Cunningham Highway
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| Start of the street: |
M2 Ipswich Motorway Warrego Highway Riverview ( Ipswich ) ( QLD ) ( 27 ° 36 ′ S , 152 ° 51 ′ E ) |
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 Leichhardt Highway Barwon Highway Goondiwindi ( QLD ) ( 28 ° 32 ′ S , 150 ° 20 ′ E ) |
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| Overall length: | 339 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Course of the road
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Map with all coordinates: The Cunningham Highway is a trunk road in the southeast of the Australian state of Queensland . It connects the Ipswich Motorway (M2) and the Warrego Highway (NA2) in Ipswich with the New England Highway (N15, A3) in Warwick , as well as the Leichhardt Highway (RA39) and the Barwon Highway (S85) in Goondiwindi .
The road was named after the explorer and botanist Allan Cunningham , whose expedition in 1828 almost took the route of today's highway.
course
The Cunningham Highway branches off in Riverview , an eastern suburb of Ipswich from the Ipswich Motorway to the southwest. It then runs as National Road 15 through the Main Range and there over the Cunninghams Gap pass . After discovering this route, Cunningham sent a report as Governor Ralph Darling , pointing out the economic benefits of the new connection from the coast and the pastureland to the west of it.
North of Warwick, the Cunningham Highway meets the New England Highway and leads with it to Warwick. There it branches off to the west as National Road 42 and finally ends in Goondiwindi on the border with New South Wales .
The highest point on the highway is 787 m, the lowest is 22 m.
Road conditions
The highway is regularly closed for short periods of time due to landslides that leave mud and debris on the road, especially on the steep sections near the Cunninghams Gap.
Further expansion
The Centenary Motorway (M5) of Springfield is in Yamanto connected to the Cunningham Highway. It is also expected that there will be space for further expansion and a possible Ipswich - Springfield rail link.
Web links
source
- Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . Pp. 6, 7, 9
Individual evidence
- ^ Queensland Environmental Protection Agency: Heritage Trails of the Great South East . State of Queensland, 2000, ISBN 0-7345-1008-X , p. 35.
- ↑ maps.bonzle.com - Cunningham Highway . Retrieved April 19, 2012.