Length:

25 km

Termini:

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

Western: Ipswich Motorway (Metroad 2), Gailes

Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:

Gailes, Carole Park, Forest Lake, Heathwood, Larapinta, Drewvale, Browns Plains, Stretton, Kuraby, Eight Mile Plains and Rochedale

Current: M2

Former: 4 40

Road Authority Internal Classification: ¹

210A (Gailes to Drewvale)

N332 (Drewvale to Rochedale)

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.

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 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. ⁵

September 2000: Completion of duplication works along Logan Motorway. 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 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. ⁷

February 2007: Construction commenced on the Logan Motorway / Ipswich Motorway interchange upgrade. ⁸

13 October 2008: Work commences at Kuraby on the installation of a tolling gantry in preparation for the transition to free-flow tolling. ⁹

March 2009: Metroad 4 replaced in its entirety by the M2 route number. ¹⁰

Click or tap here for the former alignment between Gailes and Loganholme

Gailes to Rochedale

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 Distance Sign:

Freeway green reassurance directional sign at Ellen Grove, October 2004.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Forest Lake approaching Stapylton Rd (SR35) interchange, October 2004. Note the abbreviation of St used instead of Rd on the road name patch.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Freeway Green Advance Directional Sign:

Freeway green AD sign at Forest Lake approaching Stapylton Rd (SR35) interchange, October 2004. Note the abbreviation for St instead of Rd on the road name patch.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Toll Plaza:

Logan Mwy (Metroad 4) at the toll plaza at Forest Lake, 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 at Parkinson approaching Mt Lindesay Hwy (NR13), October 2004. Note the incorrect SR13 shield.

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

Freeway Green AD Sign:

Freeway green advance directional sign at Drewvale, approaching Mt Lindesay Hwy (NR13). March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign, southbound on Mt Lindesay Hwy (NR13) approaching Logan Mwy (Metroad 4) at Drewvale. October 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

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

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

Rochedale to Gailes

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Gateway Mwy near the Pacific Mwy interchange, approaching Logan Rd (SR95) at Eight Mile Plains, May 2005. Click or tap here for a photo of this location by Michael Greenslade from May 2005.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Logan Mwy (Metroad 6) approaching the interchange with Gateway Mwy at Berrinba. March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands

Gateway Motorway Interchange:

Logan Motorway (Metroad 6) and Gateway Motorway interchange at Drewvale. March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands

Logan Motorway:

View over the Logan Mwy (Metroad 4) at Carole Park from Centenary Hwy interchange, 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

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

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