Pacific Motorway (Ewingsdale–Brisbane)

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Queensland / New South Wales

The Pacific Motorway is a motorway in south-eastern Australian state of Queensland. It connects the Inner City Bypass (M3 ) in downtown (Brisbane ) with the Pacific Highway (R1 ) northwest of Tweed Heads on the Gold Coast in the border into New South Wales.

The section on the city of Brisbane was initially Riverside Expressway. The first part of this motorway, which was opened in Brisbane in 1973, used to be called South East Freeway. The South East Freeway was given the number F3, but in 1994 this name and the numbering shelved were laid. Since then, this section also belongs to the Pacific Motorway and is referred to as M3.

The highway is from Logan Motorway ( QM6 ) to the Smith Street Motorway (S10 ) expanded eight lanes and the speed is limited there to 110 km / h. On the other sections it has four or six lanes and the speed limit is 100 km / h The Pacific Motorway passes through the major tourist area of ​​Gold Coast, where most road traffic from Brisbane flows. In the years 1990-1998 2 billion has been spent on this highway including its expansion AU $.

In March 2006, the Queensland Government introduced a plan for substantial changes to the section between Springwood and Daisy Hill. This was due mainly to the expansion of the entrances and exits should solve the traffic problems on the feeder roads. This planning led to public protests, mainly from people whose land and houses were to be expropriated for the conversion work. The plans for the section between Daisy Hill and Loganholme began in August 2007.

There are also plans to four-lane section of Nerang after Tugun to expand gradually to six lanes.

The Tugun Bypass was completed in 2008. It consists of four lanes and is only to be expanded in 2025 to six lanes.

The highway opens up many tourist attractions of the Gold Coast, as the Warner Bros. Movie World, Wet'n'Wild Water World and Dreamworld,

Service centers

As the Pacific Motorway was expanded in September 2000, he was the first highway in Queensland, which was equipped with service centers. There are two of them, one in Stapylton for traffic heading south and one in Coomera for traffic heading north. There are gas stations from BP, quick service restaurants of McDonald's and other chains, picnic areas and shops. The roofs are provided with solar panels for powering the devices.

Speed traps

A fixed speed trap for the traffic heading north is located in Tarragindi and a similar in Loganholme shortly after the Logan Motorway connection.

Exits and motorway triangles

Remarks The exits are numbered in ascending order from the center of Brisbane.