Inner City Bypass
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M3 Inner City Bypass is a major motorway standard road in Brisbane
, Australia
. The 4.5km bypass is north of the city. Bypassing the Brisbane central business district
, it connects Brisbane’s Pacific Motorway
and Go Between Bridge
at Hale Street to Kingsford Smith Drive
, the Clem Jones 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, up until 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 350m long tunnel under the RNA Showgrounds
. There is no toll for use of this roadway.
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. Significant congestion occurs in lanes heading towards Hale Street at peak times, this has resulted in a nickname of the "Inner City Car Park".
project, the ICB is an inaugural part of the future connection of tunnels and other planned urban motorways within the city. The Inner City Bypass will be connected to the Airport Link, Brisbane
Tollways. The Airport Link is expected to be completed by mid 2012.
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The 4.5km bypass is north of the city. Bypassing the Brisbane central business district
Brisbane central business district
The Brisbane central business district , sometimes referred to as the city, is a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and is located on a point on the northern bank of the Brisbane River. The triangular shaped area is bounded by the Brisbane River to the east, south and west...
, it connects Brisbane’s Pacific Motorway
Pacific Motorway
The Pacific Motorway is a 100 km long motorway in Australia between Brisbane, Queensland, and the New South Wales-Queensland border at Tweed Heads. The motorway starts at Coronation Drive at Milton in Brisbane, and from 2008 links the Tweed Heads bypass in New South Wales...
and Go Between Bridge
Go Between Bridge
The Go Between Bridge, formerly known as the Hale Street Link, is a toll bridge for vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists over the Brisbane River in innercity Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The bridge connects Merivale and Cordelia Streets in West End to Hale Street and the Inner City Bypass at...
at Hale Street to Kingsford Smith Drive
Kingsford Smith Drive, Brisbane
The Kingsford Smith Drive is a major road in Brisbane. The road was named after the aviator Charles Kingsford Smith. It connects the suburb of Pinkenba to the Brisbane central business district at the Breakfast Creek.-Congestion:...
, the Clem Jones 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, up until 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 350m long tunnel under the RNA Showgrounds
Ekka
The Ekka is the annual agricultural show of Queensland, Australia. Its formal title is the Royal Queensland Show. It was originally called the Brisbane Exhibition, however it is usually shortened to Ekka.-History:...
. There is no toll for use of this roadway.
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. Significant congestion occurs in lanes heading towards Hale Street at peak times, this has resulted in a nickname of the "Inner City Car Park".
Construction
The Inner City Bypass was built in 3 stages:- Stage 1 – Hale Street to Campbell Street which opened during November 2001
- Stage 2 – Campbell Street to Abbotsford Road which opened during February 2002
- Stage 3 – Abbotsford Road to Kingsford Smith Drive which opened during July 2002
Exits and Interchanges
Inner City Bypass  |
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| Northbound exits | Distance to Brisbane Airport (km) |
Distance to Pacific Motorway (km) |
Southbound exits |
| End Inner City Bypass continues as Kingsford Smith Drive Kingsford Smith Drive Kingford Smith Drive may refer to:* Kingsford Smith Drive, Brisbane* Kingsford Smith Drive, Canberra... to Pinkenba Pinkenba, Queensland Pinkenba is the name of a suburb in eastern Brisbane on the northern side of the Brisbane River. Despite being less than 10 kilometres from the Brisbane central business district, it has a largely rural feel to it...  |
9 | 5 | Start Inner City Bypass continues from Kingsford Smith Drive Kingsford Smith Drive Kingford Smith Drive may refer to:* Kingsford Smith Drive, Brisbane* Kingsford Smith Drive, Canberra... |
| Brisbane CBD Breakfast Creek Road |
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| no exit | 9.3 | 4.7 | Albion Albion, Queensland Albion is an inner north-eastern suburb of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia.-Geography:Albion is bounded by Wooloowin in the north, Ascot in the east, Newstead in the south, and Windsor to the west, with Breakfast Creek defining the suburb border in its south and south-west... , Virginia Virginia, Queensland Virginia is a suburb in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located 10 km north of the Brisbane central business district. It is primarily a residential suburb with many timber and tin Queenslander style housing... Sandgate Road |
| Virginia Virginia, Queensland Virginia is a suburb in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located 10 km north of the Brisbane central business district. It is primarily a residential suburb with many timber and tin Queenslander style housing... , Redcliffe Redcliffe, Queensland Redcliffe is a residential suburb of the Moreton Bay Region in the north-east of the Redcliffe peninsula, approximately north-northeast of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia... , Brisbane CBD Abbotsford Road |
9.6 | 4.4 | no exit |
| FERNY GROVE RAIL LINE | 10.1 | 3.9 | FERNY GROVE RAIL LINE |
| EXHIBITION RAIL LINE | 10.3 | 3.7 | EXHIBITION RAIL LINE |
| Logan, Gold Coast Gold Coast, Queensland Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous... Clem Jones Tunnel North-South Bypass Tunnel, Brisbane The M7 Clem Jones Tunnel , known during its development as the North-South Bypass Tunnel , is a A$3.2 billion toll road built under the Brisbane River, which crosses between the suburbs of Woolloongabba and Bowen Hills in Brisbane, Australia. The CLEM7 Community Open Day, a public open day...  |
10.5 | 3.5 | Logan, Gold Coast Gold Coast, Queensland Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous... Clem Jones Tunnel North-South Bypass Tunnel, Brisbane The M7 Clem Jones Tunnel , known during its development as the North-South Bypass Tunnel , is a A$3.2 billion toll road built under the Brisbane River, which crosses between the suburbs of Woolloongabba and Bowen Hills in Brisbane, Australia. The CLEM7 Community Open Day, a public open day... |
| Bald Hills Bald Hills, Queensland Bald Hills is the northernmost suburb of the Brisbane City Council in Queensland, Australia.Bald Hills is a largely residential suburb. It is mostly surrounded by bushland, but in the last few years some of the bush areas have been cleared to make way for new residential areas... , Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast, Queensland The Sunshine Coast is an urban area in South East Queensland, north of the state capital of Brisbane on the Pacific Ocean coastline. Although it does not have a central business district, by population it ranks as the 10th largest metropolis in Australia and the third largest in... Lutwyche Road Metroad 3 (Brisbane) The M3/A3 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is a major urban road corridor. It connects Eight Mile Plains to Bald Hills via the following corridors:*M3 Pacific Motorway between Eight Mile Plains and Brisbane CBD...  |
10.7 | 3.3 | continues as |
| Herston Herston, Queensland Herston is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 3 km north of the Brisbane CBD.- Geography :Herston is dominated by the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital... , Brisbane CBD Herston Road |
11.4 | 2.6 | no exit |
| Victoria Park Road | 12.7 | 1.3 | Brisbane CBD, Ferny Grove Ferny Grove, Queensland Ferny Grove is a residential suburb in north-west Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It lies entirely within the Brisbane-metropolitan area administered by the Brisbane City Council.-General information:... , Mount Samson Mount Samson, Queensland Mount Samson is about half way between Samford and Dayboro located in South East Queensland, Australia. It is roughly 34 km north west of Brisbane. It is located in the local government area of Moreton Bay Region... Kelvin Grove Road  |
| Ferny Grove Ferny Grove, Queensland Ferny Grove is a residential suburb in north-west Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It lies entirely within the Brisbane-metropolitan area administered by the Brisbane City Council.-General information:... , Mount Samson Mount Samson, Queensland Mount Samson is about half way between Samford and Dayboro located in South East Queensland, Australia. It is roughly 34 km north west of Brisbane. It is located in the local government area of Moreton Bay Region... Kelvin Grove Road |
12.9 | 1.1 | no exit |
| Ashgrove Ashgrove, Queensland Ashgrove is an inner suburb of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia, located approximately 4 km north-west of the Brisbane CBD. Ashgrove is a leafy residential suburb, characterised by its hilly terrain and characteristic Ashgrovian houses built in the early 20th century... , Mount Glorious, Brisbane CBD Musgrave Road |
13 | 1 | Hale Street |
| no exit | 13.2 | 0.8 | Brisbane CBD, Paddington Paddington, Queensland Paddington is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 2 km west of the Brisbane CBD. As is common with other suburbs in the area, Paddington is located on a number of steep ridges and hills. It was originally settled in the 1860s. Many original and distinctive Queenslander homes can... Caxton Street |
| Mount Coot-tha, Ipswich Ipswich, Queensland Ipswich is a city in South-East Queensland, Australia. Situated along the Bremer River Valley approximately 40 kilometres away from the state's capital Brisbane. The suburb by the same name forms the city's Central Business District and administrative centre... Milton Road (Access from Pacific Motorway only) |
13.5 | 0.5 | Brisbane CBD, Mount Coot-tha, Ipswich Ipswich, Queensland Ipswich is a city in South-East Queensland, Australia. Situated along the Bremer River Valley approximately 40 kilometres away from the state's capital Brisbane. The suburb by the same name forms the city's Central Business District and administrative centre... Milton Road |
| Little Cribb Street (Access from Pacific Motorway only) |
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| Start Inner City Bypass |
14 | 0 | End Inner City Bypass |
.svg.png)  Traffic Lights (clockwise from bypass) Pacific Motorway Pacific Motorway The Pacific Motorway is a 100 km long motorway in Australia between Brisbane, Queensland, and the New South Wales-Queensland border at Tweed Heads. The motorway starts at Coronation Drive at Milton in Brisbane, and from 2008 links the Tweed Heads bypass in New South Wales... to Logan CentralLogan Central, Queensland Logan Central is a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia.Once forming part of Woodridge, Logan Central is the official central business district of Logan City and is a major activity centre, with many shops and local businesses operating in the area, mostly along the Wembley Road corridor... (26km) and Gold Coast Gold Coast, Queensland Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous... (79km) Coronation Drive to Indooroopilly Indooroopilly, Queensland Indooroopilly is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia which is located 7 km west of the Brisbane central business district.- Name derivation and history :... (6km) |
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Future interconnectivity
Although not constructed as part of the TransApexTransApex
TransApex is a transport plan devised by the former Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman to connect existing motorways and major arterial roads with new transport links and divert cross-city traffic out of the Brisbane CBD. The plan is currently being delivered by Brisbane City Council at an...
project, the ICB is an inaugural part of the future connection of tunnels and other planned urban motorways within the city. The Inner City Bypass will be connected to the Airport Link, Brisbane
Airport Link, Brisbane
The Airport Link is a tunnelled motorway grade road which is under construction in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It will connect the Brisbane central business district and the Clem Jones Tunnel to the East-West Arterial Road which leads to the Brisbane Airport...
Tollways. The Airport Link is expected to be completed by mid 2012.
See also
- Freeways in AustraliaFreeways in AustraliaThis is a list of freeways and motorways in Australia, sorted by states and territories and their corresponding routes. This list includes toll roads such as the CityLink freeway system in Melbourne. This list has over 70 entries...
- Freeways in Brisbane