The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) is progressing upgrade works at the Cunningham and New England highways intersection, locally known as the Eight Mile intersection.
Later this month work will start to erect 10 super T girders that will provide the platform of the overpass. When complete, the overpass will be a single lane for traffic travelling from Toowoomba to Warwick on the New England Highway and will include a 66-metre-long bridge.
The girders will be erected from 28 February to 5 March, weather permitting. During this period there will be additional traffic management including stop and slow traffic control. To minimise traffic disruptions the super T girders will be erected at night, between 6 pm and 6 am.
These night works will be in addition to the daily construction operations which will continue between 6am and 6pm, Monday to Friday. Delays will be kept below 15 minutes. Intermittent Saturday works may be carried out between 6am and 2pm.
Once the girders are installed, there will be a permanent height restriction for traffic using the Cunningham Highway as they will travel under the new overpass. Eastbound traffic will be restricted to 6.1 metres, while westbound traffic will be restricted to 7.1 metres.
Motorists should continue to carefully follow all temporary traffic management signs, including digital message signs, at the intersection for the safety of motorists and road workers.
The project is currently scheduled to be completed in August 2022, subject to weather and construction conditions.
TMR aims to prioritise the use of local labour and contractors in major infrastructure projects. Construction at the Eight Mile intersection upgrade has successfully invested 99 per cent of project funds in Queensland businesses to date, including over 55 per cent in regional Queensland.
The safety of motorists and road workers is the department’s top priority. Motorists are reminded to remain alert as traffic conditions will often change during construction. Traffic management changes will include road shoulder and lane closures, and some minor diversions through the intersection.
We thank the public for their patience during construction and ask that they continue to follow all traffic management signs and signals, and the instructions from traffic controllers.
