Motorways
Brisbane is served by several freeways. The Pacific Motorway connects the central city with the Gold Coast to the south. The Ipswich Motorway connects the city with Ipswich to the west via the southern suburbs, while the Western Freeway and the Centenary Freeway provide a connection between Brisbane's inner-west and the outer south-west, connecting with the Ipswich Motorway south of the Brisbane River. The Bruce Highway is Brisbane's main route north of the city to the rest of the State. The Bruce Highway terminates 1700 km away in Cairns and passes through most major cities along the Queensland coast.
The Gateway Motorway connects the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coasts by providing an alternate eastern route avoiding Brisbane's inner city area, connecting the Bruce Highway to the Pacific Motorway, and by linking to the Logan Motorway (albeit tolled) it forms part of an incomplete ring road. It crosses the Brisbane River over the tolled Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges. The Port of Brisbane Motorway links the Gateway to the Port of Brisbane, while Inner City Bypass and the Riverside Expressway act as the inner ring freeway system to prevent motorists from travelling through the city's congested centre.
| Road Number | Motorway/Highway | Destination |
|---|---|---|
| Gympie Arterial Road / Bruce Highway | Carseldine (Gympie Road) - Bald Hills (M1 Gateway Gympie Arterial Interchange) - Pine River (Bruce Highway terminus) - Caboolture - Nambour - Cooroy - (Northern Regional Centres) | |
| Gateway Motorway TOLL ROAD | Drewvale (M2 Gateway Logan Int.) - Eight Mile Plains (M1 Gateway Pacific Int.) - Murarrie (Port of Brisbane Mwy Int.) - Gateway Bridge - Bald Hills (M3 Gateway Gympie Arterial Int.) | |
| Pacific Motorway | Inner City Bypass - Eight Mile Plains (M1 Gateway Pacific Interchange) - Loganholme (Logan Pacific Int.) - Helensvale (Gold Coast Int.) - Tugun Bypass - (NSW) | |
| Ipswich Motorway | Dinmore (Warrego Cunningham Interchange) - Gailes (Ipswich Logan Interchange) - Darra (Centenary Roundabout Interchange) - Rocklea (Granard / Ipswich Roads) | |
| Logan Motorway TOLL ROAD | Gailes (Ipswich Logan Int.) - Forest Lake (Logan Centenary Int.) - Greenbank (Logan Lindsay Highway Int.) - Drewvale (Gateway Logan Int.) - Loganholme (Logan Pacific Int.) | |
| Centenary Highway / Western Freeway | Springfield Lakes - Forest Lake (Logan Centenary Interchange) - Darra (Centenary Roundabout Interchange) - Indooroopilly - Toowong Roundabout (Milton Road) | |
| Mount Lindesay Highway | Moorooka - Greenbank (Logan Lindsay Int.) - Browns Plains - Jimboomba - Beaudesert - Rathdowney - Woodenbong, NSW (Summerland Way) - Tenterfield, NSW (New England Highway) | |
| Inner City Bypass | Kelvin Grove (Pacific Motorway) - Bowen Hills (CLEM7 Int.) - Albion (Kingsford Smith Drive) | |
| Clem Jones Tunnel TOLL ROAD | Woolloongabba (Pacific CLEM7 Interchange) - Bowen Hills (Inner City Bypass Int.) | |
| Port of Brisbane Motorway | Murarrie (Gateway Interchange) - Lytton | |
| Airport Link TOLL ROAD (Completed 2011/12) | Bowen Hills (CLEM7/ICB Interchange) - Lutwyche - Toombul | |
| Cunningham Highway | Dinmore (Warrego Cunningham Interchange) - Yamanto - Warwick - (South Western Regional Centres) | |
| Warrego Highway | Dinmore (Warrego Cunningham Interchange) - Brassall (Brisbane Valley Hwy Int.) - Gatton - Toowoomba - (Western Regional Centres) | |
| Brisbane Valley Highway | Brassall (Warrego Int.) - Fernvale - Esk - Toogoolawah - near Kilcoy (D'Aguilar Highway) | |
| D'Aguilar Highway | Caboolture (Bruce Highway Interchange) - Kilcoy - Nanango | |
| Houghton Highway / Deagon Deviation | Clontarf (Redcliffe) - Brighton - Gateway Motorway |
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