Cunninghams Gap Reconstruction Works - Cunningham Highway, Queensland, Australia

Driving through Cunninghams Gap on the Cunningham Highway A15 during reconstruction works. Driving westbound (between Ipswich and Warwick). This is a national freight route that features heavily in Australian trucking folklore due to the steep, 2-kilometre ascent and descent through the Great Dividing Range. The climb is notoriously steep, with gradients reaching up to 14 percent near the peak. (February 2026) Cunninghams Gap Reconstruction Project Cunninghams Gap Reconstruction Project is to restore a section of the Cunningham Highway at Cunninghams Gap that received extensive damage following the bushfires in 2019. Full completion anticipated in 2027. The works involve: Installing rockfall protection drape mesh. Reducing the steep road grade at the top of the crest to provide a smoother ascent at the final bend of the highway. Constructing foundations, posts, and fencing to catch falling rocks at road level. Constructing an emergency stopping bay around 1km east from the Allan Cunningham Monument and 2 emergency stopping bays near the crest carpark. Constructing 7 retaining walls on the downslope section of the road. Installing wide centre line treatments to increase separation of opposing traffic. Installing guardrail with rubrail for motorcyclist safety. Cunninghams Gap Cunninghams Gap is a pass over the Great Dividing Range between the Darling Downs and the Fassifern Valley in Queensland, Australia. The Gap is the major route over the Main Range along the Great Dividing Range, between Warwick and Brisbane. #cunninghamhighway #queensland #cunninghamhwy #ipswichqld #warwickqld