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N5 Ballaghaderreen Bypass

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    #122
    Sponge Bob
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    You can blast away if there are no houses nearby. That Knock stone ( a blue/yellow limestone) made its way onto many a Galway house facade around 2002 or so.

    I heard a story about Folan coming across blue granite (original rockbreaker breaker) with only one house nearby. The oul fella living in the house was treated to a visit to England to see his brother and while he was away they blasted it.

    He got an extra treat on his homecoming, a full set of new windows. :D


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    #123
    JupiterKid
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    Just wondering does anyone know how this scheme is progressing?

    Any updates from anyone passing through Ballaghaderreen lately or even some pics?


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    #124
    joujoujou
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    Goes quicker than I'd expect. I was thinking about taking some photographs yesterday, but forgot my camera. :(

    But live close enough to take some pics later this week (if weather allow). ;)


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    #125
    macker16
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    HERE YOU GO ;)IMG_3585.JPG

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    #126
    joujoujou
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    Shot some photographs yesterday, to keep you updated. :)

    Just to remind you - previous photosession starts here: [post]83343564[/post]

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    Note #1: entire area looks very quiet at the moment. Contractor's employees I talked to explained that is due to recent heavy rainfalls - ground became swampy, so it's unsafe to heavy machinery. Works will hopefully resume right after weekend. ;)

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    Note #2: my trip was planned to be in the same order as the previous one, so easy to compare before vs. after.

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    R293 crosses new N5, view to East:

    253343.jpg

    R293 will be on top of N5, bridge built-up in progress.

    And close-up:

    253344.jpg

    Note #3: there's nothing to see further to the East - went there later - groundworks end where you see them on pictures above.

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    R293 crosses N5, view to the West:

    253345.jpg

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    Site #2 (where the BOOM sign was last time), view to the South (across new N5):

    253346.jpg

    And view to the West:

    253347.jpg

    More pics soon.


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    #127
    joujoujou
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    Site #3 (minor changes here), view to the East:

    253348.jpg

    View to the West:

    253349.jpg

    Site #4, view to the North:

    253350.jpg

    And close-up:

    253351.jpg


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    #128
    joujoujou
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    Site #5, view to the East:

    253352.jpg

    And West:

    253353.jpg

    Site #6:

    253354.jpg

    View to the East:

    253355.jpg

    And West:

    253356.jpg

    Heavy vehicles gathered here:

    253357.jpg

    One more post to follow.


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    #129
    joujoujou
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    Site #7, view to the East:

    253358.jpg

    View to the West:

    253359.jpg

    Close-up. Old N5 at the centre of the photo:

    253360.jpg

    Site #8. This is the place where new N5 will meet old N5. View to the East:

    253361.jpg


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    #130
    veryangryman
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    joujoujou wrote: »
    Site #7, view to the East:

    253358.jpg

    View to the West:

    253359.jpg

    Close-up. Old N5 at the centre of the photo:

    253360.jpg

    Site #8. This is the place where new N5 will meet old N5. View to the East:

    253361.jpg
    Journey time wise are we really going to see much improvement here? Safety wise great. Dublin mayo that bit safer but otherwise not much


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    #131
    lamaq
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    Bypass is on OSM now http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.9086&lon=-8.5596&zoom=13&layers=M


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    #132
    joujoujou
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    veryangryman wrote: »
    Journey time wise are we really going to see much improvement here? Safety wise great. Dublin mayo that bit safer but otherwise not much
    Both time and safety worth fighting for. ;)


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    #133
    L1011
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    veryangryman wrote: »
    Journey time wise are we really going to see much improvement here? Safety wise great. Dublin mayo that bit safer but otherwise not much

    Dublin - Mayo, not a huge amount normally, but it will be quicker and likely have more overtaking opportunities.

    Mayo - Dublin I've been held up for 45+ minutes before, one indecisive driver who can't understand hand signals can cause 5 minutes on their own.

    This was the last place with common traffic caused delays on the way, the remaining issues are where you can be delayed by one driver...


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    #134
    veryangryman
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    Just been checking the map, It seems that it falls short of linking in with the Charlestown bypass/Flynn Expressway. Couple of miles of shoddy road remain towards Roscommon/Mayo border after its construction. Am i incorrect?


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    #135
    L1011
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    veryangryman wrote: »
    Just been checking the map, It seems that it falls short of linking in with the Charlestown bypass/Flynn Expressway. Couple of miles of shoddy road remain towards Roscommon/Mayo border after its construction. Am i incorrect?

    Nope, it meets the Charlestown Bypass. The border is the purple line, you can see where the bypass deviates from the old road just before that.


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    #136
    Neworder79
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    veryangryman wrote: »
    Just been checking the map, It seems that it falls short of linking in with the Charlestown bypass/Flynn Expressway. Couple of miles of shoddy road remain towards Roscommon/Mayo border after its construction. Am i incorrect?

    The new road joins at the end of the narrowest section of N5, the very short section between there and the Carracastle/Charlestown bypass was already wide and straight with hard shoulder. I'd imagine it will be blended in.

    streetview


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    #137
    spacetweek
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    Yes, online widening of the existing N5 at the tie-in is likely. I went over it on Streetview last night in detail and I'm pretty sure the tie-in is right where the width starts to narrow.


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    #138
    JupiterKid
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    Any updates on the progress of this project?


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    #139
    macker16
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    all bridges nearly built .well ahead of time


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    #140
    veryangryman
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    macker16 wrote: »
    all bridges nearly built .well ahead of time

    Another fecking year before finish, cant imagine much progress updates for a bit. Not much to see from the mainline id imagine


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    #141
    macker16
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    I will try and get a few pictures up


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    #142
    macker16
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    here ye go:cool::D


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    #143
    macker16
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    some more:p


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    #144
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    At least its Looks like it should be ready for next years All-Ireland final. Straight non stop road from Frenchpark to Castlebar ;)


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    #145
    JupiterKid
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    Thanks for posting those pics up Macker 16 - it looks like the Ballaghderreen bypass is making great progress. :)


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    #146
    SeanW
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    At least its Looks like it should be ready for next years All-Ireland final. Straight non stop road from Frenchpark to Castlebar ;)
    If ye get that far :pac:


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    #147
    yop
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    How are they progressing with this now? Have they an ETA on it? 2014 I presume :D


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    #148
    joujoujou
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    NRA.ie wrote:
    [...] It is anticipated that the road will be open to the public towards the end of 2014. [...]


    Fingers crossed. ;)


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    #149
    godskitchen
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    Does the road look very narrow to anyone else? In all the places I have come into contact with it, it looks to be one lane each way with no hard shoulder......


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    #150
    L1011
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    godskitchen wrote: »
    Does the road look very narrow to anyone else? In all the places I have come into contact with it, it looks to be one lane each way with no hard shoulder......

    That's fairly normal now, one (wide, but not what you're used to past Charlestown) lane and one metre hard strip each side. The wide lanes with wide shoulders are extremely dangerous as people get lulled in to a sense of them being high speed roads and start overtaking as if they're duallers.


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    #151
    road_high
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    Why didn't they amke this 2+2? I thought all National Primaries were heading that way these days. Surely wouldn't have cost a whole lot more really.


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