Centenary Motorway

Centenary Motorway

Motorway extension near Ripley, Queensland
General information
TypeMotorway
Length43 km (27 mi)
Route number(s) M5
Major junctions
North end Western Freeway
Kenmore
 
South end Centenary Highway
Springfield
Location(s)
Major suburbs / townsDarra
Sinnamon Park
Highway system
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The M5 (Centenary Motorway) is a 43-kilometre (27 mi) motorway in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Australia.

It starts as a two-lane arterial road at Yamanto, travelling to Springfield, where it becomes a two-lane highway and travels across the M2 Logan Motorway at Ellen Grove (formerly Metroad 4 / M4) 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 and another at Sinnamon Park. The Centenary Freeway links traffic from the west to the north of Brisbane.

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]

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