Construction
Construction of the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing occurred between April 2016 and July 2019.
Construction Areas
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Features
The key features of the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing include:
- four lanes from Warrego Highway East Interchange to Warrego Highway West
- grade separated interchanges at Warrego Highway West, Toowoomba-Cecil Plains Road and the Gore Highway
- grade separated connections to Mort Street and Boundary Street
- an approximately 30m deep cutting at the top of the Toowoomba Range, to ensure all classes of dangerous goods and heavy vehicles can be accommodated
- an 800m long viaduct built east from the New England Highway, crossing over the existing Queensland Rail line
- continuity of the New England Highway through bridges over the cutting.
Works
In order to deliver the 41km road project, works were undertaken across three areas: east, central and west. Each area features major construction works critical to the overall road design.
West
Boundary Street, Cranley to Gore Highway, Athol
- Gore Highway interchange
- Gowrie Junction works
- Toowoomba-Cecil Plains Road interchange
- Warrego Highway West interchange
Central
Mount Kynoch to Boundary Street, Cranley
East
Warrego Highway, Helidon Spa to the New England Highway, Mt Kynoch