Tour de Brisbane: Full list of road closures this weekend

The Riverside Expressway, Western Fwy, two city bridges, two busways and a dozen other major roads will be shut from early this Sunday for the finale of the annual Tour de Brisbane bicycle event. SEE THE LIST OF CLOSURES

It’s the big event on the Brisbane calendar for keen cyclists, from lycra machines to families out for some fun.

But the annual Tour de Brisbane is also a nightmare for motorists and bus commuters.

Translink will have alternative arrangements in place on Sunday because of the closure of the Northern and South East Busways, while road closures were planned for about 100 streets in 20 suburbs.

The Story and Go Between bridges would be closed and major changes were in place on the Riverside Expressway, Centenary Mwy, Western Fwy, Southern Cross Way, Milton Rd, Kingsford Smith Drive, Vulture St, Main St, the Hale St Bypass and Inner City Bypass.

The suburbs most heavily impacted were Kangaroo Point, Toowong, Hamilton, South Brisbane and the CBD.

Tour De Brisbane 2023: Genevieve McCreanor, Toni McCreanor, Fiona Crawford.

Organisers said the changes, listed on their website, were necessary for the safety of competitors which included many inexperienced or young riders.

The week-long event attracted thousands of people every year.

Rolling road closures began from 7am this morning, April 12, at Kholo, Allawah, Blackwall, Lake Manchester and Mt Crosby roads and Landsdowne Way in the Ipswich/westside Brisbane suburbs of Chuwar, Kholo and Mt Crosby.

There would also be changes tomorrow, April 13.

But the main impacts to both motorists and bus users would be felt from 4.30am on Sunday.

Roadside static and electronic signs warning of the changes have been in place all this week.

Roads would be progressively opened throughout the day, with most back to normal by 12.30pm, but O’Connell Tce in Bowen Hills, between Bowen Bridge Rd and Sneyd St, would stayed closed until 5pm.

Police and Altus Traffic Control would supervise traffic during the event, sponsored by Transurban, which fundraised for Prince Charles Hospital Foundation’s The Common Good program.

On the event day, map apps such as Google, Waze, and Apple Maps would automatically calculate a detour around the road closures.

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Major arterials affected included the Riverside Expressway which would be fully closed between the Elizabeth St onramp and offramp, from 5-8.30am.

Airport Link would also have a full closure, until 12.30pm, between the eastbound and westbound onramps to the Inner City Bypass, as well as the Clem7 offramp to the ICB.

The ICB, eastbound, would be fully closed from Hale St to Kingsford Smith Drive until 12.30pm and westbound from 4.30am until 11.30am.

Milton Rd would be fully closed between Miskin St and the Western Fwy from 5am-12.30pm and subject to changed conditions from Croydon to Miskin streets in that time.

The Legacy Way tunnel, eastbound, would be shut from the ICB to the Western Fwy from 5am to 12.30pm and westbound from 4.30-11.30am.

The Western Fwy and Centenary Hwy would also be shut, northbound and southbound, from Moggill Rd to the Ipswich Mwy from 5-10am, as well as the Ipswich Mwy offramp to Centenary Hwy northbound.

Southern Cross Way in Hendra would be closed in both directions between the Gateway Bridge and Gateway Mwy from 5.30-11.30am.

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Kingsford Smith Drive would be shut from Nudgee to Breakfast Creek roads, westbound, from 5.30am until midday, with changed conditions on Breakfast Creek Rd from any St to Newstead Ave after 4.30am until midday.

Hale St northbound would be shut between the ICB and Kelvin Grove offramp from 4.30am to 12.30pm and southbound from 4.30-9am.

The Go Between Bridge would be off limits to cars from 4.30-9am and the Story Bridge from 4.30-8.30am.

Toombul Rd at Northgate would be fully closed between Southern Cross Way and Nudgee Rd from 5.30-11.30am.

The Inner Northern Busway would be affected by a full road closure between Herston Bus Station and Victoria Bridge in the CBD from 5-9am, while the South East Busway between Buranda and South Bank station would close from 4.30-9am.

SUBURBS AFFECTED

Tour De Brisbane 2023: Mark Jarvis and Selina Sharratt.

CBD

Streets fully closed included parts of Mary, Queen, George, Elizabeth, William, Edward, Eagle, Charlotte and Adelaide streets, until 8.30am.

SOUTH BRISBANE

Major thoroughfares closed or subject to changed conditions included Vulture, Grey, Little Stanley, Tribune, Little Dock, Colchester and Christie streets, from 4.30-8.30am.

KANGAROO POINT

Changes include: Main St (Story Bridge to Quinton St); Bell; Thornton; Paton; O’Connell; Walmsley; Wild; Ellis; Leopard; Llewellyn; Lockerbie; River Tce; Lower River Tce; Mark Ln.

HERSTON

Herston Rd would be subject to changed conditions from 4.30-8am between Bowen Bridge Rd and Herston Rd, with Gilchrist Ave closed or subject to stop/go conditions until 9am.

HAMILTON

The following streets would be affected: Fison Ave West; Harbour Rd; Kingsford Smith Drive (closed fully from Nudgee to Schneider roads from 5.30am to midday); Links Ave North; Harbour Rd; Northshore Way; Remora Rd; Theodore St.

FORTITUDE VALLEY

Changes would affect: Wickham St (stop/go at Constance St from 7.30-8.30am); Morgan St; McLachlan St; Constance St; Ann St (at Constance St).

BOWEN HILLS

Changes included: Airport Link (closed both ways from the ICB to the onramp until 12.30pm); Brewers St; Campbell St; Carriage St; Gregory Tce; King St; Machinery St; St Pauls Tce; Walden Ln; wren St.

TOOWONG

Changes included: Ada St; Birdwood Tce; Frederick St; Horrocks St; Milton Rd; Paddington Drive; Richer St; Simpsons Rd; Walter St.

WEST END

Streets affected included: Ganges St; Hill End Tce; Hoogley St; Orleigh St; Riverside Drive (plus the bike path).

OTHER CHANGES

Mt Coot-tha Rd would be fully closed from the Western Fwy to Milton Rd and Sir Samuel Griffith Drive from 5am to 12.30pm and Mt Coot-tha Scenic Drive also closed until 12.30pm.

Originally published as Tour de Brisbane: Full list of road closures this weekend