Cunningham Highway

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Cunningham Highway


Length	338 km
General direction	West-East
From	Newell Highway / Leichhardt Highway / Barwon Highway, Goondiwindi, Queensland NSW/Qld Border
via	Yelarbon, Inglewood, Warwick
To	Ipswich Motorway / Warrego Highway, Ipswich, Queensland
Allocation	Goondiwindi - Warwick: Warwick - Ipswich: Formerly
Major Junctions	New England Highway New England Highway Boonah-Fassifern Road

The Cunningham Highway is a National Highway in Queensland, Australia. It is named after the explorer and botanist Allan Cunningham who followed a route close to where the modern day highway runs.

The highway begins in Brisbane where it is known as Ipswich Road, which turns into the M2 Ipswich Motorway. After the Warrego Highway turnoff, it is then known as the Cunningham Highway. It runs south-west from Brisbane for approximately 330 km until it terminates at Goondiwindi. It is route number 15 until Warwick where it then becomes route 42.

The M5 Centenary Motorway extension from Springfield will join the Cunningham Freeway. This corridor is currently being finalised. It is also expected to have additional space for expansion and a possible rail loop link to Ipswich-Springfield.

Just west of Ipswich, the highway goes over the mountain pass of Cunningham's Gap.