Metroad 5 (Brisbane)
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Metroad 5 is one of Brisbane
's metroad
s, running from Yamanto
to Kedron
. It is the main western bypass of Brisbane city.
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
's metroad
Metroad
Metroads are the primary road routes serving the Sydney and Brisbane metropolitan areas in Australia. The Metroads form a network of radial and circumferential routes throughout the city, lengths of some of which are of freeway grade.-History:...
s, running from Yamanto
Yamanto, Queensland
Yamanto is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.The origin of the suburb is from a former cotton plantation which was originally spelt as Yamahanto. Previous names used for this area were Loamside and Mine Accident...
to Kedron
Kedron, Queensland
Kedron is a northern suburb of Brisbane, Australia, centred on Gympie Road and Kedron Brook. It is close to Westfield Chermside shopping centre in the neighbouring suburb of Chermside...
. It is the main western bypass of Brisbane city.
Route
- Centenary FreewayCentenary Freeway, BrisbaneThe M5 is a motorway in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Australia.It starts as a two-lane arterial road at Yamanto, travelling to Springfield, where it becomes a two-lane highway and travels across the M2 Logan Motorway at Ellen Grove and ends at Kenmore where it changes its name to the M5...
: Logan MotorwayLogan MotorwayThe M2/MR6 Logan Motorway offers motorists a quick link between Ipswich and the M1 or Pacific Motorway at Loganholme, and the Gateway Motorway, providing access to the Gold Coast on the eastern seaboard and to the rural areas of the Darling Downs to the west....
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, AshgroveAshgrove, QueenslandAshgrove is an inner suburb of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia, located approximately 4 km north-west of the Brisbane CBD. Ashgrove is a leafy residential suburb, characterised by its hilly terrain and characteristic Ashgrovian houses built in the early 20th century...
, Everton ParkEverton Park, QueenslandEverton Park is a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.It is about eight kilometres north of the Brisbane CBD. The area is mainly residential, with a population of about 8000....
, StaffordStafford, QueenslandStafford is a northern suburb of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia.A predominantly residential suburb, including some original Queenslander-style homes and a significant number of post-war Queensland Housing Commission homes on quarter-acre blocks built around the 1940s and...
, KedronKedron, QueenslandKedron is a northern suburb of Brisbane, Australia, centred on Gympie Road and Kedron Brook. It is close to Westfield Chermside shopping centre in the neighbouring suburb of Chermside...
and DarraDarraDarra is the name of a few towns and villages around the world.*Darra, Queensland - a suburb of Brisbane, Australia*Darra Adam Khel - a semi-autonomous tribal region in northwestern Pakistan, south of the Khyber Pass...
- Centenary Highway The section between Forest Lake and Springfield opened in 2002, and the next section to Yamanto opened in 2009. The Springfield to Yamanto section includes signage that is a cross between the Metroad and alphanumeric M5 shields, despite officially being M5.