The M1 in,

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, is a major urban road corridor. It connects the Sunshine Coast

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to Tugun, near the

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and Queensland border, via the following corridors: *

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between Kybong and Bald Hills *

Gateway Motorway 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 opera ...

between Bald Hills and

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* Pacific Motorway between Eight Mile Plains and Tugun The Pacific Motorway continues on south from the M1 into New South Wales, while the

continues further north from the M1 up the Queensland coast. Both of these roads and the M1 itself are part of the line of route of

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, although M1 signage is used for that part of the corridor.

Development

With the completion of Section C of the ''Bruce Highway - Cooroy to Curra'' upgrade project (Traveston to Woondum) in February 2018 the M1 has now been extended to Kybong, south of

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. The

from Kybong to Gympie remains signed as A1. Section D of the project (Woondum to

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, including a bypass of Gympie) will, when completed, become the next stage of the M1. Note: ''While the references use Woondum as a designator for sections of the project the new intersection that marks the end of the M1 is wholly within the locality of Kybong, although bordered on two sides by Woondum.''

Travel Centres

A number of travel/service centres exist on the M1. These include: *Bruce Highway ** Caboolture (Both Directions) ** Traveston (Northbound, Accessible for Southbound Traffic) *Gateway Motorway ** Nudgee (Northbound) *Pacific Motorway ** Stapylton (Southbound) ** Coomera (Northbound)

Major interchanges

;Bruce Highway :

(A1) – continues north to

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: Myall Street (State Route 6) : Eumundi–Noosa Road (State Route 12 east) : Yandina–Coolum Road (State Route 11) : Nambour–Bli Bli Road (State Route 10 east / Tourist Drive 23 west),

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Maroochydore Road Maroochydore Road (state route 8) is a major arterial road on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland that connects the major town/urban centre of Maroochydore with the Bruce Highway. Route description Maroochydore Road is a 9.8 km, 4 lane state c ...

(State Route 8) east / Nambour Connection Road west,

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: Sunshine Motorway (State Route 70) : Steve Irwin Way (State Route 6 / Tourist Drive 24) west / Caloundra Road (State Route 6) east :

D'Aguilar Highway The D'Aguilar Highway is a two-lane highway linking the Bruce Highway near Caboolture with Kingaroy in the state of Queensland, Australia. Major towns along the route include Woodford, Kilcoy, Blackbutt, Yarraman, Nanango and Kingaroy. The hig ...

(State Route 85) : Uhlmann Road (State Route 60 west) : Deception Bay Road (State Route 26 east) : Anzac Avenue (State Route 71) :

(M1) east /

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(M3) south,

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;Gateway Motorway :

(M1) : Deagon Deviation (State Route 26) : Depot Road (State Route 27) : Sandgate Road (State Route 26) – no exit : Southern Cross Way – to M7,

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: Moreton Drive –

: Kingsford Smith Drive : Southern Cross Way – to M7,

:Route becomes for

Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges are a side-by-side pair of road bridges on the Gateway Motorway (M1), which skirts the eastern suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The western bridge carries traffic to the north and the eastern bridge car ...

: Lytton Road (State Route 24) : Port of Brisbane Motorway (M4) –

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, : Wynnum Road (State Route 23) :

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(State Route 22),

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: Mount Gravatt–Capalaba Road (

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2 west / State Route 21 east) : Miles Platting Road (State Route 56),

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, Sunnybank : Pacific Motorway (M1 south-east / M3 north-west) ;Pacific Motorway :

(M1) : Rochedale Road (State Route 30) : Logan Road (State Route 30) : Paradise Road (State Route 50) : Chatswood Road (State Route 50) : Bryants Road (State Route 47) : Beenleigh — Redland Bay Road (State Route 47) :

Logan Motorway The M2/M6 Logan Motorway is a 30-kilometre toll road between Ipswich and the M1 or Pacific Motorway at Loganholme, and the Gateway Motorway, providing access to the Gold Coast on the eastern seaboard and to the rural areas of the Darling Down ...

(M6) : City Road (State Route 92) : Main Street (State Route 94) : Hope Island Road (State Route 4) / Tamborine — Oxenford Road (State Route 95) :

Gold Coast Highway Gold Coast Highway links the coastal suburbs of the Gold Coast in south eastern Queensland such as Miami, Mermaid Beach, Tugun, Bilinga to the Tweed Heads suburb of Tweed Heads West in New South Wales. At in length, the highway runs jus ...

(State Route 2) :

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(State Route 10) : Southport–Nerang Road (State Route 20) :

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(State Route 90) : Nielsons Road (State Route 40) : Gold Coast–Springbrook Road (Gooding Drive, State Route 50) : Robina Parkway (State Route 42) : The Link Way (State Route 99) : Somerset Drive / Robina Parkway (State Route 7) : Reedy Creek Road (State Route 80) : Bermuda Street (State Route 3) : Stewart Road (State Route 98) – to

(State Route 2) : Pacific Motorway (M1) – continues south into New South Wales

Metroad 1

Metroad 1 in

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, is the former designation of the M1 road corridor in Brisbane. It connected Bald Hills to the southern suburb of Beenleigh via

, between Bald Hills and Eight Mile Plains, and Pacific Motorway, between Eight Mile Plains and Beenleigh.

Incidents

*On August 4, 2017 a tanker carrying

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caught fire and exploded on the M1 near

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, resulting in a 1km exclusion perimeter. There were no injuries.Truck explodes on the M1 at Loganholme, near Brisbane, shaking nearby homes
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