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Smith Street Motorway | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Freeway |
| Length | 5.3 km (3.3 mi) |
| Route number(s) |  State Route 10 |
| Major junctions | |
| West end |  Pacific Motorway,Gaven |
 Olsen Avenue,Parkwood | |
| East end | Smith Street,Southport |
| Highway system | |
Smith Street Motorway (SR10) (orthe Smith Street extension) is a motorway grade extension of Smith Street. It connectsSouthport, theGold Coast's CBD to thePacific Motorway.
The road is motorway standard for 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the Pacific Motorway (exit 66), until the Parklands Drive intersection. It then runs as a divided road until High Street in Southport, where it becomes North Street until theGold Coast Highway. The motorway passes by the city's Health and Knowledge precinct, home toGriffith University,Gold Coast University Hospital andGold Coast Private Hospital.
A new iconic red bridge for pedestrians across Smith Street was completed in early 2007. The red bridge joins the existing parklands campus ofGriffith University to the new site on the southern side of the Smith Street Motorway.
The highest point of the motorway is 45 metres at the Smith Street Motorway interchange near the Pacific Motorway at Gaven.[1]
The entire motorway is in theCity of Gold Coast local government area.
| Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Gaven–Arundel boundary | 0 | 0.0 | Pacific Motorway (M1) north –Brisbane | Western motorway terminus atpartial Y interchange: northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
| Arundel–Molendinar boundary | 1 | 0.62 | Smith Street to Pacific Motorway (M1) south,Coolangatta,Gaven | Partialtrumpet interchange: no westbound entrance | |
| Molendinar–Parkwood boundary | 2 | 1.2 | Precision Drive – Molendinar | Westbound exit and entrance only | |
| Molendinar–Parkwood–Southporttripoint | 4 | 2.5 | Olsen Avenue (State Route 4) – Parkwood | Diamond interchange | |
| Southport | 5 | 3.1 | Parklands Drive –Griffith University Gold Coast Campus | Traffic light intersection | |
| 5.3 | 3.3 | Smith Street (State Route 10) east / Kumbari Avenue north & south – Southport | Eastern motorway terminus at traffic light intersection | ||
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