Logan Motorway

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Logan Motorway

Wembly Road crossing Logan Motorway west.jpg
Looking west from Wembley Road crossing, 2015
General information
Type Motorway
Length30.3 km (19 mi)
Route number(s)
  • AUS Alphanumeric Route M2.svg M2
  • (Gailes – Forest Lake)
  • AUS Alphanumeric Route M2 toll.svg M2
  • (Forest Lake – Drewvale)
  • AUS Alphanumeric Route M6 toll.svg M6
  • (Drewvale – Loganholme)
Former
route number
  • AUS Metroad 4.svg Metroad 4
  • (Gailes – Drewvale)
  • AUS Metroad 6.svg Metroad 6
  • (Drewvale – Loganholme)
Major junctions
West endAUS Alphanumeric Route M2.svgAUS Alphanumeric Route M7.svg Ipswich Motorway
Gailes, Queensland
 
East endAUS Alphanumeric Route M1.svg Pacific Motorway
Loganholme, Queensland
Location(s)
Major suburbs / towns Drewvale, Loganlea
Highway system

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.

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The road is operated and owned by Transurban Queensland. [1] Most of this road was formally Metroad 4 prior to the Gateway Motorway extension in 1997. [2]

The road was used by an average of 203,000 vehicles per day in 2023. [3]

History

Motorway bridge at Loganlea, 2013 Logan Motorway Loganlea Queensland Australia.jpg
Motorway bridge at Loganlea, 2013
View south east from Tanah Merah, 2016 Logan Motorway at Tanah Merah, Queensland.jpg
View south east from Tanah Merah, 2016

The Logan Motorway Act of 1987 permitted a franchise period of 30 years from completion of construction. [4] The original owner was the Logan Motorway Company Ltd, later a company of Queensland Motorways. Russell Hinze attended a ceremony at Loganlea for the turning of the first sod in the construction of the Logan Motorway in October 1987. [5]

It originally opened as a two-lane motorway on 13 December 1988, and was upgraded to four in two stages. [6] 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. [4]

Toll booths at Wembley Road were removed in April 1997. [5] Too many heavy vehicles were avoiding the toll by using Compton Road. [5]

In December 2020, a man on the Logan Motorway was shot dead by police as he approached them with a knife in his hand. [7]

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. [8] Late in the same year it was announced that Transurban would upgrade the Logan Motorway . It underwent a $450 million upgrade constructed from 2016 through to 2019. [9] [10] [11] The upgrade, known as the Logan Enhancement Project, included upgrades to the Logan Motorway and Gateway Motorway: [12] [13]

Tolls

The road is operated and owned by Transurban Queensland. [1] The state continued to own the road and bridge infrastructure. [14] Electronic free-flow tolling was implemented in 2009.

Tolls on the Logan Motorway were originally due to expire 30 years after opening, in 2018. In April 2011, the tolls were extended to 2051 as a result of the transfer of Queensland Motorways' tollways to the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC). [15]

The motorway has three toll points: [16] [6]

Additionally, all traffic between the Logan Motorway and Gateway Extension must pass through the Kuraby or Compton Road toll points of the Gateway Extension. This means travel on any section of Logan Motorway between Stapylton Road and Loganlea Road incurs two tolls (a combination of any Gateway Motorway or Logan Motorway tolls). The short sections of Logan Motorway between Ipswich Motorway and Centenary Motorway and between Drews Road and Pacific Motorway are toll-free.

Toll prices as of 1 January 2024 [17]
Toll roadClass 1 (Motorcycles)Class 2 (Cars)Class 3 (Light Commercial Vehicles)Class 4 (Heavy Commercial Vehicles)Toll increaseToll concessionaire [18] Expiry of toll concession [19] [20]
Logan Motorway Loganlea toll point$1.03$2.06$3.10$6.96Annually on 1 July, by CPI Transurban Queensland [lower-alpha 1]
(62.5% owned by Transurban)
31 December 2051 [21]
Heathwood and Paradise Road toll points$1.70$3.40$5.09$11.49Annually on 1 July, by CPI
  1. Under a long-term concession agreement with the state

Exits and interchanges

LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
BrisbaneIpswich boundary WacolGailes boundary00.0AUS Alphanumeric Route M2.svg Ipswich Motorway (State Route M2) west  Ipswich, Toowoomba Western motorway terminus: continues as Ipswich Motorway westbound; no access to Ipswich Motorway north east bound or from Ipswich Motorway south west bound
0.50.3125Brisbane Road  Goodna, Redbank Plains Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Carole Park 0.80.5024Formation Street  Camira, Carole Park Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
21.223Boundary Road  Carole Park, Wacol Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Brisbane Forest Lake 3.42.122AUS Alphanumeric Route M5.svg Centenary Motorway (State Route M5)  Springfield, Jindalee, Brisbane No eastbound exit to M5 northbound; no westbound entrance from M5 southbound
74.3Heathwood toll point
Heathwood 8.25.117Australian state route 35.svg Stapylton Road (State Route 35)  Forestdale, Forest Lake Toll points on westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
Larapinta 10.96.814Paradise Road  Acacia Ridge, Forestdale Toll points on westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
ParkinsonDrewvale boundary13.98.611 Beaudesert Road   Acacia Ridge, Brisbane, Regents Park, Beaudesert Parclo Interchange
Drewvale 15.89.89AUS Alphanumeric Route M2.svgWestern Australia MR-SM-11.svg Gateway Motorway (State Route M2) north  Sunshine Coast, Cairns, Brisbane Airport Trumpet interchange; Route transition: M2 westbound, Metroad 6 eastbound
Logan Berrinba 16.910.58Australian state route 50.svg Wembley Road (State Route 50)  Browns Plains, Logan Central Wembley Road toll point was under the bridge.
Loganlea 22.714.15Australian state route 95.svg 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 24.215.04Loganlea Road  Daisy Hill, Loganlea Westbound exit and entrance
24.515.24University Drive to Loganlea Road  Daisy Hill, Loganlea Eastbound exit and entrance
25.215.7Loganlea toll point
Tanah MerahLoganholme boundary29.318.21Drews Road
Loganholme29.818.5Pacific Highway frontage road   Loganholme, Brisbane Eastbound exit is via Drews Road ramp
30.318.8AUS Alphanumeric Route M1.svgWestern Australia MR-SM-11.svg 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

See also

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