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

Road Photos & Information: Queensland

M2 A2

Gateway Motorway, Logan Motorway, Ipswich Motorway, Warrego Highway, Landsborough Highway and Barkly Highway (M2/A2) - Rochedale to Dinmore: Former Alignment

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

The photos shown below are from before the completion of widening and realignment works along Ipswich Mwy (M2) between Dinmore and Gailes)

Preview:	Description:
	End NH15 / Start M2: Sign at the Cunningham Hwy (M15) (former NH15) interchange at Riverview, November 2009. When this sign was installed, this was the start of Metroad 2, so the mention here of start M2 is obselete, as M2 starts further west of this junction. Warrego Hwy (M2) becomes Ipswich Mwy (M2) here however. Image © Rob Tilley
	Distance Sign: Reassurance directional sign after the Cunningham Hwy (M15) interchange at Riverview, November 2009. Image © Rob Tilley
	Tessman Street & McEwan Street Interchange: Inbound on the Ipswich Motorway at Riverview approaching the Tessman Street and McEwan Street (SR33) interchange. October 2005. This off-ramp has since been removed. Image © Paul Rands
	Distance Sign: RD sign on Ipswich Mwy (M2) at Riverview, November 2009. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign : AD sign at Riverview approaching the Brisbane Rd and Mine St interchanges, November 2009. Image © Rob Tilley
	Brisbane Road: Ipswich Mwy (M2) at the Brisbane Rd interchange at Redbank, November 2009. Brisbane Road once formed part of the main route between Brisbane and Ipswich. Click here for a photo of this area from October 2005. Image © Rob Tilley
	Supplemental Advance Directional Sign: Supplemental AD sign at Redbank approaching Mine St, November 2009. Image © Rob Tilley
	Mine Street: Ipswich Mwy (M2) at the Mine St interchange at Redbank, November 2009. Click here for a photo of this area from October 2005. Image © Rob Tilley
	Distance Sign: RD sign at Goodna, November 2009. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Goodna approaching Church St (SR61) interchange , November 2009. Image © Rob Tilley
	Supplemental Advance Directional Sign: Supplemental AD sign at Goodna approaching Church St (SR61) interchange , November 2009. Image © Rob Tilley
	Church Street Interchange : Ipswich Mwy (M2) at the Church St (SR61) interchange at Goodna, November 2009. Click here for a photo of this area from October 2005. Image © Rob Tilley

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 Council, Logan Regional History
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 Logan interchange Project Page
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

Last updated: 07-Feb-2019 21:12

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