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Ipswich Motorway (Metroad 2) (Decommissioned)

Statistics:

• Length: 19 km
• Western Terminus: Warrego Highway (A2) at Dinmore
• Eastern Terminus: Granard Road (Metroad 2) and Ipswich Road (A7) at Gailes
• Miscellaneous: Metroad 2 now only runs along Granard Road, Riawena Road, Kessels Road and Mount Gravatt-Capalaba Road
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along The Route: Dinmore, Riverview, Redbank, Goodna, Gailes, Wacol, Darra, Oxley and Rocklea

Route Numbering:

• Current: M2 M7

• Former:
• Road Authority Internal Classification: U16 1

General Information:

The Ipswich Mwy is major east-west artery in the western suburbs of Brisbane. It's a limited access route with 2 lanes in each direction. It began life as Brisbane Road, before evolving into the form in takes today.

History:

• 13 December 1921: Brisbane-Toowoomba Road was declared a Main Road under the Main Roads Act, 1920. 2
• 1993: Ipswich Motorway Donaldson Road overpass construction. 3 State Route 20 discontinued on Ipswich Road, south of Sherwood Road. 4
• 1994: Ipswich Motorway Dinmore to Archerfield grade-separation. 5
• February 2007: Construction commenced on the Logan Mwy / Ipswich Mwy interchange upgrade. 6
• March 2009: Metroad 2 between Dinmore and Gailes replaced by the M2 route number, Metroad 4 replaced in its entirety by the M2 route number. 7
• 30 June 2009: Work commences on the Ipswich Mwy to increase it from four lanes to six lanes and improve safety on an 8 kilometre section of the motorway between Dinmore and Goodna, and also to increase the route from four lanes to six lanes along a 2.5 kilometre section of the motorway between the Logan Motorway Interchange and Sandy Creek (Wacol to Darra). 8

Preview:	Description:
	Advance Directional Sign: Inbound AD sign approaching the interchange with McEwan St (SR33) and Tessman St at Riverview, March 2006 Image © Paul Rands
	Supplemental AD Sign: Metroad 2 supplemental advance directional sign on the service road near Church Street in Goodna, October 2005. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: Inbound AD sign for Logan Mwy (Metroad 4) at Goodna, October 2005. Image © Paul Rands
	Supplemental Advance Directional Sign: Supplemental AD sign approaching Logan Motorway at Gailes, October 2005. Image © Paul Rands
	Supplemental Advance Directional Sign: Supplemental AD sign approaching Logan Motorway at Gailes, October 2005. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Wacol approaching Wacol Station Rd and Progress Rd (SR30), October 2005. Image © Paul Rands
	Progress Road and Wacol Station Road Interchange: Ipswich Mwy (Metroad 2) at the interchange with Wacol Station Rd & Progress Rd (SR30) at Wacol, October 2005. Image © Paul Rands
	Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Wacol, October 2005. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Wacol approaching Centenary Hwy (former Metroad 5, now M5) interchange, October 2005. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching the Oxley Rd / Blunder Rd (SR35) interchange at Oxley, October 2005. Image © Paul Rands

1 The State Road Network Map, 30 June 2008
2 Queensland Roads, Edition No 5, (Toowoomba Range Tunnels Report), March 2008
3 Tyler Bullock
4 Transport and Main Roads, from corresondence from April 2012
5 Queensland Times, Motorway speed limit cut to 90kmh, 9 December 2004
6 QMR, Ipswich Logan interchange Project Page
7 Trent Thomson
8 Ministerial Media Statements, Next Stage of Ipswich Motorway Underway, 30 June 2009

Last updated: 14-Feb-2019 21:49

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