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N4 Mullingar to Rooskey to be Dualled

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  • 05-09-2007 10:38pm
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    JupiterKid
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    I was down in Mullingar today and saw in a local newspaper that the N4 will be dualled between the end of the existing Mullingar bypass and will run all the way to Rooskey, with new bypasses of Edgeworthstown and Longford.

    Apparently construction will happen between 2010 and 2015 and the new road will be built "off line" for reasons of cost and speed. Anyone know anything more about this proposal?


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    jrar
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    First I'd heard of it, but as a regular user of the N4/N5, bring it on !


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    murphaph
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    FWIW the Dromod-Roosky stretch currently under construction will be a type II dual carriageway instead of a 2+1 according to an email response I got from the NRA recently.


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    spacetweek
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    Relevant NRA scheme.

    Wonder if they'll eventually continue as far as Collooney to link with the Sligo dualler.


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    murphaph
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    Would make some sense alright. If an M3 to Kells is 'justifed' then surely a dual carriageway to a hub city is warranted.


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    SeanW
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    All I can say is, it's about bloody time.

    BTW what does "Offline" Dual carriageway mean?


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    Zoney
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    SeanW wrote:
    BTW what does "Offline" Dual carriageway mean?

    Building a road "offline" means it's an entirely new road (parallel to/bypassing the existing one), whereas an "online" project would mean upgrading the original road along its present route.

    Online isn't done so much now, but an example would be the 2+1 retrofit south of Mallow. Also the N18 from Limerick was dualled "online" for part of it (either side of Bunratty) back in the 70s/80s - the section near Shannon after the Bunratty bypass was upgraded online from dual carriageway to high-quality dual carriageway a couple years ago too - to link smoothly with the Newmarket-on-Fergus bypass. I believe some of the N11 out of Dublin was also dualled online.


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