Creek Street, Brisbane

{{short description|Major road in Brisbane, Australia}}

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{{Infobox Australian road

| type = street

| road_name = Creek Street

| city = Brisbane

| state = qld

| image = Creek Street, Brisbane 05.2013 082.jpg

| caption = Creek Street from Queen Street intersection.

| coordinates_a = {{coord|display=inline|-27.466456|153.028086|type:landmark_region:AU|name=Creek Street}}}}

Creek Street is a major street in the central business district of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The street follows a one-way south–north direction, starting at the beginning of Charlotte Street and cutting through Elizabeth Street, Queen Street, Adelaide Street, and Ann Street before coming to an end at Turbot Street in the northern end of the CBD. Creek Street was named for the filled-in creek over which it was constructed,{{cite web|last=Nowland|first=Harrie|title=Streets of Brisbane|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97935710|publisher=Sunday Mail (Brisbane)|accessdate=28 September 2013|year=1926}}{{cite web|last=Meston|first=Archibald|title=Archibald Meston recalls Brisbane Creeks and Victoria Bridge|url=http://www.brisbanehistory.com/Archibald_Meston.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222114931/http://www.brisbanehistory.com/Archibald_Meston.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=22 February 2011|publisher=brisbanehistory.com|accessdate=28 September 2013}} and is an exception to the convention of parallel streets in the CBD being named after male royals.{{cite web|title=Maps of Brisbane|url=http://www.brisbane-australia.com/maps.html|publisher=e-CBD|accessdate=28 September 2013|author=e-CBD}}{{cite web|title=Brisbane, Queensland|url=http://www.mystudentguide.net/city-profile/brisbane-queensland/|publisher=My Student Guide|accessdate=28 September 2013|author=My Student Guide|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130913212128/http://www.mystudentguide.net/city-profile/brisbane-queensland/|archive-date=13 September 2013|url-status=dead}}