehicle Sign: Sign indicating special lane conditions for vehicles over 4.5 tonnes, Larapinta, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign for the Stapylton Rd (SR35) interchange at Forest Lake, June 2009. Image © Trent Thomson
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Heathwood approaching Stapylton Rd (SR35), June 2012. Note the missing arrow. Image © Justin Cozart		Toll Plaza: Stapylton Road Toll Plaza on the Logan Motorway at Forest Lake, June 2009. The toll plaza has since been replaced with an electronic toll point. Image © Trent Thomson
	Supplemental Advance Directional Sign: Supplemental AD sign at Heathwood approaching Stapylton Rd (SR35), June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart		Toll Plaza: The manual toll booths at the Stapylton Road Toll Plaza on the Logan Motorway at Forest Lake, June 2009. The toll plaza has since been replaced with an electronic toll point. Image © Trent Thomson
	Stapylton Road Interchange: Logan Mwy (M2) at the Stapylton Rd (SR35) interchange in Heathwood, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart		Freeway Green ID Sign: Intersection directional sign at the Stapylton Road interchange at Forest Lake. Note the tiny SR35 shield and arrow. June 2009. Image © Trent Thomson
	Stapylton Road Interchange: Logan Mwy (M2) at the Stapylton Rd (SR35) interchange in Heathwood, June 2012. This was the location another toll plaza. Image © Justin Cozart		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign for the Paradise Rd interchange at Larapinta, June 2009. Image © Trent Thomson
	Tolling Payment Sign: Sign at Heathwood near the electronic toll point with details how to pay toll, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart		Logan Mwy / Gateway Mwy Split: ID sign at the interchange with Gateway Mwy Extension (M2) and Logan Motorway (Metroad 6) at Drewvale, June 2009. Metroad 6 has since been renumbered to M6. Image © Trent Thomson
	Toll Point: Electronic toll point gantry that replaced the conventional toll plaza at Forest Lake, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Rochedale approaching Logan Road (SR95, former NR1) interchange on Gateway Mwy (M2), December 2018. Image © Dean Sherry
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign near Woogaroo Rd at Forest Lake approaching Centenary Hwy (M5), June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Forest Lake approaching Centenary Hwy (M5), June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Supplemental Advance Directional Sign: Supplemental AD sign at Forest Lake approaching Centenary Hwy (M5), June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Centenary Highway Interchange: Logan Mwy (M2) at the Centenary Hwy (M5) interchange at Forest Lake, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on the off ramp to Centenary Hwy (M5) at Forest Lake, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign gantry over the on ramp from Centenary Hwy (M5) to Logan Mwy (M2) at Carole Park, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Freeway Green Advance Directional Sign: Freeway green AD sign approaching Boundary Rd interchange in Carole Park, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Boundary Road Interchange: Freeway green ID sign at the Boundary Rd interchange in Carole Park, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Boundary Road Interchange: Logan Mwy (M2) at the Boundary Rd interchange in Carole Park, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Carole Park approaching Brisbane Rd interchange, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Carole Park approaching Brisbane Rd interchange, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Supplemental Supplemental Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Carole Park approaching Brisbane Rd interchange, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Brisbane Road Interchange: Logan Mwy (M2) at the Brisbane Rd interchange at Gailes, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Viking Road Overpass: Logan Mwy (M2) as it passes under Viking Rd in Gailes, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Entering Goodna: Ipswich Mwy (M2) as it enters the suburb of Goodna, March 2012. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Mine St interchange at Goodna, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Mine St interchange at Goodna, May 2012. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Supplemental Advance Directional Sign: Supplemental AD sign approaching Mine St interchange at Goodna, June 2012. Click here for a photo of this location by Paul Rands from March 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Entering Redbank: Ipswich Mwy (M2) as it enters the suburb of Redbank, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Mine Street Interchange: Ipswich Mwy (M2) at the Mine St interchange in Redbank, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Riverview approaching the interchange with Cunningham Hwy (M15) and Brisbane Rd, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Riverview approaching the interchange with Cunningham Hwy (M15) and Brisbane Rd, June 2012. Image © Justin Cozart
	Brisbane Road / Cunningham Highway Interchange: Ipswich Mwy (M2) at the interchange with Cunningham Hwy (M15) and Brisbane Rd in Riverview, June 2012. M2 become Warrego Hwy at this interchange. Image © Justin Cozart
Click here for the continuation of M2 between Dinmore and Toowoomba

1 The State Road Network Map, 30 June 2008
2 Queensland Roads, Edition No 5, (Toowoomba Range Tunnels Report), March 2008
3 Logan City Council, Logan Regional History
4 Logan City Council, Logan 2026 City Directions
5 Leighton Holdings, 80 000 Trees Planted at Gateway Motorway Extension, 12 December 1996
6 Logan City
7 Ministerial Media Statement, Green light for vital new Logan Motorway link, 17 May 2006
8 Ministerial Media Statements, Mt Lindesay Highway on-ramp upgrade, 8 November 2006
9 QMR, Ipswich
10 Ministerial Media Statements, Paradise Found - Ahead of Time and Under Budget, 11 March 2007
11 Queensland Motorways Construction Update, Piling works commence on 13 October 2008: Gateway Extension Motorway, Kuraby, 10 October 2008
12 Trent Thomson
13 Ministerial Media Statements, Next Stage of Ipswich Motorway Underway, 30 June 2009

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