Sandgate Road

Sandgate Road Queensland
Sandgate Road at Nundah, 2008
General information
Type	Road
Length	13.1 km (8.1 mi)
Route number(s)	(no shield) Hutcheson Street to Abbotsford Road, Albion State Route 26 Albion to Deagon
Major junctions
South end	Hutcheson Street Albion
	Abbotsford Road Junction Road Robinson Road East Gateway Motorway for full list see exits.
North end	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.

The road is divided for the majority of its route, ranging from 4 to 6 lanes in some rare places with the majority of the road being 2 to 4 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 the now closed and demolished Toombul Shopping Centre opposite Toombul station.

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.

Date	Details
1838	First European settlement at Nundah[3]
1853	First European settlement at Sandgate[9]
1858	First substantial bridge over Breakfast Creek[4]
1861	Bridge over Cabbage Tree Creek[9]
1868	Coach service from Sandgate to Brisbane[9]
1860s	Routing of Sandgate Road through what is now Nundah Village[8]
Late 1870s	New 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.

Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Albion	0	0.0	Hutcheson Street runs north through Albion	Southern end of Sandgate Road (no route number)
	0.2	0.12	Argyle Street runs south through Albion
	1.0	0.62	Abbotsford Road (State Route 26) runs south to Bowen Hills	Sandgate Road continues north as State Route 26
	1.3	0.81	Albion Overpass runs west to Windsor
Clayfield	2.4	1.5	Oriel Road runs east to Ascot
	3.1	1.9	Junction Road (State Route 20) runs west to Wooloowin / Junction Road (no shield) runs east to Hendra
Clayfield–Nundah boundary	4.4	2.7	Airport Link runs west to Lutwyche / and east to Hendra
Nundah	5.0	3.1	Sandgate Road (former route – no shield) runs north through Nundah Village	Sandgate Road (State Route 26) continues north–east through the Nundah Bypass Tunnel
	5.6	3.5	Sandgate Road (former route – no shield) runs south–east through Nundah Village
	5.9	3.7	Rode Road runs west to Wavell Heights
	6.3	3.9	Northgate Road runs north–east to Northgate
	6.5	4.0	Hamilton Road runs west to Wavell Heights
Virginia	7.8– 8.0	4.8– 5.0	Toombul Road runs south–east to Northgate
	9.0	5.6	Robinson Road East (State Route 28) runs west to Geebung
Boondall	9.9	6.2	Zillmere Road runs west to Zillmere
	11.0	6.8	Beams Road runs west to Zillmere and Taigum / Stanworth Road runs north–east to Boondall
	12.0	7.5	Roghan Road runs west to Fitzgibbon / Carlyle Road runs east to Boondall
Deagon	13.1	8.1	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       Incomplete access       Route transition

v t e Sandgate Road
Breakfast Creek Continues as Argyle Street Allison Street Inner City Bypass to Nariel and Hutcheson Streets Local Road Connections Beaumont Street Wallace Street Pedder Street Greg Chappell Street Abbotsford Road Breakfast Creek Collingwood Street Crosby Road Local Road Connections Gore Street Lucy Street Anstey Street Albion Overpass Ellen Street Lever Street/Albion Road Little Street Anstey Street Birkbeck Street Frodsham Street Local Road Connections Camden Street Ford Street Whytecliffe Street Bonney Avenue Hutton Street Highlands Street Marsden Street Christian Street Lapraik Street Riverton Street Butler Street Reeve Street Oriel Road Botany Street Creswick Street/Bellevue Terrace Adelaide St East/Adelaide St London Road Wagner Road Alexandra Road/Railway Parade Doomben rail line/Clayfield station Collins Street Junction Road Gellibrand Street ELiza Street Noble Street Kedron Street East-West Arterial Rd\Airport Link Local Road Connections Kedron Brook Airport railway line Parkland Street former Toombul Shopping Centre Toombul bus interchange Philip Parade Toombul station Grace Street Union Street North Coast rail line Local Road Connections Service Road/Bage Street Buckland Road Chapel Street Boyd Street Nundah Bypass Tunnel Station Street Wood Street Local Road Connections Eton Street Bridge Street Oliver Street Henchman Street Rode Road Robinson Road Parkham Avenue Cameron Street Leighton Street Northgate Road Jeffcott Street Hamilton Road Maynard Street Flower Street/Maddocks Street Ross Street Nansen Street Goss Road Peary Street St Vincents Road Royal Street Prince Street Gympie Street/Jefferis Street Belmore Street North Coast rail line/Virginia station Toombul Road Downfall Creek Local Road Connections Webster Road Vauxhall St/Robinson Rd East Matheson Street Telford Street Radley Street/Ferric Street Zillman Waterholes Zillmere Road Parthenia Street Service Road Nudgee College access Northumbria Road/Garozzo Street Service Road Stanworth Road/Beams Road Roscommon Road Carlyle Road/Roghan Road Lucille Street Gertrude Street Holroyd Street Peacock Street Shorncliffe rail line (to North Boondall) Gateway Motorway Cabbage Tree Creek Shorncliffe rail line (to Deagon) Sandgate Road Braun Street Local Road Connections Musgrave Street Burralong Street Biarra Street Smith Street Esther Street/Nearra Street Prince Street Lofus Street Desmond Avenue Board Street/Depot Road Continues as Deagon Deviation

See also

• Nundah Bypass Tunnel
• George Bridges
• List of road routes in Queensland

References

1. Wallace, Craig (19 November 2009). "Local pioneer honoured in Q150 celebrations - The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory". Media statements. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
2. "Motorists name spots that make them see red". Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
3. "Nundah". OurBrisbane.com. 2000. Archived from the original on 22 September 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
4. "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. "History of New Sandgate Rd of Nundah and Clayfield". Brisbane Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
7. "Walking route Clayfield to Nundah". Google maps. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
8. "Local pioneer honoured in Q150 celebrations". Queensland Government. 19 November 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
9. "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.