Port of Brisbane Motorway | |
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General information | |
Type | Motorway |
Length | 6.9 km (4.3 mi) |
Route number(s) | M4 |
Major junctions | |
SW end | Gateway Motorway Murarrie |
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NE end | Port Drive Lytton |
Location(s) | |
Major suburbs / towns | Hemmant |
Highway system | |
Port of Brisbane Motorway is a motorway which connects the Port of Brisbane to the Gateway Motorway. Stage 1 was opened in December 2002. The motorway was built to take freight traffic off Lytton Road, with about 4,000 vehicles travelling to the Port of Brisbane in 2002. [1] Stage 1 cost A$196 million and was finished six months ahead of schedule and A$20 million under budget. [2] The Port of Brisbane Motorway holds the M4 motorway designation.
Stage 2 includes a three kilometre extension of the existing motorway through to Pritchard Street. Construction commenced in April 2011 with completion in February 2013. [3] The project was named Port Connect, an A$385 million upgrade. [4]
A further stage of upgrade was completed on the connecting roads to the port. The project was named Port Drive Upgrade, an A$110 million upgrade from the eastern end of the Port of Brisbane Motorway through to Port Gate. Construction commenced in Q3 2016 and completed mid 2018. [5] It included duplication of Port Drive, an overpass at Kite Street intersection and duplication of Lucinda Drive. [6]
The entire motorway is in the City of Brisbane local government area.
Location | km [7] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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Murarrie | 0 | 0.0 | Gateway Motorway (M1) – Ipswich, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Brisbane Airport | South–western motorway terminus; semi-directional T interchange | |
0.9 | 0.56 | Lytton Road (State Route 24) – Murarrie, Brisbane | No exit westbound | ||
Lytton | 3.8 | 2.4 | Lytton Road (State Route 24) / Lindum Road (State Route 30) – Hemmant, Wynnum | No north–eastbound entrance; south–westbound entrance via looped ramp | |
5.3 | 3.3 | Lytton Road (State Route 24) south / Pritchard Street (State Route 24) east – Lytton, Wynnum | North–eastbound exit and entrance only | ||
6.2 | 3.9 | Pritchard Street (State Route 24) – Lytton, Wynnum | South–westbound exit and entrance only | ||
6.9 | 4.3 | Port Drive north–east – Port of Brisbane | North–eastern motorway terminus: continues as Port Drive | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
The accompanying diagram shows the interchanges with and overpasses of the Port of Brisbane Motorway.
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