Length:

7 km

Termini:

Northern: Gateway Mwy (M1), Banyo

Southern: Gateway Mwy (M1), Eagle Farm

Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:

Eagle Farm, Hendra, Nundah, Northgate and Banyo

Current: None

Former: M1 1 1 20

Road Authority Internal Classification: ¹

913

General Information:

Southern Cross Way started life in the 1980s as part of the Gateway Arterial Road (SR20). as the road was developed, the SR20 route number was replaced with NR1, then Metroad 1 and then M1 with the introduction of alphanumeric route numbering.

Originally a number of locations where the route crossed other roads, the junction were controlled by roundabouts before eventually being replaced by grade-separated interchanges and the route slowly being transformed from Super-2 undivided arterial road to motorway standard.

The route passes by commercial, residential and industrial areas and still serves as an important road in the Brisbane road network. Before being named Southern Cross Way, the route was named Old Gateway Mwy.

June 1980: The Gateway Bridge Company was established to oversee construction of the Gateway Bridge and, following construction, to maintain the bridge and collect tolls. ³

August 1980 Work began on the six-lane Gateway Bridge over Brisbane River. ²

December 1985: The Gateway Bridge and motorway approaches were completed.

1986: The Gateway Arterial was constructed in two stages and was completed.

11 January 1986: The original Gateway Bridge was officially opened. ⁴ Around 200,000 people attended the opening festivities and walked the new bridge.

1995: Construction began on a southern extension to the Logan Motorway, creating the Southern Brisbane Bypass, which eventually was renamed to Gateway Motorway. ⁵

13 May 1997: The Southern Brisbane Bypass was opened to traffic by Vaughan Johnson, then-Minister for Transport and Main Roads. ⁵

9 March 2007: Work starts on second Gateway Bridge over Brisbane River. ⁶

September 2008: An extra lane on the Gateway Motorway over Wynnum Road opened to traffic. ⁷

July 2009: Upgraded Gateway Motorway north of Gateway Bridge opened to traffic. ⁸

2010: A 7 km stretch of the Gateway Motorway that runs between Eagle Farm and Nudgee Road at Banyo, renamed Southern Cross Way after realignment of Gateway Motorway. ⁹

June 2010: Demolition of the old Gateway Motorway Overpass (now Southern Cross Way) over Airport Drive in preparation of new overpass. ¹⁰

Eagle Farm to Banyo

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Eagle Farm approaching Kingsford Smith Dr (SR25), July 2011.

Image © Rob Tilley

Kingsford Smith Drive:

Southern Cross Way at the Kingsford Smith Dr (SR25) interchange at Eagle Farm, July 2011.

Image © Rob Tilley

Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign at Eagle Farm, July 2011.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Hendra approaching East-West Arterial Rd (SR20), July 2011.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Hendra approaching East-West Arterial Rd (SR20), July 2011.

Image © Rob Tilley

East-West Arterial Road:

Southern Cross Way at the East-West Arterial Rd (SR20) interchange at Hendra, July 2011.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on the off ramp to East-West Arterial Rd at Hendra, July 2011.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Nundah approaching Toombul Rd, July 2011.

Image © Rob Tilley

Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign at Northgate, July 2011.

Image © Rob Tilley

Ramp Metering Signals:

Ramp metering signals where Southern Cross Way meets Gateway Mwy (M1) at Banyo, July 2011.

Image © Rob Tilley

¹ QLD Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads, The State Road Network of Queensland, August 2016.
² QLD Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland Roads Edition No 1 March 2006.
³ QLD Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland Roads, Edition No 8, March 2010.
⁴ QLD Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland Roads, Edition No 4, September 2007.
⁵ Queensland Motorways, Annual Report 1996-1997.
⁶ QLD Government, Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory, Media Statements, Gateway Upgrade Project well underway, 26 September 2007.
⁷ QLD Government, Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory, Media Statements, Extra Gateway Motorway lane opens – with more to come, 12 September 2008.
⁸ QLD Government, Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory, Media Statements, Gateway Upgrade delivers seven kilometres of new motorway, 17 July 2009.
⁹ Sydney Morning Herald, Gateway renamed the Southern Cross Way, 17 September 2010.
¹⁰ QLD Government, Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory, Media Statements, Demolition begins on old Gateway Motorway Overpass, 2 June 2010.

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