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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 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). ==History== 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. Much of the road was once surrounded by farmland. This was gradually replaced with residential properties, prompting the roadside construction of: the Carbrook Lutheran Cemetery and Church in the 1870s; Capalaba State School in 1880; telephone lines, a community hall, and an avicultural farm in 1935-36; a store and post office in 1948; a Salvation Army hall in 1960;〔 and Capalaba Park Shopping Centre in 1981. With the construction of the Leslie Harrison Dam in the 1960s, the portions of the road near Tingalpa Creek were upgraded.〔 Sections of Mt Cotton Rd have since been identified as dangerous driving areas, due to high incidences of crashes with other cars and wallabies, leading to investigations in recent years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mount Cotton Road - Wuduru Road intersection )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Cotton Road」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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