Gympie Road

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Gympie Road

Gympie Road Chermside 2008.JPG
Gympie Road
General information
TypeRoad
Length19 km (12 mi)
Route number(s)
  • AUS Alphanumeric Route A3.svg A3
  • (Lutwyche to Bald Hills)
  • Australian state route 58.svg State Route 58

(Bald Hills to Petrie)

Major junctions
SE endAUS Alphanumeric Route A3.svg Lutwyche Road, Lutwyche, Queensland
 AUS Alphanumeric Route M3.svg Gympie Arterial Road
NW endAustralian state route 58.svg Dayboro Road, Petrie, Queensland
Location(s)
Major suburbs Kedron, Chermside, Aspley, Strathpine
Gympie Road, Kedron 2008 Gympie Road Kedron 2008.JPG
Gympie Road, Kedron 2008

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.

Contents

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, in the City of Moreton Bay.

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:

History

The first private land sale occurred on Gympie Road near Kedron Brook in 1857. Farms, slaughter yards [2] and tanneries [3] were common sights along Gympie Road prior to World War I.

The tram line from the Brisbane CBD was extended to Kedron Park Hotel in 1914, Lutwyche Cemetery in 1925 and Chermside in 1947. [4] The tram service was closed in 1968 and replaced with diesel buses.

Cobb and Co coach on Old Gympie Road, crossing Fresh Water Creek, Kallangur, 1890s Cobb and Co coach, Old Gympie Road, Kallangur, 1890s.jpg
Cobb and Co coach on Old Gympie Road, crossing Fresh Water Creek, Kallangur, 1890s

In 1922, there was a proposal to build Anzac Avenue as a memorial to those who died in World War I. The memorial avenue was to run from Brisbane CBD to Redcliffe (which, at that time, was not connected to Brisbane by road, only by sea). This proposal would use and rename Gympie Road for the northward part of the route and then extend it eastwards towards Redcliffe. However, in its final form, Anzac Avenue commenced at Petrie rather than Brisbane and so Gympie Road was only renamed from Petrie onwards (which is why Gympie Road terminates at Petrie today). The first segment of Anzac Avenue from Petrie to Kallangur was formerly Gympie Road. However, at Kallangur, Anzac Avenue left Gympie Road to go east, leaving parts of Gympie Road going north through Kallangur to Burpengary disconnected (as a name) from the Brisbane-to-Petrie section. The segment from Kallangur to Burpengary was later renamed Old Gympie Road.

The first integrated shopping mall in Queensland opened on the corner of Gympie Road and Hamilton Road, Chermside in 1957. Originally called the Chermside Drive-in Shopping Centre, it has extended on many occasions and is now Westfield Chermside.

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

Future

Translink is planning for a new section of the Northern Busway from Kedron to Bracken Ridge that will generally follow Gympie Road.[ citation needed ]

Gympie Road has the following interfaces with the Airport Link tunnel:

Upgrade

A project to upgrade the intersection with Anzac Avenue and Dayboro Road at Petrie, at a cost of $30 million, was completed in March 2022. [5]

Major intersections

LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Brisbane Kedron 00.0AUS Alphanumeric Route A3.svg Lutwyche Road (State Route A3) south – Lutwyche /
Kedron Park Road – east – Wooloowin /
AUS Alphanumeric Route M7.svg Airport Link (State Route M7) east – Hendra, Brisbane Airport
Southern end of Gympie Road (A3)
Traffic proceeding north from Lutwyche Road and wishing to travel east on Airport Link can cross the southbound carriageway of Gympie Road under traffic light control and exit at this intersection.
Kedron Brook 0.20.12Bridge (no known official name)
Brisbane Kedron 0.40.25AUS Metroad 5.svg Stafford Road (Metroad 5) west – Stafford This is a grade-separated intersection.
0.50.31AUS Alphanumeric Route M7.svg Airport Link (State Route M7) east – Hendra, Brisbane Airport /
south – Windsor, Bowen Hills
Traffic proceeding south on Gympie Road and wishing to travel in either direction on Airport Link can exit Gympie Road at this point.
0.60.37AUS Alphanumeric Route M7.svg Airport Link (State Route M7)Traffic from either direction exiting the Airport Link can enter the northbound carriageway of Gympie Road at this point.
1.71.1Edinburgh Castle Road – east – Wavell Heights
1.91.2Kitchener Road – west – Stafford Heights
Chermside 2.61.6Rode Road – west – Chermside West /
east – Wavell Heights
3.52.2Hamilton Road – west – Chermside West /
east – Wavell Heights
Downfall Creek4.12.5Bridge (no known official name)
Brisbane ChermsideAspley boundary4.22.6Murphy Road – north–east – Zillmere Intersection is on the boundary between Chermside and Aspley, which follows the centre line of Gympie Road to the north-west and that of Murphy Road to the north-east.
5.13.2Australian state route 27.svg Webster Road (State Route 27) south – Chermside West /
Australian state route 27.svg Ellison Road (State Route 27) east – Geebung
Intersection is on the boundary between Chermside and Aspley, which follows the centre line of Gympie Road to the south-east and that of Webster Road to the south.
Aspley 6.44.0Australian state route 28.svg Albany Creek Road (State Route 28) west – Bridgeman Downs, Albany Creek /
Australian state route 28.svg Robinson Road West (State Route 28) east – Geebung
7.34.5Zillmere Road – east – Zillmere
Cabbage Tree Creek (formerly Tighgum Creek)7.34.5Bridge (no known official name)
Brisbane Carseldine 7.44.6Graham Road – west – Bridgeman Downs
8.55.3Beams Road – west – Bridgeman Downs /
east – Fitzgibbon
9.45.8AUS Alphanumeric Route M3.svg Gympie Arterial Road (State Route M3) north – Bald Hills This intersection allows traffic to exit from the northbound carriageway of the highway to the Sunshine Coast, which becomes Gympie Arterial Road, and to continue to follow Gympie Road. There is no access to either side of the highway at this intersection.
CarseldineBald Hills boundary10.26.3Australian state route 40.svg Linkfield Road (State Route 40) west – Brendale /
east – Bracken Ridge
Intersection is on the boundary between Carseldine and Bald Hills, which follows the centre line of Linkfield Road.
Bald Hills 12.07.5Australian state route 58.svg Strathpine Road (State Route 58) east – Bracken RidgeGympie Road continues west as State Route 58.
South Pine River 12.27.6Bridge (no known official name)
Moreton Bay Strathpine 13.08.1Kremzow Road – south – Brendale
13.58.4Australian state route 28.svg South Pine Road (State Route 28) west – Brendale
14.79.1Samsonvale Road – west – Bray Park /
Bells Pocket Road – east – Lawnton
Four Mile Creek15.39.5Bridge (no known official name)
Moreton Bay Lawnton 16.510.3Francis Road – west – Joyner
16.810.4Todds Road – west – Joyner /
Lawnton Pocket Road – east – Lawnton
North Pine River 17.811.1A.J.Wyllie [6] Bridge
Moreton Bay Petrie 18.511.5Australian state route 58.svg Dayboro Road (State Route 58) west – Whiteside /
Australian state route 71.svg Anzac Avenue (State Route 71) east – Kallangur
Northern end of Gympie Road.

See also

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