Logan Motorway & Gateway Motorway (Metroad 4) (Decommissioned)

Statistics:

• Length: 25 km
• Western Terminus: Ipswich Motorway (Metroad 2) at Gailes
• Eastern Terminus: Gateway Motorway (M1), Pacific Motorway (M1) and Pacific Motorway (M3) at Rochedale
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along The Route: Gailes, Carole Park, Forest Lake, Heathwood, Larapinta, Drewvale, Browns Plains, Stretton, Kuraby, Eight Mile Plains and Rochedale

Route Numbering:

• Current: M2

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

General Information:

The Logan Motorway section of Metroad 4 traces its origins back to Gooda-Loganholme Road. Which was originally built as a Super 2 Expressway. The Gateway Motorway section of Metroad 4 has always been a freeway grade route, built during the 1990s as extension to connect the Gateway Motorway at Rochedale to the Logan Motorway at Drewvale.

History:

• 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. 2 The route began life as a Super-2 motorway. 3
• 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. 2
• December 1996: Thiess Contractors planted 80 000 native trees, shrubs and grasses along the Gateway Motorway Extension from Rochedale to Drewvale. 4
• 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. 4 Also duplication of Logan Motorway to Pacific Motorway begins at the eastern, including interchange works with Pacific Motorway. 5
• September 2000: Completion of duplication works along Logan Mwy. 5
• May 2006: Construction begins on the Logan Motorway / Paradise Road interchange at Larapinta. 6
• 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. 7
• February 2007: Construction commenced on the Logan Mwy / Ipswich Mwy interchange upgrade. 8
• 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. 63
• 13 October 2008: Work commences at Kuraby on the installation of a tolling gantry in preparation for the transition to free-flow tolling. 10
• March 2009: Metroad 4 replaced in its entirety by the M2 route number. 11

Rochedale to Gailes			Gailes to Rochedale
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	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Gateway Mwy near the Pacific Mwy interchange, approaching Logan Rd (SR95) at Eight Mile Plains, May 2005. Image © Rob Tilley			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Ipswich Mwy at Goodna, before the interchange was upgraded, showing Metroad 4 / Logan Mwy. October 2005. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Logan Mwy (Metroad 6) approaching the interchange with Gateway Mwy at Berrinba. March 2006. Image © Paul Rands			Supplemental AD Sign: Supplemental advance directional sign on the Ipswich Motorway at Goodna approaching the old interchange with Logan Motorway, October 2005. Image © Paul Rands
	Gateway Motorway Interchange: Logan Motorway (Metroad 6) and Gateway Motorway interchange at Drewvale. March 2006. Image © Paul Rands			Freeway Green Sign: Freeway green AD sign being used as an ID sign on Skepper St at Ellen Grove on the ramp to Logan Mwy (Metroad 4), October 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Freeway Green AD Sign: Freeway green advance directional sign at Drewvale, approaching Mt Lindesay Hwy (NR13). March 2006. Image © Paul Rands			Freeway Green Distance Sign: Freeway green reassurance directional sign at Ellen Grove, October 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign, southbound on Mt Lindesay Hwy (NR13) approaching Logan Mwy (Metroad 4) at Drewvale. October 2005. Image © Paul Rands			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Forest Lake approaching Stapylton Rd (SR35) interchange, October 2004. Note St instead of Rd on the road name patch. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Freeway Green ID Sign: Freeway green advance directional sign on Mt Lindesay Hwy (NR13) at the interchange with Logan Mwy (Metroad 4) at Drewvale, October 2005. Image © Paul Rands			Freeway Green Advance Directional Sign: Freeway green AD sign at Forest Lake approaching Stapylton Rd (SR35) interchange, October 2004. Note St instead of Rd on the road name patch. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Logan Motorway: View over the Logan Mwy (Metroad 4) at Carole Park from Centenary Hwy interchange, October 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade			Toll Plaza: Logan Mwy (Metroad 4) at the toll plaza at Forest Lake, October 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Centenary Hwy at Carole Park approaching Logan Mwy (Metroad 4), October 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade			Toll Plaza: Logan Mwy (Metroad 4) at the toll plaza at Forest Lake, October 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Centenary Hwy at Carole Park approaching Logan Mwy (Metroad 4), October 2004. Note the incorrect coloured shields. Image © Michael Greenslade			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Parkinson approaching Mt Lindesay Hwy (NR13), October 2004. Note the incorrect SR13 shield. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign on Centenary Hwy interchange with Logan Mwy (Metroad 4) at Carole Park, October 2004. Note the incorrect coloured shields. Image © Michael Greenslade			Freeway Green Intersection Directional Sign: Freeway green ID sign at the off ramp to Mt Lindesay Hwy (NR13) at Parkinson, October 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade
				Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Drewvale approaching Gateway Mwy (Metroad 4) and Logan Mwy (Metroad 6) interchange, October 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade
				Freeway Green Advance Directional Sign: Freeway Green AD sign on Drews Rd approaching Logan Mwy (Metroad 6, but originally Metroad 4), January 2019. Image © Dean Sherry

1 The State Road Network Map, 30 June 2008
2 Logan City Council, Logan Regional History
3 Logan City Council, Logan 2026 City Directions
4 Leighton Holdings, 80 000 Trees Planted at Gateway Motorway Extension, 12 December 1996
5 Logan City Council, Logan Regional History
6 Ministerial Media Statement, Green light for vital new Logan Motorway link, 17 May 2006
7 Ministerial Media Statements, Mt Lindesay Highway on-ramp upgrade, 8 November 2006
8 QMR, Ipswich Logan interchange Project Page
9 Ministerial Media Statements, Paradise Found - Ahead of Time and Under Budget, 11 March 2007
10 Queensland Motorways Construction Update, Piling works commence on 13 October 2008: Gateway Extension Motorway, Kuraby, 10 October 2008
11 Trent Thomson

Last updated: 07-Jul-2020 11:22

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