Ipswich Road, Brisbane

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Ipswich Road
Length	9 km
General direction	North East - South West
From	Main Street Woolloongabba
Major suburbs	Annerley, Moorooka
To	Ipswich Motorway Rocklea
Allocation	State Route 15

Ipswich Road is one Brisbane's main roads connecting Brisbane to the nearby city of Ipswich. Logan Road and the Pacific Motorway are the other major roads in the south of Brisbane. Travelling south the road begins at the Woolloongabba Five Ways intersection with Stanley Street and Logan Road, connecting the inner southern suburbs with southwest Brisbane.

Major construction work along the road is being carried out, as the cities transport links are upgraded. For example the currently under construction, North-South Bypass Tunnel will have an entry and exit point on Ipswich Road at Woolloongabba at the same place that the South East Freeway crosses over the road. Also in this vicinity the Eastern Busway is being built.

At Buranda is the Princess Alexandra Hospital and in Yeronga the road lies adjacent to Yeronga Park.

At Moorooka the major arterial road called Beaudesert Road veers to the south east and continues through the industrial suburbs of Salisbury and Acacia Ridge. This is also the start of the Mount Lindesay Highway.

South from this intersection the road is lined with numerous car sale yards and is known as the Moorooka Magic Mile of Motors. At Rocklea the road becomes the upgraded Ipswich Motorway after crossing over the Beenleigh railway line.

At morning peak times the road can be congested anywhere from Annerley towards the city. According to the Brisbane City Council by 2016 the road is expected to carry an extra 12000 cars each day.

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