39-586: The Cunningham Highway is a 327-kilometre (203 mi) national highway located in south-eastern Queensland , Australia . The highway links the Darling Downs region with the urbanised outskirts of Ipswich via Cunninghams Gap . The Cunningham carries the National Highway 15 shield between Ipswich and north of Warwick at its junction with the New England Highway at Glengallan where both
78-606: A cost of $ 275,000, was under way in January 2022. [REDACTED] Media related to Cunningham Highway at Wikimedia Commons National Highway (Australia) The National Highway (part of the National Land Transport Network ) is a system of roads connecting all mainland states and territories of Australia , and is the major network of highways and motorways connecting Australia's capital cities and major regional centres. National funding for roads began in
117-515: A fortnightly mobile library service which visits Heit Park in Heit Street ( 27°39′28″S 152°41′35″E / 27.65768°S 152.69306°E / -27.65768; 152.69306 ( Heit Park mobile library stop ) ). Warrill Park Lawn Cemetery is at 12 Anderson Day Drive ( 27°40′50″S 152°41′21″E / 27.6805°S 152.6891°E / -27.6805; 152.6891 ( Warrill Park Lawn Cemetery ) ). It
156-621: A number of changes since the National Roads Act 1974 was originally established in 1974. The 1974 Act empowered the Federal Minister for Transport to declare as a National Highway, any existing or proposed road in a State , which (in the Minister's opinion), was the main route between two State capitals ; a State capital and Canberra ; a State capital and Darwin ; Brisbane and Cairns ; Hobart and Burnie ; or any other road which, in
195-609: A population of 1,351 people. The Cunningham Highway passes through the suburb from north to south. Both the Willowbank Raceway and Queensland Raceway are located in the Ipswich Motorsport Precinct at Willowbank. The name was introduced when "Willowbank Estate" was advertised for sale in February 1887. In the 2016 census , Willowbank had a population of 1,315 people. In the 2021 census , Willowbank had
234-700: A population of 1,351 people. There are no schools in Willowbank. The nearest government primary schools are Amberley District State School in Yamanto to the north-east and Mutdapilly State School in Mutdapilly to the south. The nearest government secondary schools are Bremer State High School in Ipswich CBD to the north-east and Rosewood State High School in Rosewood to the north-west. The Ipswich City Council operates
273-462: A route close to where the modern-day highway runs. In 1828 after discovering the route Cunningham sent a report to Governor Ralph Darling emphasising the economic benefits that a link between the coast and pastoral lands of the Darling Downs would provide. The first road between the coast and the Darling Downs was Spicers Gap Road developed in 1859, which crossed the range at Spicer's Gap and
312-552: A route through the steep Cunningham's Gap became feasible. The original road was built entirely by voluntary labour and Acting Queensland Premier , William Forgan Smith , officially opened on 11 June 1927, the 100-year anniversary of Allan Cunningham's supposed discovery of Cunningham's Gap. Actually, Cunningham discovered two gaps, Spicer's Gap on 11 June 1827 as he approached from the Darling Downs side and Cunningham's Gap on 21 August 1828 as he approached from Ipswich . However, Cunningham mistakenly believed he had found both sides of
351-435: Is a state-controlled road, subdivided into four sections for administrative and funding purposes. Sections 17A, 17B, and part of 17D are part of the National Highway, while section 17C and part of section 17D are strategic roads. The sections are: State-controlled roads that intersect with the highway are listed in the main article. The highway is named in honour of the explorer and botanist Allan Cunningham who followed
390-500: Is current as of September 2012. Under AusLink a program that operated between July 2004 and 2009, the AusLink National Network had additional links, both road and rail. The Federal Government encouraged funding from state, territory and local governments and public–private partnerships to upgrade the network and requires state government funding contributions on parts of the network, especially for new links. For example,
429-555: Is included in this project. A project to upgrade the intersection with the New England Highway east of Warwick, at a cost of $ 25 million, was due for completion in August 2022. A project to reconstruct sections of the highway at Cunninghams Gap following bushfire damage, at a cost of $ 84.27 million, was due to start construction in early 2022. A project to identify safety issues and propose solutions between Warwick and Inglewood, at
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#1732856126268468-567: Is sometimes used colloquially to describe the sea lines of communication between the state of Victoria on the Australian mainland and island state of Tasmania across the Bass Strait . The 16,000 kilometres (9,900 mi) of roads included in the original National Highway system had large variations in road quality. Some sections were no more than dirt tracks, whilst others were four lane dual carriageways. While 12,496 kilometres (7,765 mi)
507-742: The Fassifern Valley and Aratula . From this point, the Cunningham Highway begins its ascent across the Great Dividing Range via a mountain pass at an elevation of 787 metres (2,582 ft) above sea level called Cunninghams Gap, situated in the Main Range National Park , between the peaks of Mount Cordeaux and Mount Mitchell . As the Cunningham Highway descends through the Southern Downs region and west adjacent to
546-630: The Mains Road Commission upgraded the road to highway and named it the Cunningham Highway. The new sealed road through the gap was eventually opened in November 1949. The north-eastern terminus of the Cunningham Highway is situated a short distance west of where the Warrego Highway reaches its eastern terminus with the Ipswich Motorway , at Riverview , a suburb of Ipswich. From this point,
585-714: The Pacific Highway and the Calder Highway are part of the National Network, yet new projects are being funded 50/50 by federal and state governments. State contributions (generally 20%) are required on some sections of the old network near major cities. The various superseded Acts defined National Highways as roads, or a series of connected roads, that were the primary connection between two State or Territory capital cities, as well as between Brisbane and Cairns , and between Hobart and Burnie . The term " Sea Highway "
624-545: The 1920s, with the federal government contributing to major roads managed by the state and territory governments. However, the Federal Government did not completely fund any roads until 1974, when the Whitlam government introduced the National Roads Act 1974 . Under the act, the states were still responsible for road construction and maintenance, but were fully compensated for money spent on approved projects. In 1977,
663-582: The 1974 Act was replaced by the State Grants (Roads) Act 1977 , which contained similar provisions for the definition of "National Highways". In 1988, the National Highway became redefined under the Australian Land Transport Development (ALTD) Act 1988 , which had various amendments up to 2003. The 1988 Act was largely concerned with funding road development in cooperation with the state governments. The federal transport minister defined
702-518: The Auslink National Network after the implementation of the new Act, which occurred in 2005. All of the existing routes of the National Highway prior to 2005 were included in the new network. The routes added with the inception of the 2005 Act (as described in Appendix 1 referenced above, some of the descriptions are somewhat ambiguous but clarified in the ensuing regulations) are: Changes to
741-534: The British M, A, B, C classifications. These states have retained the original National Highway numbering and shield decal, having added the appropriate M and A classification. The following roads were part of the original National Highway network. Most are still signposted with National Highway route markers. In 2013, New South Wales introduced a new alphanumeric route numbering system, which no longer includes national highways. Australia's National Highway Network has had
780-579: The Cunningham and the New England head south concurrently to Warwick. Thereafter, the Cunningham carries the National Highway 42 shield to its south-western terminus with the Leichhardt Highway at Goondiwindi . The majority of the Cunningham Highway is a single carriageway with freeway standard and 6-lane arterial road standard towards its north-eastern terminus, near Ipswich. The Cunningham Highway
819-580: The Cunningham heads south-west as the Cunningham Motorway, bypassing to the south the Ipswich central business district , the original path of the highway, now named Warwick Road. The motorway transitions to the Cunningham Highway, and a further modern deviation takes the highway south of Willowbank and RAAF Base Amberley through the Scenic Rim region including the towns and settlements of Warrill View ,
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#1732856126268858-576: The Federal Government does not contribute funding on the same basis. The following roads in and around Sydney are currently part of the designated National Land Transport Network In addition to the network of federally funded National Highways defined in 1974, there was also a system of "national routes". This scheme, which predated the National Highways in 1953, was a plan to coordinate State road authorities to allocate consistent highway numbers to major highways which traversed more than one State, for
897-429: The Minister's opinion, was important enough to be a National Highway. Subsequent replacement legislation in 1977, 1988, and 2005, along with other intervening amendments, contained similar provisions. Notably, important roads to near-metropolitan locations such as Geelong , Bunbury and Wollongong were added in 2005, although not within the original concept of interstate National Highways. The original components of
936-426: The National Highway network for the first time. As sections of existing highways were upgraded or replaced by nearby parallel routes of a new higher standard, the "National Highway" designation was usually moved onto the new part of the route. The principal route between Sydney and Newcastle was shifted from the old Pacific Highway onto the new Sydney-Newcastle freeway in nine separate stages between 1966 and 1999 as
975-513: The National Highway were officially declared on 20 September 1974, as "links" and terminated at the edge of each capital city. The parts of the routes within the major urban areas were not defined as National Highways, and the Sturt and Newell highway routes were not included in the original 1974 network. In June 1995, as a condition of federal funding, the National Highway route in New South Wales
1014-531: The National Land Transport Network made in 2007 Changes to the National Land Transport Network made in 2008 Changes to the National Land Transport Network made in 2009 In Sydney, only a subset of the network of motorways and major roads in the Sydney metropolitan area are part of the current National Land Transport (Roads) Network, the rest are not part of the national network and therefore
1053-566: The components of the National Highway, and also a category of "Road of National Importance" (RONI), with federal funding implications. Section 10.5 of the Act required the state road authorities to place frequent, prominent, signs on the National Highways and RONI projects funded by the federal government. In 2005, the National Highway became the National Land Transport Network, under the AusLink (National Land Transport) Act 2005 . The criteria for inclusion in
1092-469: The convenience of travellers. The most notable example is "Highway 1", which follows the periphery of the continent, and only parts of which form part of the former National Highway and current National Land Transport (Roads) Network. Willowbank, Queensland Download coordinates as: Willowbank is a rural locality in the City of Ipswich , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Willowbank had
1131-535: The decision to use the route from Goondiwindi to Brisbane via the Gore Highway and Toowoomba, rather than the Cunningham Highway (via Warwick), was not finalized until October 1993. These were the only two major routes added to the National Highway network between 1974 and 2005. In addition, the urban ends of intercity routes, and some link roads and ring roads joining national routes, were explicitly added to
1170-473: The earlier national route network. Many of the routes that are now National Highways with the signature green and gold shields, continue beyond the official National Highway as the black and white shielded national routes. Certain stretches of the National Highways have "A" and "M" tag on their shields; particularly those in Victoria and South Australia. They have completely revised their route numbering, basing it on
1209-468: The freeway was progressively implemented. Similar changes were made as the Hume Highway was re-developed. Appendix 1 of the 'Auslink (National Land Transport) Bill' of 2004 , listed the routes which were proposed to be included in 'The Auslink National Network'. The listing included here distinguished between the components of the "former National Highway system", and the additional routes to be added to
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1248-571: The network was similar to the previous legislation, but expanded to include connections to major commercial centres, and inter-modal facilities . All of the roads included in National Land Transport Network as of 2005 were formally defined by regulation in October 2005. The Minister for Transport may alter the list of roads included in the network. Three amendments to the scheduled list of roads have been made, in February 2007, September 2008 and February 2009. The third variation, published in February 2009,
1287-652: The outskirts of Goondiwindi. Within close proximity of Goondiwindi, the Cunningham Highway links to the Newell , Leichhardt, and Barwon highways, with the Bruxner Highway nearby. From northeast to southwest, the following towns and settlements are located on the Cunningham Highway: A lead project to plan and conduct upgrades to the highway, at a total cost of $ 212.5 million, was in the planning phase in November 2021. The $ 25 million intersection upgrade described below
1326-491: The same gap and not two different ones. This mistake was then perpetuated on the monument to Cunningham unveiled as part of the official opening of the road, as it gave 11 June 1827 as the discovery of Cunningham's Gap. The road was plagued by problems during this embryonic stage with the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland announcing that the road was closed, less than one month after it was officially opened. In 1935,
1365-627: The settlement of Maryvale , it reaches a major junction with the New England Highway near Eastments Ridge approximately 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) north of Warwick. The two highways run south to Warwick, sharing the National Route 15 shield and cross the Condamine River before the concurrency terminates and the New England Highway runs south, carrying the National Highway 15 shield; and the Cunningham heads west by south-west through Inglewood , Yelarbon , before reaching its south-western terminus on
1404-500: The upper portion of the shield, above the highway's number. The shield, text and number are coloured yellow while the background is dark green – the national colours of Australia . In 2014, the route makers retained the national colours, although the word "NATIONAL" was removed in the Australian Capital Territory , New South Wales , and parts of both Queensland and Victoria . National Highway numbering originates from
1443-560: Was required to remove existing tolling on the former F3 and former F6 inter-urban freeways, even though the former F6 did not become part of a National Highway until 2005. The Sydney to Adelaide route via the Hume and Sturt highways, and the Melbourne to Brisbane route via the Newell Highway, were added as links of the National Highway network in November 1992 under the 1988 Act, however
1482-472: Was sealed, there was also 3,807 kilometres (2,366 mi) worth of gravel roads. The National Highway was gradually improved, with the sealed proportion increased from 73 per cent in the early 1970s to 88 per cent by 1981. The sealing works were completed in 1989. Since 2005, National Highways were no longer defined in federal legislation. However, the routes were marked with a National Highway route marker up until 2013. These markers have "NATIONAL" printed in
1521-473: Was suitable for the drays used at that time. Although Cunningham's Gap was known at that time, it was considered too steep a route for drays. With the opening of the Southern railway line between Toowoomba and Warwick in 1871, passenger and goods transport switched to the railways and Spicers Gap Road fell into disuse and was not well maintained due to the cost. It was not until the advent of automobiles that
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