Gateway Motorway

Gateway Motorway

Queensland
Gateway Motorway; Queensland
General information
Type	Highway
Length	48 km (30 mi)
Route number(s)	M1; (Bald Hills – Eight Mile Plains); M2; (Eight Mile Plains – Drewvale);
Major junctions
North end	Bruce Highway; Bald Hills, Brisbane;
	Gympie Arterial Road; Deagon Deviation; Port of Brisbane Motorway; Pacific Motorway;
South end	Logan Motorway; Drewvale, Brisbane;
Location(s)
Major settlements	Nudgee, Eagle Farm, Belmont, Eight Mile Plains
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in Queensland;

The Gateway Motorway (M2 to Eight Mile Plains and M1 to Pine River) is a major tolled motorway in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia which includes the Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges (former Gateway Bridge). The motorway is operated by toll road operator Transurban.

It bypasses Brisbane in order to provide easier access between the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast. It runs from the M2 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), its original terminus pre-1997, the route number changes from M2 (Logan Motorway – Pacific Motorway) to M1 (Pacific Motorway – Bruce Highway (Gympie Arterial Road)). The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges are part of the Gateway Motorway and the Motorway provides access to the Port of Brisbane, Brisbane Airport and Brisbane Entertainment Centre.

According to Transurban the motorway was used by 125,000 vehicles per day in 2023.

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