Inner City Bypass | |
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| Inner City Bypass in Brisbane | |
  Inner City Bypass | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 5.6 km (3.5 mi)[1] |
| Route number(s) |  M3Brisbane–Bowen Hills |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | Albion |
| South end | Brisbane |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs | Bowen Hills |
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The M3 Inner City Bypass (ICB) is a 5.6-kilometre (3.5 mi) major motorway standard bypass in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Bypassing the Brisbane central business district to the north, it connects Brisbane's Pacific Motorway and Go Between Bridge at Hale Street to Kingsford Smith Drive, Legacy Way Tunnel, Clem Jones Tunnel, AirportLink Tunnel and Lutwyche Road following the Exhibition railway line for the majority of its length.
The route is marked as the M3 from the western part of the route, to the Horace Street interchange.
The motorway cost $220m to complete and incorporates a total of six lanes, four tunnels, 18 bridges and was the largest infrastructure engineering project undertaken in Queensland for decades. The route also includes a 350-metre-long (1,150 ft) tunnel under the RNA Showgrounds.
The ICB, built by the Brisbane City Council, is considered one of the most successful road projects in Brisbane, completed well before schedule, on budget, and to date is one of the most used road corridors in the city.
