Ipswich Motorway

Ipswich Motorway
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Basic data
Operator:	Dep. of Transport and Main Roads
Start of the street:	Ipswich Road Rocklea ( Brisbane ) ( QLD ) ( 27 ° 33 ′  S , 153 ° 0 ′  E )
End of street:	Warrego Highway Cunningham Highway Riverview ( Ipswich ) ( QLD ) ( 27 ° 36 ′  S , 152 ° 51 ′  E )
Overall length:	21 km
States :	Queensland
Ipswich Motorway near Oxley

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The Ipswich Motorway is a freeway in the southeast of the Australian state of Queensland . It connects Ipswich Road in Rocklea ( Brisbane ) with the Logan Motorway (M2) in Gailes as M7 and then continues west as M2 to the Warrego Highway (NA2) and Cunningham Highway (N15) in Ipswich .

It first passes through Brisbane's southwestern suburbs of Rocklea, Oxley and Darra and then reaches the eastern suburbs of Ipswich, Redbank Plains, Goodna and Riverview . In Darra it is directly connected to the Centenary Motorway (M5) and in Gailes to the Logan Motorway (M2). In 2008 it was found that approximately 80,000 vehicles use the Ipswich Motorway every day. At the end of 2010 that number had risen to 100,000. In 2002 the morning rush hour was between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. In 2008, she was found between 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.

expansion

In 2003, planning began for the expansion of the motorway. It has been identified as a key issue in the South East Queensland Infrastructure Plan and Program . The expansion had become necessary to increase traffic safety and reduce traffic jams.

With the support of the Commonwealth of Australia, the expansion between the junctions of the Logan Motorway and the Centenary Motorway was carried out.

The expansion from four to six lanes between Wacol and Darra was one of the most important promises of the Australian Labor Party in the 2007 election campaign. In addition to widening the Ipswich Motorway, the expansion also included converting the junction of the Centenary Highway into a zero-height motorway triangle and work on the access roads, aiming to reduce traffic on the motorway by 20%. The Australian federal government supported the expansion with AU $ 3.18 billion. The new section from Wacol to Darra was opened to traffic on April 18, 2010.

The expansion of the 8 km section between Dinmore and Goodna began in mid-2009 and is due to be completed by the end of 2012. The AU $ 1.95 billion project, which in turn is subsidized by the Australian federal government, is funded by the Origin Alliance , consisting of the Department of Transport and Main Roads , Abigroup, Seymour White, Fulton Hogan, SMEC and Parsons Brinckerhoff, built.

The last part to be upgraded is the 7 km section between Darra and Rocklea. The planning for this was completed in 2011.

The proposed Goodna Bypass or Northern Bypass of the western part of the M2 were canceled after the 2007 elections. This seven kilometer stretch of new highway would have diverted traffic from the Warrego Highway and the Cunningham Highway to join the Logan Highway. Four bridges over the Brisbane River would have been included.

Exits and motorway triangles

Ipswich Motorway
North exits	Distance to Brisbane (km)	Distance to Ipswich (km)	Exit to the south
End of Ipswich Motorway further than Ipswich Road to Rocklea / Woolloongabba	-	29	Start of Ipswich Motorway further from Ipswich Road
Mount Gravatt, Capalaba Granard Road	-	28.5	Mount Gravatt, Capalaba Granard Road
Suscatand Street	-	28	Randolph Street
Oxley, Inala Oxley Road / Blunder Road	-	26.5	Inala, Oxley Blunder Road / Oxley Road
			Rudd Street
Richlands, Darra Harcourt Road	-	24	Richlands, Darra Acanthus Street via Ipswich Service Road
Jindalee, Brisbane Centenary Motorway M5	17th	23	Springfield, Gold Coast , Jindalee Garden Road / Centenary Motorway M5
Vehicle Inspection Center
Arthur Gorrie Remand & Reception Center	18th	22nd	no exit
no exit	20th	20th	Inala, Woodridge Progress Road
			Wacol Wacol Station Road
			Campbell Avenue
Inala, Woodridge Progress Road	20.5	19.5	no exit
Wacol Wacol Station Road
Akenside Street
no exit	21.5	18.5	Vehicle Inspection Center
further than	22nd	18th	Logan Central, Gold Coast Logan Motorway
			Gailes Viking Drive
			End further than
Logan Central, Gold Coast , Sunshine Coast Logan Motorway	22.5	17.5	Redbank Plains, Goodna Queen Street 61 on Brisbane Road ( No access from the motorway junction Logan Motorway)
			Bertha Street ( no access from the Logan Motorway junction)
no exit	25th	15th	Stuart Street
Service Center	26th	14th	Chalk Street
no exit	27	13	Collingwood Park, Redbank Collingwood Drive
Redbank, Collingwood Park Mine Street	27.5	12.5	Fox Street
Redbank Brisbane Road	28	12	no exit
no exit	28.5	11.5	Brisbane Road
Riverview, Moggill McEwan Street	29	11	Riverview, Moggill McEwan Street
Start of Ipswich Motorway further from the Cunningham Highway and Warrego Highway	30th	10	Toowoomba , Charleville , Mount Isa , Melbourne , Darwin Warrego Highway
			At the end of Ipswich Motorway, continue as Cunningham Highway to Ipswich / Warwick / Tenterfield / Sydney

source

• Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007, ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 , pp. 3, 6, 7.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Laboratory PM Kevin Rudd kicks off Ipswich Motorway upgrade . In: couriermail.com.au . Queensland Newspapers. March 2, 2008. Retrieved August 25, 2009.
2. ^ Tony Moore: Early bird gets the traffic jam . In: Brisbane Times , Fairfax Media, November 16, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2010. 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Ipswich Motorway (Darra to Rocklea) Newsletter 2 . State of Queensland. October 2011. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 5, 2011. 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Ipswich Motorway Overview . In: Nation Building Program . Department of Infrastructure and Transport. October 11, 2010. Archived from the original on February 27, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 5, 2011. 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Rudd opens Ipswich Motorway upgrade . In: ABC News online . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . March 2, 2008. Retrieved August 25, 2009.
6. ^ Ipswich Motorway upgrade: Wacol to Darra , Department of Transport and Main Roads. July 27, 2011. Archived from the original on February 15, 2012 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved November 18, 2011.  
7. ↑ Ipswich Motorway Upgrade: Dinmore to Goodna , Department of Transport and Main Roads. October 17th, 2011. Archived from the original on September 4th, 2011 Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved November 18, 2011.