Length:

25 km (Original Gailes to Loganholme alignment: 30 km)

Termini:

Eastern: Gateway Motorway (M1), Pacific Motorway (M1) and Pacific Motorway (Metroad 3), Rochedale

Western: Pacific Motorway (Metroad 1), Loganholme

Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:

Gailes, Carole Park, Forest Lake, Heathwood, Larapinta, Drewvale, Berrinba, Kingston, Loganlea, Meadowbrook, Tanah Merah and Loganholme

Current: M2 M6

Former: 4 6 40

Road Authority Internal Classification: ¹

210A

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. Upon completion of this extension, Metroad 4 was re-routed off the Logan Motorway between Drewvale and Loganholme, with Metroad 6 taking its place along that section.

1 October 1987: Construction commences on Logan Motorway. 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

13 December 1988: Logan Motorway officially opened, with a toll-free period for one week after its opening. ²

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 This also meant Metroad 4 was no longer signposted along Logan Motorway between Drewvale and Loganholme and was replaced by Metroad 6, with Metroad 4 re-routed onto the new Gateway Motorway extension. Also, duplication of Logan Motorway to Pacific Motorway began at the eastern end, including interchange works with Pacific Motorway. ⁶

September 2000: Completion of duplication works along Logan Motorway. 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 Highway (NR13) interchange with Logan Motorway. 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 Motorway / Ipswich Motorway 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. ^{7 4}

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

June 2009: Upgraded interchange ramps for access to Loganlea Road at Meadowbrook opened to traffic. ¹²

July 2009: Cashless tolling introduced on the motorway with the completion of tolling gantries at Meadowbrook. ¹³

January 2016: Metroad 6 replaced by M6.

This page concentrates on the former alignment between Gailes and Loganholme

Gailes to Loganholme

Freeway Green Advance Directional Sign:

Freeway green AD sign from 1988 on Loganlea Rd approaching University Dr and Logan Mwy (Metroad 6) at Meadowbrook, with old Metroad 4 shields, March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands

Freeway Green Intersection Directional Sign:

Freeway green ID sign from 1988 on Loganlea Rd Meadowbrook at the junction with University Dr and Ellerslie Rd, March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands

Freeway Green Intersection Directional Sign:

Freeway green ID sign from 1988 on Loganlea Rd Meadowbrook at the junction with Logan Mwy (Metroad 6), March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands

Loganholme to Gailes

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign on Station Rd Meadowbrook with remnant Metroad 4 shield. October 2016

Image © Dean Sherry

Remnant Sign:

Remnant sign on Loganlea Rd at Meadowbrook, approaching Logan Mwy (Metroad 6) mentioning Pacific Hwy (NR1), the route in question hasn't been called or numbered that for several years before the image was taken, March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands

Freeway Green Advance Directional Sign:

Freeway green AD sign from 1988 on Loganlea Rd at Meadowbrook approaching the Logan Mwy (Metroad 6) interchange, March 2006. The sign still shows the former Metroad 4 shields.

Image © Paul Rands