Sandgate Road

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Sandgate Road

Queensland
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Sandgate Road at Nundah, 2008
General information
TypeRoad
Length13.1 km (8.1 mi)
Route number(s) (no shield) Hutcheson Street to Abbotsford Road, Albion
Australian state route 26.svg State Route 26 Albion to Deagon
Major junctions
South endHutcheson Street Albion
 
North endAustralian state route 26.svg Braun Street (State Route 26) Deagon
Location(s)
Major suburbs Clayfield, Nundah, Virginia, Boondall

Sandgate Road is a major road in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It provides part of the road connection between Redcliffe and the Brisbane CBD. It is designated state route 26 throughout most of its length.

Contents

The road is divided for the majority of its route, ranging from 4 to 6 lanes. It also includes a tunneled section (the George Bridges Tunnel named after local pioneer George Bridges [1] ) underneath the town centre of Nundah. It also passes Toombul Shopping Centre at Nundah.

According to surveys by the RACQ, Sandgate Road is one of the states 10 most frustrating roads. [2]

At Clayfield, the road crosses the Doomben railway line via an overpass.

History

Early days

European settlement occurred along what is now Sandgate Road from as early as 1838 [3] (see Nundah history for an example) but the first bridges over Breakfast Creek were often destroyed by floods. The first permanent bridge from Breakfast Creek Road was built in 1858, [4] and the first permanent bridge on Bowen Bridge Road was in 1860. [5]

Prior to the 1870s the road from Albion to Nundah ran to the west of the present route. It followed what is now Bonney Avenue to the area now occupied by the railway line near Eagle Junction railway station, crossing what is now Junction Road and proceeding along what is now Jackson Street to Kedron Brook. This route involved negotiating a track over low land subject to frequent flooding, in addition to crossing Kedron Brook itself, before proceeding along what is now Bage Street. [6] It is possible to walk a close approximation of this route (see map [7] ) It is the shortest walking route for this journey.

For information on changes to the route of Sandgate Road through Nundah in the 1860s [8] refer to Nundah growth.

The following timeline shows events that were pertinent to the development of Sandgate Road.

DateDetails
1838First European settlement at Nundah [3]
1853First European settlement at Sandgate [9]
1858First substantial bridge over Breakfast Creek [4]
1861Bridge over Cabbage Tree Creek [9]
1868Coach service from Sandgate to Brisbane [9]
1860sRouting of Sandgate Road through what is now Nundah Village [8]
Late 1870sNew Sandgate Road from Clayfield to Nundah [6]
(with better crossing of Kedron Brook)

Recent changes

Before the construction of Stage 3 of the Inner City Bypass in 2002 the southern end of Sandgate Road was at the point where Breakfast Creek Road crosses Breakfast Creek. Prior to the construction of the Abbotsford Road Bridge in 1928 [10] this was the only direct access to Sandgate Road from the Brisbane CBD.

Upgrades

Intersection upgrades

A project to upgrade the intersection with Cameron Street, at a cost of $1.336 million, was to start in August 2022. [11]

A project to upgrade the intersection with Northgate Road, at a cost of $1.296 million, was to start in August 2022. [12]

Major intersections

The entire road is in the Brisbane local government area.

LocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Albion 00.0Hutcheson Street runs north through AlbionSouthern end of Sandgate Road (no route number)
0.20.12Argyle Street runs south through Albion
1.00.62Australian state route 26.svg Abbotsford Road (State Route 26) runs south to Bowen Hills Sandgate Road continues north as State Route 26
1.30.81Albion Overpass runs west to Windsor
Clayfield 2.41.5Oriel Road runs east to Ascot
3.11.9Australian state route 20.svg Junction Road (State Route 20) runs west to Wooloowin /
Junction Road (no shield) runs east to Hendra
Clayfield -
Nundah boundary		4.42.7 Airport Link runs west to Lutwyche /
and east to Hendra
Nundah 5.03.1Sandgate Road (former route - no shield) runs north through Nundah VillageSandgate Road (State Route 26) continues north–east through the Nundah Bypass Tunnel
5.63.5Sandgate Road (former route - no shield) runs south-east through Nundah Village
5.93.7Rode Road runs west to Wavell Heights
6.33.9Northgate Road runs north–east to Northgate
6.54.0Hamilton Road runs west to Wavell Heights
Virginia 7.8–
8.0		4.8–
5.0		Toombul Road runs south–east to Northgate
9.05.6Australian state route 28.svg Robinson Road East (State Route 28) runs west to Geebung
Boondall 9.96.2Zillmere Road runs west to Zillmere
11.06.8Beams Road runs west to Zillmere and Taigum /
Stanworth Road runs north–east to Boondall
12.07.5Roghan Road runs west to Fitzgibbon /
Carlyle Road runs east to Boondall
Deagon 13.18.1Australian state route 26.svg Braun Street (State Route 26) runs north to Sandgate Northern end of Sandgate Road. State Route 26 continues north on Braun Street.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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  2. ↑ "Motorists name spots that make them see red". Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
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  4. 1 2 "Breakfast Creek". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Lutwyche". The University of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  6. 1 2 "History of New Sandgate Rd of Nundah and Clayfield". Brisbane Infrastructure. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Walking route Clayfield to Nundah". Google maps. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Local pioneer honoured in Q150 celebrations". Queensland Government. 19 November 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  9. 1 2 3 "Sandgate". John Oxley Library. 22 October 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "Abbotsford Rd Bridge, Albion Fiveways". Your Brisbane: Past and Present. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "Sandgate Sub-Arterial Road (Sandgate Road) and Cameron Street, upgrade intersection". Queensland Government. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  12. ↑ "Sandgate Sub-Arterial Road (Sandgate Road) and Northgate Road, upgrade intersection". Queensland Government. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
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