Gateway Motorway

Gateway Motorway
Bald Hills-Eight Mile Plains:
M1
Eight Mile Plains-Drewvale:
M4
Length	48 kilometres
General direction:	North-South
From:	Bald Hills, Brisbane
To:	Drewvale, Brisbane''
Suburbs along motorway:	Nudgee, Eagle Farm, Belmont, Eight Mile Plains

The Gateway Motorway (Formerly the Gateway Arterial Road) (Metroad 4 to Eight Mile Plains and M1 to Pine River) is a major freeway in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

It bypasses Brisbane in order to provide easier access between the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast. It runs from the Logan Motorway in Drewvale (near Browns Plains) to the Gympie Arterial Road in Bald Hills. At the interchange with the Pacific Motorway at Eight Mile Plains (Pacific Motorway exit 16) the route number changes from Metroad 4 (Logan Motorway - Pacific Motorway) to M1 (Pacific Motorway - Bruce Highway (Gympie Arterial Road)). The Gateway Bridge is part of the Gateway Motorway and the Motorway provides access to the Port of Brisbane, Brisbane Airport and Brisbane Entertainment Centre.

The Gateway Motorway will be upgraded to 6 lanes from Mount Gravatt - Capalaba Road to Wynnum Road and 8 Lanes from Wynnum Road to Gateway Bridge. The Gateway Bridge crossing be upgraded to 12 lanes by building a duplicate bridge immediately next to the existing structure. North of the bridge the motorway will be routed further east from its current placement and will include an additional access road to Brisbane Airport.

See also

*M1, Queensland
*Gateway Bridge