Mount Cotton Road
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Mount Cotton Road Queensland |
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| Roundabout at which Mount Cotton Roadd divides into 3 branches, east of Tingalpa Creek, dividing Capalaba and Sheldon | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 26.5 km (16 mi) |
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| Mount Cotton Road is a split road | |
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| West end |
 Mount Gravatt-Capalaba Road (State Route 21), Burbank, near Mackenzie
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| East end |
Duncan Road (State Route 21), Capalaba/Sheldon
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| North end |
 Redland Bay Road (State Route 44), Capalaba, near Old Cleveland Rd
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| South end |
 Beenleigh-Redland Bay Road (State Route 47), Carbrook/Cornubia
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| Major suburbs | Burbank, Capalaba, Sheldon, Mount Cotton, Carbrook, Cornubia |
State Route 45 (Capalaba–Carbrook/Cornubia)
Mount Cotton Road, or Mt Cotton Rd, is a major split road in the Brisbane area of South East Queensland. It runs in both an east-west direction between Burbank (Brisbane) and Sheldon (Redlands), and a north-south direction between Capalaba (Redlands) and Carbrook (Logan). In total, the road is approximately 26.5 kilometres (16.5 mi) long, and is split at a three-way roundabout.
The road is notable for connecting three adjacent local government areas of Queensland: the City of Brisbane, Redland City, and the City of Logan. As there are no highways in this region east of the Gateway and Pacific Motorways, Mount Cotton Road often provides the fastest link between the three cities (more so regarding the south-east of Brisbane and north-east of Logan).
The branching segments of Mount Cotton Road were originally known by multiple different names. The Burbank segment, west of the aforementioned roundabout, was once known as Broadwater Road, while the resulting northern branch was known as Capalaba School Road.
Initially, Mount Cotton Road would have referred to the path travelled by the earliest colonial settlers of Mount Cotton in the mid-1800s. As the surrounding region grew and became better-connected, the name spread to some adjoining roads, causing the multi-branched structure of Mount Cotton Rd today.
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