Port of Brisbane Motorway

{{Short description|Motorway in Brisbane, Australia}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}

{{Infobox Australian road

| type = motorway

| road_name = Port of Brisbane Motorway

| state = qld

| route = {{AUshield|QLD|M4}} M4

| image = Port of Brisbane Motorway Sign.JPG

| length = 6.9

| direction_a = SW

| direction_b = NE

| end_a = {{AUshield|QLD|M1}} Gateway Motorway
{{small|Murarrie}}

| end_b = {{AUshield|S|24}} Port Drive
{{small|Lytton}}

| through = Hemmant

| exits = {{plainlist|

• {{AUshield|S|24}} Lytton Road
• {{AUshield|S|24}} Pritchard Street

}}

}}

Port of Brisbane Motorway is a motorway which connects the Port of Brisbane to the Gateway Motorway. Stage 1 was opened in December 2002. The motorway was built to take freight traffic off Lytton Road, with about 4,000 vehicles travelling to the Port of Brisbane in 2002.{{Cite web |url=http://www.qldmotorways.com.au/www/index.aspx?ItemID=24 |title=Queensland Motorways - Port of Brisbane Motorway |access-date=8 April 2007 |archive-date=10 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410220812/http://www.qldmotorways.com.au/www/index.aspx?ItemID=24 |url-status=live }} Stage 1 cost A$196 million and was finished six months ahead of schedule and A$20 million under budget.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ministers.dotars.gov.au/rb/releases/2002/december/B132_2002.htm |title=Media Release - 'New motorway to deliver trade benefits to Australia' 18 December 2002 |access-date=8 April 2007 |archive-date=20 June 2005 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20050620131410/http://www.ministers.dotars.gov.au/rb/releases/2002/december/B132_2002.htm |url-status=live }} The Port of Brisbane Motorway holds the M4 motorway designation.

Stage 2 includes a three kilometre extension of the existing motorway through to Pritchard Street. Construction commenced in April 2011 with completion in February 2013.{{cite news| title =Port of Brisbane Motorway open ahead of schedule| publisher =Queensland Government| date =21 February 2013| format =pdf| url =http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2013/2/21/port-of-brisbane-motorway-open-ahead-of-schedule| access-date =30 May 2013| archive-date =4 March 2016| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160304125605/http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2013/2/21/port-of-brisbane-motorway-open-ahead-of-schedule| url-status =live}}

The project was named Port Connect, an A$385 million upgrade.{{cite news | title =Project Overview | publisher =Queensland Government Department of Transport and Main Roads | date =4 April 2011 | url =http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/~/media/Projects/P/Port%20Connect/Overview.pdf | access-date =24 May 2018 | archive-date =26 May 2018 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180526041527/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/~/media/Projects/P/Port%20Connect/Overview.pdf | url-status =live }}

A further stage of upgrade was completed on the connecting roads to the port. The project was named Port Drive Upgrade, an A$110 million upgrade from the eastern end of the Port of Brisbane Motorway through to Port Gate. Construction commenced in Q3 2016 and completed mid 2018.{{cite news| title =$110 million Port Drive upgrade| publisher =Queensland Government| date =9 June 2016| url =http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2016/6/9/110-million-port-drive-upgrade| access-date =24 May 2018| archive-date =25 May 2018| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180525132909/http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2016/6/9/110-million-port-drive-upgrade| url-status =live}} It included duplication of Port Drive, an overpass at Kite Street intersection and duplication of Lucinda Drive.{{cite news| title =Port Drive Upgrade| publisher =Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd| url =https://www.portbris.com.au/Major-Projects/Port-Drive-Upgrade| access-date =24 May 2018| archive-date =7 April 2018| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180407232525/https://www.portbris.com.au/Major-Projects/Port-Drive-Upgrade/| url-status =live}}