Ipswich Road, Brisbane
Ipswich Road Woolloongabba, 2024 | |
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Coordinates | |
General information | |
Type | Road |
Length | 6.5 km (4.0 mi) |
Route number(s) |
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Major junctions | |
NE end | Main Street, Woolloongabba |
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SW end | Annerley, Moorooka |
Ipswich Road is major road in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The road has been an important transport route since the 19th century when it connected the towns of Brisbane and Ipswich. In the 1990s, the section from Moorooka in Brisbane to Riverview in Ipswich was replaced by the Ipswich Motorway.[1]
Logan Road, Pacific Motorway, and Beaudesert Road (Mount Lindesay Highway) are the other major roads in the south of Brisbane.
Woolloongabba
Ipswich Road begins at the
The
The Clem Jones Tunnel has an entry and exit point on Ipswich Road at Woolloongabba, the same place that the Pacific Motorway crosses over the road. Also in this vicinity the Eastern Busway crosses Ipswich Road.
Buranda
The
Annerley
At
There are a number of
- 413 Ipswich Road: Tram substation (part of the infrastructure of Brisbane's former tramways, now used as a hotel restaurant)[4]
- 413 Ipswich Road: Fig tree (the sole survivor of an avenue of fig trees planted on Ipswich Road in Annerley between 1911 and 1955)[5]
- 444 Ipswich Road: Police Station (built in 1925 and still in use as a police station)[6]
- 448 Ipswich Road: Annerley Library & Community Centre (designed in 1956 by architect James Birrell)[7]
Further along in the Chardon's Corner area (the intersection with Cracknell Road where the Chardons Hotel stands), there are more heritage-listed sites:
- 616 Ipswich Road: Mary Immaculate Catholic Church (a notable city landmark due to its prominent position and its imposing interwar Gothic architecture)[8]
- 770 Ipswich Road: Shops [9]
Yeronga
In
The Ipswich Road is the boundary between Annerley and Yeronga in the vicinity of the Yeronga Memorial Park (Annerley being on the east, Yeronga on the west).
Moorooka
At
South from this intersection the road is lined with numerous car sale yards and is known as the Moorooka Magic Mile of Motors.
Rocklea
At Rocklea the road becomes the upgraded Ipswich Motorway after crossing over the Beenleigh railway line.
Road traffic
At morning peak times the road can be congested anywhere from
Trams
The last tram service in Brisbane took route S34 along Ipswich Road into Tottenham Road and the Ipswich Road Depot on 14 April 1969.[13]
Major intersections
The entire road is in the Brisbane local government area.
Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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Logan Road – south–east – Greenslopes | Northern end of Ipswich Road (State Route 15) No access to Logan Road from Ipswich Road at this intersection. | ||||
0.8 | 0.50 | Clem Jones Tunnel (M7) – north – Bowen Hills | No northbound entry from M7. No southbound exit to M7. Ipswich road continues south as A7. | ||
1.2 | 0.75 | Okeefe Street – east – Greenslopes Old Cleveland Road (State Route 22) | |||
Woolloongabba – Annerley boundary | 1.6 | 0.99 | Cornwall Street – east – Greenslopes west – Fairfield, Dutton Park | Cornwall Street (to east) provides access to Pacific Motorway | |
Annerley | 2.7 | 1.7 | Annerley Road (State Route 10) – north–west – Dutton Park | State Route 10 northern concurrency terminus | |
3.2 | 2.0 | Waterton Street (State Route 10) – east – Tarragindi Venner Road – west – Yeronga, Fairfield | State Route 10 southern concurrency terminus | ||
Moorooka | 4.7 | 2.9 | Beaudesert Road – south–east – Moorooka | No southbound entry from Beaudesert Road. No northbound exit to Beaudesert Road. | |
6.5 | 4.0 | Kenway Street – east – Moorooka | Southern end of Ipswich Road. A7 continues south as Ipswich Motorway | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- Logan Road
- Old Cleveland Road
- Road transport in Brisbane
References
- ^ "Part 2 - History of Brisbane's major arterial roads - A Mains Roads perspective" (PDF). Queensland Roads (8): 22. March 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 April 2022.
- ^ Tony Moore (5 June 2010). "Hotel with a past". Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ^ "Norman Hotel (entry 602539)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Tram substation (former)". Brisbane Heritage Register. Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Fig tree)". Brisbane Heritage Register. Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Police Station)". Brisbane Heritage Register. Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Annerley Library & Community Centre". Brisbane Heritage Register. Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Mary Immaculate Catholic Church". Brisbane Heritage Register. Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Shops, 770 Ipswich Road". Brisbane Heritage Register. Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Yeronga Memorial Park (entry 602462)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Yeronga Fire Station (former) (entry 602144)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ Kristian Silva (18 March 2015). "Brisbane traffic increasing, report shows". Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 16 September 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-9751793-3-8.