| Ipswich Road | |
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| Route information | |
| Length: | 9 km (6 mi) |
| Allocation: | A7 (Brisbane) |
| Major junctions | |
| Northeast end: | Main Street Woolloongabba |
| Southwest end: | Ipswich Motorway Rocklea |
| Location | |
| Primary destinations: |
Annerley, Moorooka |
| Highway system | |
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Highways in Australia |
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Ipswich Road is one Brisbane's main roads connecting Brisbane to the nearby city of Ipswich, via the Ipswich Motorway. Logan Road, Pacific Motorway, and Beaudesert Road (Mount Lindesay Highway) are the other major roads in the south of Brisbane. The road was an important transport route in 19th century Brisbane.[1] 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.
The heritage listed Norman Hotel is positioned on Ipswich Road at Woolloongabba. The establishment was built in 1889, opened in 1890 and quickly became a local landmark.[1]
The North-South Bypass Tunnel has an entry and exit point on Ipswich Road at Woolloongabba, the same place that the South East Freeway crosses over the road. Also in this vicinity the Eastern Busway crosses Ipswhich Road. 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 branches to the south east through the industrial suburbs of Salisbury, Acacia Ridge continuing on to the northern outskirts of Logan City. It is when Beaudesert Road crosses the Logan Motorway that Beaudesert Road becomes the Mount Lindesay Highway, which continues through to Logan, Jimboomba, Beaudesert and Mount Lindesay and beyond to the Queensland-New South Wales border.
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 compared to 2007 rates, by 2016 the road is expected to carry an extra 12,000 cars each day.
The last tram service in Brisbane took route S34 along Ipswich Road into Tottenham Road and the Ipswich Road Depot on 14 April 1969.[2]