The route takes its name from Captain Patrick Logan, one of the founders of the Moreton Bay convict settlement.

[2] The service ran into the city to its terminus at the southern side of the Victoria Bridge.

[3] Between 1953 and 1969, electric trams ran along Logan Road between Woolloongabba and Mount Gravatt.

This intersection was one of the busiest in the city, requiring a policeman to coordinate rail and road traffic.

The road is in the Brisbane local government area, except the last 3.3 kilometres, which are in Logan City.