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The Woolloongabba Fiveways is the intersection of 5 major roads at Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The intersection gives its name to the surrounding commercial area.
The Woolloongabba Railway Station constructed in 1887 with the associated railway yards being built in 1900. The
The Woolloongabba Fiveways is the intersection of 5 major roads at Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The intersection gives its name to the surrounding commercial area.
Geography
The intersection consists of: * to the north: Main Street leading to Kangaroo Point and the Story Bridge * to the west:Stanley Street Stanley Street may refer to:
Streets:
*Stanley Street, Brisbane
*Stanley Street, East Sydney
*Stanley Street, Hong Kong
*Stanley Street, Liverpool
* Stanley Street (Montreal)
* Stanley Street, Singapore
In fiction:
*Stanley Street, the prime setti ...
leading to South Brisbane
* to the east: Stanley Street, where it is known as Stanley Street East, leading to Brisbane's eastern suburbs and eventually to Cleveland and Moreton Bay
* to the south-east: Logan Road
Logan Road, allocated state routes 95 and 30, is a major road in Brisbane, Queensland. It runs from Springwood in Logan City to Woolloongabba in Brisbane, with most of the route signed as state route 95. The route was formerly the main route ...
, leading to Brisbane's southern suburbs and eventually to the Logan River and City of Logan
* to the south: Ipswich Road, leading to Brisbane's south-western suburbs and eventually to Ipswich
The Woolloongabba Railway Yards were once located on the corner of Main Street and Stanley Street (north-west of the Fiveways); the Woolloongabba busway station
Woolloongabba busway station is located in Brisbane, Australia serving the suburb of Woolloongabba. It opened on 13 September 2000 when the first section of the South East Busway opened from Melbourne Street, South Brisbane to coincide with the ...
is there today. The Gabba sporting grounds are located to the north-east of the Fiveways (on the block at the corner of Main Street and Stanley Street East).
History
The intersection of Brisbane's major roads on the southern side of theBrisbane River
The Brisbane River is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea. John Oxley, the first European to explore the river, named it after the Go ...
is of the major intersections in Brisbane's history with the first track to Ipswich (now Ipswich Road) established in the 1840s.
The Woolloongabba Railway Station constructed in 1887 with the associated railway yards being built in 1900. The Wooloongabba Branch railway line
The Wooloongabba Branch railway line was a branch line off the South Coast railway line in the inner southern suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. It opened on 2 June 1884 to serve the wharves and industries along the Brisbane River at Woolloongab ...
passed through the intersection until the closure of the yards and lines in the late 1960s. As tram routes also ran through the intersection, the management of 5 major road routes with car and buses, plus trams and trains travelling on their own tracks through the intersection made it Brisbane's busiest intersection. A signalman's box was in the centre of the intersection to manage the transit of trains through the intersection.
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