Milton Road is an
arterial road in
Brisbane,
Australia
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. It is currently signed as
State Route 32 for its entire length. Milton Road is a major corridor for traffic between the
Brisbane central business district and the western suburbs. It carried an average of 50,954 vehicles per day between July and December 2014.
Milton Road's western end is at the northern terminus of the
Western Freeway at the base of
Mount Coot-tha in the suburb of
Toowong and progresses in a north-easterly direction through the suburbs of
Auchenflower and
Milton
Milton may refer to:
Names
* Milton (surname), a surname (and list of people with that surname)
** John Milton (1608–1674), English poet
* Milton (given name)
** Milton Friedman (1912–2006), Nobel laureate in Economics, author of '' Free t ...
before terminating at
Petrie Terrace in Brisbane City. 250 metres west of Petrie Terrace is an interchange with the
Hale Street expressway which allows access to and from the
Inner City Bypass. Milton Road closely parallels the
Ipswich railway line
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.
Attractions along Milton Road include the
XXXX Brewery and
Lang Park
Lang Park, also known as Brisbane Football Stadium, by the sponsored name Suncorp Stadium, and nicknamed: 'The Cauldron', is a multi-purpose stadium in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, located in the suburb of Milton. The current facility co ...
stadium, both in Milton. A pedestrian bridge crosses the road here, linking the stadium to
Milton railway station.
The
Toowong tram line ran along the entire length of Milton Road until 1962, when the
Paddington tram depot fire
The Paddington tram depot fire occurred on the night of 28 September 1962, and was one of the largest fires in Brisbane's history.[Legacy Way
The M5 Legacy Way (formerly Northern Link Tunnel) is a long tunnel linking the Western Freeway at Toowong and the Inner City Bypass at Kelvin Grove, Brisbane. The project consisted of two bored tunnels carrying two motorway grade lanes of tr ...]
underground road tunnel was opened. The new toll road initially reduced traffic on Milton Road by 16%.
Major intersections
The entire road is in the
Brisbane local government area.
See also
References
External links
{{Road infrastructure in Brisbane
Roads in Brisbane
Milton, Queensland