Ipswich Road, Brisbane


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.
Logan Road, Pacific Motorway, and Beaudesert Road are the other major roads in the south of Brisbane.

Woolloongabba

Ipswich Road begins at the Woolloongabba Fiveways intersection. From there Ipswich Road heads south towards Ipswich, Main Street heads north, Stanley Street goes east and west and Logan Road heads south-east towards Logan City.
The heritage-listed Norman Hotel is positioned on 102 Ipswich Road at Woolloongabba. The establishment was built in 1889, opened in 1890 and quickly became a local landmark.
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 Princess Alexandra Hospital is located on Ipswich Road at Buranda, as is the Buranda Shopping Centre.

Annerley

At Annerley, Ipswich Road intersects with Annerley Road at the Annerley Junction.
There are a number of heritage-listed sites on Ipswich Road in Annerley. In the Annerley Junction area are:
Further along in the Chardon's Corner area, there are more heritage-listed sites:

Yeronga

In Yeronga the road passes the heritage-listed Yeronga Memorial Park and the heritage-listed Yeronga Fire Station.
The Ipswich Road is the boundary between Annerley and Yeronga in the vicinity of the Yeronga Memorial Park.

Moorooka

At Moorooka the major arterial road called Beaudesert Road branches to the south east through the industrial suburbs of Salisbury and 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.

Rocklea

As it enters Rocklea, the road crosses over the Beenleigh railway line via the Rocklea Overpass. It then continues to the Granard Road interchange, where it becomes the upgraded Ipswich Motorway.

Road traffic

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 road carried an average of 52,299 vehicles per day between July and December 2014.

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.

Major intersections

The entire road is in the Brisbane local government area.