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

Road Photos & Information: Queensland

M2 A2

Gateway Motorway, Logan Motorway, Ipswich Motorway, Warrego Highway, Landsborough Highway & Barkly Highway (M2/A2) - Former Alignment: Chinchilla to Mitchell

Statistics:

Length: 2029 km (Chinchilla to Mitchell: XX 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: Camooweal, Mount Isa, Cloncurry, Longreach, Roma, Toowoomba, Ipswich, Dinmore, Wacol, Meadowbrook, Loganlea, Eight Mile Plains and Rochedale

Route Numbering:

Current: None

Former:

General Information:

M/A2 is the main link from Brisbane to the northern territory. It varies from motorway standard in the Brisbane metropolitain area, to dual carriageway rural highway standard between Brisbane and Toowoomba, and rural highway standard beyond Toowoomba. The route is the only sealed link between Flinders Highway and Capricorn Highway apart from Gregory Development Road between Emerald and Charters Towers.

History:

2004: Warrego (NH54), Landsborough (NH54 / NH71) and Barkly (NH66) Highways renumbered to M2 under the QMR Strategic Tourism Routes plan. 10
February 2009: Upgrade of Mitchell's main street on the Warrego Highway completed. The Mitchell main street, between Louisa and Ann Streets, has been re-constructed to provide a strengthened and widened road surface. Following the opening of the road to traffic during 2008, final asphalt sealing, landscaping, line marking and other associated works were also completed. 19

This page concentrates on the former alignment between Chinchilla and Mitchell

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	Old Bridge: Old bridge on Riggers Rd at Roma. Riggers Rd was once part of the Warrego Hwy, September 2018. Image © Richard Wardle

1 The State Road Network Map, 30 June 2008
10 QMR, Strategic Tourism Routes Revision 12
19 Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Media Release, Mitchell Main Street Completed, 20 February 2009

Last updated: 03-Aug-2019 0:51

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