Logan Motorway

The M2/M6 Logan Motorway is a 30-kilometre toll road between Ipswich and the M1 or Pacific Motorway at Loganholme, and the Gateway Motorway, providing access to the Gold Coast on the eastern seaboard and to the rural areas of the Darling Downs to the west. The M6 portion runs from the Pacific Motorway to the junction with the Gateway Motorway at Drewvale, where it then becomes the M2, continuing on to merge with the Ipswich Motorway at Gailes.

Logan Motorway Queensland
Looking west from Wembley Road crossing, 2015
General information
Type	Motorway
Length	30.3 km (19 mi)
Route number(s)	M2 (Gailes - Drewvale) M6 (Drewvale - Loganholme)
Former route number	Metroad 4 (Gailes - Drewvale) Metroad 6 (Drewvale - Loganholme)
Major junctions
West end	Ipswich Motorway, Gailes, Queensland
	Centenary Motorway Mount Lindesay Highway Gateway Motorway for full list see Exits and Interchanges.
East end	Pacific Motorway, Loganholme, Queensland
Location(s)
Major suburbs / towns	Drewvale, Loganlea
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Queensland

The road is operated and owned by Transurban.[1] Electronic free-flow tolling was implemented in 2009. Three toll points are located along this transport corridor at Stapylton Road and Loganlea Road on the Logan Motorway and at Kuraby on the Gateway Extension.[1] Most of this road was formally Metroad 4 prior to the Gateway Motorway extension in 1997.[2]

History

Motorway bridge at Loganlea, 2013

View south east from Tanah Merah, 2016

The Logan Motorway Act of 1987 permitted a franchise period of 30 years from completion of construction.[3] The original owner was the Logan Motorway Company Ltd.

It originally opened as a two-lane motorway on 13 December 1988, and was upgraded to four in two stages.[1] The first stage of the duplication (Ipswich Motorway to Wembley Road) was completed in December 1996, followed by the second (Wembley Road to Pacific Motorway) on 23 May 2000. The Gateway Motorway was linked in 1997.[3]

Upgrade

In 2015, the road was deemed to be a traffic bottleneck. It was exceeding its planned capacity with up to 60,000 vehicles per day using the motorway.[4] Late in the same year it was announced that Transurban will upgrade the Logan Motorway will undergo a $450 million upgrade expected to be constructed from 2016 through to 2019.[5] [6]

Exits and interchanges

LGA	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Brisbane–Ipswich boundary	Wacol–Gailes boundary	0	0.0	Ipswich Motorway (State Route M2) west – Ipswich, Toowoomba	Western motorway terminus: continues as Ipswich Motorway westbound; no access to Ipswich Motorway north-eastbound or from Ipswich Motorway south-westbound
		0.5	0.31	Brisbane Road – Goodna, Redbank Plains	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Carole Park	0.8	0.50	Formation Street – Camira, Carole Park	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		2	1.2	Boundary Road – Carole Park, Wacol	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Brisbane	Forest Lake	3.4	2.1	Centenary Motorway (State Route M5) – Springfield, Jindalee, Brisbane	No eastbound exit to M5 northbound; no westbound entrance from M5 southbound
		7	4.3	Heathwood toll point
	Heathwood	8.2	5.1	Stapylton Road (State Route 35) – Forestdale, Forest Lake
	Larapinta	10.9	6.8	Paradise Road – Acacia Ridge, Forestdale	Toll Point
	Parkinson–Drewvale boundary	13.9	8.6	Beaudesert Road – Acacia Ridge, Brisbane, Regents Park, Beaudesert	Parclo Interchange
	Drewvale	15.8	9.8	Gateway Motorway (State Route M2) north – Sunshine Coast, Cairns, Brisbane Airport	Trumpet interchange; Route transition: M2 westbound, Metroad 6 eastbound
Logan	Berrinba	16.9	10.5	Wembley Road (State Route 50) – Browns Plains, Logan Central Wembley Road toll point was under the bridge.
	Loganlea	22.7	14.1	Kingston Road (State Route 95) via Jutland Street & Station Road – Bethania, Underwood	Eastbound exit and entrance via Jutland Street, westbound exit and entrance via Station Road
	Meadowbrook	24.2	15.0	Loganlea Road – Daisy Hill, Loganlea	Westbound exit and entrance
		24.5	15.2	University Drive to Loganlea Road – Daisy Hill, Loganlea	Eastbound exit and entrance
		25.2	15.7	Loganlea toll point
	Tanah Merah–Loganholme boundary	29.3	18.2	Drews Road
	Loganholme	29.8	18.5	Pacific Highway frontage road – Loganholme, Brisbane	Eastbound exit is via Drews Road ramp
		30.3	18.8	Pacific Motorway (State Route M1) south – Gold Coast, Ballina, Gold Coast Airport	Eastern terminus: continues as Pacific Motorway southbound; no access to M1 northbound or from M1 southbound
Electronic toll collection       Incomplete access       Route transition

See also

• Freeways in Australia
• Freeways in Brisbane

References

1. "About the Logan Motorway". Queensland Motorways Limited. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
2. "Road Photos & Information: Queensland". Paul Rands. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
3. Howells, Mary (2003). Logan River Tinnie Trail. Logan City Council. p. 45. ISBN 0975051903.
4. "Logan Motorway Corridor Strategy". Department of Transport and Main Roads. Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
5. Andrew Dawson (28 October 2015). "Funding to fix one of Queensland's worst bottlenecks given the green light". Quest Community News. News Corp. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
6. Amy Mitchell-Whittington (23 November 2016). "Logan Motorway upgrade given green light". Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 23 November 2016.

External links

Media related to Logan Motorway at Wikimedia Commons

• Qld Motorways