Logan Motorway

Logan Motorway
Route information
Length:	30 km (20 mi)
History:	Formerly: (Gailes - Drewvale) (Drewvale - Loganholme)
Allocation	M2 (Gailes - Drewvale) M6 (Drewvale - Loganholme)
Major junctions
West end:	Ipswich Motorway, Gailes, Queensland
	Centenary Motorway Mount Lindesay Hwy Gateway Motorway for full list see Exits and Interchanges.
East end:	Pacific Motorway, Loganholme, Queensland
Location
Primary destinations:	Drewvale, Loganlea
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Queensland

The M2/MR6 Logan Motorway offers motorists a quick link 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.

It originally opened as a two-lane motorway in October 1987, and was upgraded to four in 1997.^[1] The road is operated and owned by Queensland Motorways.^[1] Three toll plazas 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]

Exits and Interchanges

Logan Motorway[3]
Westbound exits	Distance to Ipswich (km)	Distance to Gold Coast (km)	Eastbound exits
End Logan Motorway continues as Ipswich Motorway to Ipswich / Sydney / Melbourne / Darwin	17	77	Start Logan Motorway continues from Ipswich Motorway
Gailes Viking Drive
no exit	18	76	Camira, Carole Park Formation Street
Carole Park, Wacol Boundary Road	19	75	no exit
End Toll	20	74	Springfield Centenary Motorway
Springfield, Jindalee, Brisbane Centenary Motorway			Start Toll
Forestdale, Forest Lake Stapylton Road	26	68	Toll Gantry
Toll Gantry			Forestdale, Forest Lake Stapylton Road
Forestdale, Acacia Ridge Paradise Road	27.5	66.5	Acacia Ridge, Forestdale Paradise Road
Brisbane-Sydney Rail Line	28	66	Brisbane-Sydney Rail Line
Start Toll	30	64	Acacia Ridge, Brisbane Beaudesert Road (North)
Acacia Ridge, Brisbane Beaudesert Road (North)			Regents Park, Beaudesert Beaudesert Road (South)
Regents Park, Beaudesert Beaudesert Road (South)			End Toll
End continues as	32	62	Sunshine Coast, Cairns Gateway Motorway
Sunshine Coast, Cairns Gateway Motorway			continues as
Browns Plains, Logan Central Wembley Road	34	60	Browns Plains, Logan Central Wembley Road
End Toll	40	54	Bethania, Underwood Kingston Road via Jutland Street
Bethania, Underwood Kingston Road via Station Road			Start Toll
Gold Coast Rail Line	41	53	Gold Coast Rail Line
Daisy Hill, Loganlea Loganlea Road	42	52	Toll Gantry
Toll Gantry			Daisy Hill, Loganlea Loganlea Road via University Drive
Start Toll	46	48	End Toll
Drews Road			Loganholme, Brisbane Pacific Highway Service Road
			Drews Road
Start Logan Motorway continues from Pacific Motorway	47	47	End Logan Motorway continues as Pacific Motorway to Gold Coast / Ballina

See also

Queensland portal

• Freeways in Australia
• Freeways in Brisbane

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "About the Logan Motorway". Queensland Motorways Limited. http://www.qldmotorways.com.au/aboutus/history/loganmotorway.aspx. Retrieved 2010-11-16. 
2. ^ "Road Photos & Information: Queensland". Paul Rands. http://expressway.paulrands.com/gallery/roads/qld/numbered/alphanumeric/m-a2/01_rochedaletotoowoomba/former/index.html. Retrieved 2010-11-16. 
3. ^ "Logan Motorwat". Google Maps. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Logan%20Motorway&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl. Retrieved 2010-11-16. 

External links

• Qld Motorways