Centenary Motorway

Centenary Motorway

Queensland
Centenary Motorway; Queensland
	Motorway extension near Ripley, Queensland
General information
Type	Motorway
Length	43 km (27 mi)
Route number(s)	M5
Major junctions
North end	Western Freeway; Kenmore
	Ipswich Motorway; Logan Motorway;
South end	Centenary Highway; Springfield
Location(s)
Major suburbs / towns	Darra; Sinnamon Park
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in Queensland; ; ;

The M5 (Centenary Motorway) is a 43-kilometre (27 mi) motorway in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Australia.

It starts at the terminus of the A5 Centenary Highway at Springfield, and ends at Kenmore where it changes its name to the M5 Western Freeway. It features eight interchanges, the major ones being with the M7 Ipswich Motorway (formerly Metroad 2 / M2) in Darra, the M2 Logan Motorway at Ellen Grove (formerly Metroad 4 / M4), and another at Sinnamon Park. It is the main route from Brisbane to Ipswich, Toowoomba, and Warwick.

In October 2012, it was announced that the planned bikeway from Springfield to the existing bikeway along the Motorway would not proceed. Instead the existing two lane road would be expanded by two lanes.^[1]

History

Moggill Road to Darra: This section was opened as a two-lane arterial road in 1964. It included a new crossing of the Brisbane River, known as the Centenary Bridge. The first section to be duplicated was from the Western Freeway to a proposed Kenmore Bypass. This was completed in 1984, and included a grade separation at Fig Tree Pocket. The bypass was never built. The Centenary Bridge, and the highway from there to the Mount Ommaney Roundabout, was widened to four lanes in 1987. In 1989, twin bridges over the Mount Ommaney Roundabout, and 1.4km of duplication to the existing Sumners Road interchange was completed. In 1994, the final section from Sumners Road to Ipswich Road was duplicated. A roundabout interchange was constructed at the latter.

Darra to Springfield: In 1995, a two-lane link road was constructed from the recently-opened roundabout at Darra to Progress Road, using parts of Kelliher and Garden Roads. It was later proposed to use this link road as part of an extension of the Centenary Highway to the new master-planned city of Springfield. The two-lane Springfield extension, including interchanges at Garden Road, Progress Road, the Logan Motorway, and Springfield Parkway, was completed by 2001, since it is shown in that year’s Brisbane UBD.

Extension

A two lane extension of the highway to Yamanto was opened in late June 2009.^[2] The extension cost $366 million and was opened by Anna Bligh. Five bridges along the new section were named after local people, places, events and football teams, including botanist Lloyd Bird and the Box Flat Mine disaster.^[2] Since this new section contains three roundabouts, it is not motorway standard, and is instead designated as the A5 Centenary Highway.

Upgrades

Duplicate Centenary Bridge

A project to duplicate the Centenary Bridge commenced construction on 20 April 2023, with a current investment of $298.5 million.^[3]

Interchanges

The interchange with the Logan Motorway is crossed by a viaduct for the two track railway crossing of the Springfield railway line.^[4] The crossing is more than 800 metres long and has been designed so that its piers do not obstruct planned upgrades of both roads.^[4]

LGA	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Brisbane	Indooroopilly	0	0.0	Western Freeway (M5) north–east / Moggill Road (State Route 33) north–west – Brisbane, Kenmore, Indooroopilly	Northern motorway terminus: continues as Western Freeway; northbound exit only to Moggill Road
Brisbane	Indooroopilly–Fig Tree Pocket–Chapel Hill–Kenmore quadripoint	2	1.2	Fig Tree Pocket Road – Fig Tree Pocket	Parclo interchange
Brisbane River		4	2.5	Centenary Bridge
Brisbane	Jindalee	4.5	2.8	Sinnamon Road	Northbound entrance and southbound exit
	Jindalee	4.7– 5	2.9– 3.1	Seventeen Mile Rocks Road	No northbound entrance
	Mount Ommaney–Sinnamon Park boundary	6	3.7	Dandenong Road west / Glen Ross Road east	Roundabout interchange
	Jamboree Heights–Sumner–Darra tripoint	7	4.3	Sumners Road
	Darra	8	5.0	Ipswich Motorway (M7) – Oxley, Brisbane, Ipswich, Toowoomba	No northbound exit to M7 westbound; no southbound entrance from M7 eastbound
	Richlands	9.5	5.9	Garden Road (State Route 30) – Richlands, Forest Lake	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Richlands	10	6.2	Progress Road (State Route 30) – Wacol, Woodridge	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Forest Lake	13	8.1	Logan Motorway (M2) – Ipswich, Gold Coast, Logan Central	No southbound exit to M2 north–westbound; no northbound entrance from M2 south–eastbound
Ipswich	Springfield–Springfield Lakes boundary	20	12	Springfield Parkway west / Springfield Lakes Boulevard east
	Springfield Lakes	21	13	Springfield–Greenbank Arterial – Greenbank, Springfield Central	Southbound exit only
	Springfield Central–Augustine Heights boundary	22	14	Centenary Highway (A5) west / Augusta Parkway north / Sinnathamby Boulevard south – Warwick, Redbank Plains, Springfield Central	Southern motorway terminus: continues as Centenary Highway
Incomplete access

References

^ Tony Moore (10 October 2012). "Bikeway axed for Centenary Motorway widening". Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ ^a ^b Tony Moore (28 June 2009). "New Centenary Highway opens tomorrow". Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ "Centenary Motorway (Ellen Grove – Toowong), Centenary Bridge, duplicate bridge (known as the Centenary Bridge Upgrade)". Queensland Government. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
^ ^a ^b Pacheco, Pedro; Filipe Magalhaes (2015). Multi-Span Large Bridges: International Conference on Multi-Span Large Bridges, 1-3 July 2015, Porto, Portugal. CRC Press. p. 480. ISBN 9781315687193. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

27°38′54.77″S 152°55′59.76″E / 27.6485472°S 152.9332667°E / -27.6485472; 152.9332667

[baf-1] Tony Moore (10 October 2012). "Bikeway axed for Centenary Motorway widening". Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 21 June 2013.

[ncho-2] Tony Moore (28 June 2009). "New Centenary Highway opens tomorrow". Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 21 June 2013.

[3] "Centenary Motorway (Ellen Grove – Toowong), Centenary Bridge, duplicate bridge (known as the Centenary Bridge Upgrade)". Queensland Government. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2025.

[mslb-4] Pacheco, Pedro; Filipe Magalhaes (2015). Multi-Span Large Bridges: International Conference on Multi-Span Large Bridges, 1-3 July 2015, Porto, Portugal. CRC Press. p. 480. ISBN 9781315687193. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

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