Port of Brisbane Motorway

Port of Brisbane Motorway
Queensland
General information
Type Motorway
Length 7 km (4 mi)
Route number(s) M4
Major junctions
SW end Gateway Motorway, Murarrie
  Lytton Road
NE end Port Drive, Lytton
Location(s)
Major suburbs / towns Hemmant
Highway system
Highways in Australia
National HighwayFreeways in Australia
Highways in Queensland

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]

Port of Brisbane Motorway sign.

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Interchanges

The entire motorway is in the City of Brisbane local government area.

Locationkm[4]miDestinationsNotes
Murarrie00 Gateway Motorway (M1)  Ipswich, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Brisbane AirportSouth-western motorway terminus; semi-directional T interchange
0.90.6 Lytton Road (State Route 24)  Murarrie, BrisbaneNo exit westbound
Lytton3.82.4 Lytton Road (State Route 24) / Lindum Road (State Route 30)  Hemmant, WynnumNo north-eastbound entrance; south-westbound entrance via looped ramp
5.33.3 Lytton Road (State Route 24) south / Pritchard Street (State Route 24) east  Lytton, WynnumNorth-eastbound exit and entrance only
6.23.9 Pritchard Street (State Route 24)  Lytton, WynnumSouth-westbound exit and entrance only
6.74.2 Port Drive north-east Port of BrisbaneNorth-eastern motorway terminus: continues as Port Drive
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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