Toll roads in Australia

This article lists and outlines tollways or toll roads in Australia. Tollways are found in the eastern states of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. All are currently within the urban limits of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

See also: Freeways in Australia

EastLink nortbound toll gantry near Wellington Road in Rowville Victoria

Melbourne's CityLink tollway (M1 and M2 sections) carry the highest volume of traffic and also generate the highest revenue of all the tollways (by a substantial amount). This is mainly due to the necessary cross-city and North (Melbourne Airport-bound) corridors. Each respective city uses a different retailer to collect tolls, such as CityLink in Melbourne, e-Way, e-Toll, Roam and Transurban Linkt in Sydney and Linkt (formerly known as go via) in Brisbane.

Most tollways operate an open system of toll collection (tolls are collected at a barrier or mainline toll plaza). The Westlink M7 is Closed System where tolls are calculated based on distance from entry/exit points. e-TAG was developed by Transurban (the owner and operator of CityLink) in Melbourne in the 1990s in preparation for what would be one of the world's first 'fully electronic' tollways. Since July 2013 all toll roads in Australia adopted a cashless system. Free-flow tolling is used on some tollways, including Melbourne's EastLink tollway where either an e-TAG or an account (tag-less) can be used via each gantry. Queensland also has motorways that have been converted into tollways or new tollways constructed, which use the electronic method.

According to Professor Mark Hickman, the chair of Transport at the University of Queensland's School of Civil Engineering, toll roads in Australia have not reached expected traffic volumes and do not always relieve congestion in the short-term.[1]

Current toll roads
Toll Road[2][3][4][5] Location Toll Point A$ revenue (million) 2007 trips/transactions (Mil) 2007 A$ Tolls 2008
Eastern Distributor Woolloomooloo, NSW Woolloomooloo (Northbound) 75.3 17.4 5.50
Military Road E-Ramps Neutral Bay, NSW Neutral Bay 1.62
Sydney Harbour Bridge Sydney to North Sydney, NSW North Sydney and Milsons Point (Southbound) 85.91 unknown 3.00
Sydney Harbour Tunnel Sydney to North Sydney, NSW North Sydney (Southbound) 43.7 unknown 3.00
Lane Cove Tunnel Artarmon to North Ryde, NSW North Ryde unknown unknown 2.69
Hills Motorway North Ryde to Baulkham Hills, NSW Multiple 120.6 33.8 4.95 to 6.60
Western Motorway Parramatta to Haberfield, NSW Multiple
South Western Motorway Beverly Hills to Moorebank, NSW Multiple 163.6 42.3 3.80
M5 East Motorway Beverly Hills to Kyeemagh, NSW Multiple
Westlink Baulkham Hills to Prestons, NSW Multiple 153.2 41.8 0.44 to 6.58
M8 Motorway Beverly Hills to Tempe, NSW Multiple
Cross City Tunnel Sydney, NSW to Rushcutters Bay Sydney unknown unknown 4.07
CityLink (Southlink) (Westlink) Pascoe Vale to Malvern, Vic Multiple 362.8 247.9 1.65 to 6.21
EastLink Ringwood to Frankston, Vic n/a 0.33 to 4.96
Gateway Motorway becomes at 8 Mile Plains Banyo to Drewvale, Qld Murarrie and Kuraby 90.6 33.6 2.90
Logan Motorway Gailes to Loganholme, Qld Heathwood and Meadowbrook 69.9 37.2 2.00 to 3.20
Legacy Way Toowong to Kelvin Grove, Qld Toowong n/a n/a 3.00
Clem Jones Tunnel Woolloongabba to Bowen Hills, Qld Bowen Hills n/a n/a 4.28
Airport Link Windsor to Clayfield, Qld Windsor and Clayfield n/a n/a 3.82 to 4.98
Go Between Bridge West End to Milton, Qld West End n/a n/a n/a
Toowoomba Bypass becomes at Charlton Helidon Spa to Athol, Qld Harlaxton n/a n/a 2.30

Former toll roads
Toll Road Location Toll Point Operated Until
Sunshine Motorway Maroochydore to Pacific Paradise, Qld Pacific Paradise 1996, toll removed.
Southern Freeway (F6) Waterfall to Bulli Tops, NSW Waterfall 1995 (30 July)
Sydney-Newcastle Freeway (F3) Berowra to Calga, NSW Berowra 1988
West Gate Bridge Port Melbourne to Spotswood, Vic Port Melbourne 1985
Hornibrook Bridge Brighton to Clontarf, Qld Clontarf 1979 (Demolished) Replaced with (toll free) Houghton Highway 1979 and Ted Smout Memorial Bridge 2010
Walter Taylor Bridge Chelmer to Indooroopilly, Qld Indooroopilly 1960's, toll removed.
Story Bridge Fortitude Valley to Kangaroo Point, Qld Kangaroo Point 1947, toll removed.
Springbrook Road Neranwood to Springbrook, Qld Neranwood 1945 (30 November)
Great Ocean Road Eastern View to Apollo Bay, Vic Eastern View 1936 (2 October) toll removed and road handed over to the Victorian Government

Future toll roads

See also

References
  1. Tony Moore (19 March 2015). "Brisbane's toll tunnels fail to cut rising travel times: RACQ". Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  2. Transurban, security holder review
  3. Linton Besser (27 September 2008). "The bleeping price we paid to drive". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  4. Sydney Morning Herald: Bridge toll props up harbour tunnelBridge toll props up harbour tunnel (13 December 2007)
  5. Qld Motorways - 2007 Annual Report
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