Gympie Road, Brisbane

Gympie Road is a major road in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The road forms part of the main road route from the Brisbane Central Business District (CBD) to the northern suburbs, Sunshine Coast and east coast of Queensland.

Gympie road is designated A3 from Lutwyche Road, Kedron to the Gympie Arterial Road, Bald Hills. The road then continues as State Route 58 to Dayboro Road, Petrie.

Gympie Road is named after the town of Gympie, north of the Sunshine Coast.

Landmarks

Gympie Road is lined with many shops, fast food outlets, restaurants, car yards, factories, motels, caravan parks, parks and schools including:

• Kedron Park Hotel (est. 1881)
• Kedron Brook
• Lutwyche Cemetery
• Top Taste
• Edinburgh Castle Hotel (est. 1868)
• Westfield Chermside
• Marchant Park
• Bunnings Warehouse
• The Warehouse
• Bald Hill Primary School
• St Pauls School
• Pine Rivers Park
• Westfield Strathpine
• Pine Rivers High School
• Strathpine Primary School

Past

The route was formerly part of the Bruce Highway and carried the designation National Route 1 until the Gateway Bridge opened in 1986. The route has since had the designations of Alt Route 1 and Metroad 3.

The first private land sale occurred on Gympie Road near Kedron Brook in 1857. Farms, slaughter yards and tanneries were common sites along Gympie Road prior to World War I. The first integrated shopping centre in Queensland opened on the corner of Hamilton Road, Chermside in 1957.

The tram line from the CBD was extended to Kedron Park Hotel in 1914, Lutwyche Cemetery in 1925 and Chermside in 1947. The tram service was closed in 1968 and replaced with diesel buses.

Future

TransLink is planning for the Kedron to Bracken Ridge section of the Northern Busway that will generally follow Gympie Road.

References

• Brisbane Tramway Museum - Tramway Time Line
• BRISbites Suburban Sites - Kedron / Chermside
• TransLink - Northern Busway - Kedron to Bracken Ridge