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N6 - Athlone, Garrycastle Bridge works to finally start in three months

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  • #52
    veryangryman
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I expect that the traffic will be switched to the new bridge with single line working by the shop while road is built. The old bridge will never reopen, it'll be pedestrian only.

    Do we know this for a fact? How would that be policed?


  • #53
    Zubeneschamali
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,686 ✭✭✭✭Zubeneschamali


    veryangryman wrote: »
    Do we know this for a fact? How would that be policed?

    According to the plans linked upthread, the bridge will be open to all traffic, but the Spar will be at the end of a cul-de-sac, that road will not be accessible from the roundabout beside the shop on the Western end.


  • #54
    veryangryman
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    Used it for the first time this week.

    Spar shop cul de sacs an ok idea as it allows more flow of traffic.

    Bad thing though: Traffic priorities have not been updated to suit this. You still have to yield to traffic coming from Spar if your going Schools towards college.

    I guess this will come in time but for now its confusing and may cause an accident.


  • #55
    flazio
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    I'd prefer it if the access to the Spar was from the Garrycastle side and the bridge closed to vehicle traffic. If priority was changed then pulling out of the bridge onto the road would be quite dangerous


  • #56
    SeanW
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    Anyone have pics?


  • #57
    Zubeneschamali
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,686 ✭✭✭✭Zubeneschamali


    flazio wrote: »
    I'd prefer it if the access to the Spar was from the Garrycastle side

    The SPAR have opened a new carpark at the rear of the shop on the Garrycastle side. I'd say traffic to the front door over the old bridge will be near zero in time.

    I'd agree that they should close it to vehicular traffic.


  • #58
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Zubeneschamali wrote: »
    The SPAR have opened a new carpark at the rear of the shop on the Garrycastle side. I'd say traffic to the front door over the old bridge will be near zero in time.

    I'd agree that they should close it to vehicular traffic.
    That is probably the long term plan.


  • #59
    veryangryman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,604 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    Anyone got any opinion of the new bridge?

    IMO they've made a balls of it. Between the pre-existing traffic lights that nobody wanted and the sluggish roundabouts, its pretty p1ss poor and doesn't do anything really to speed up the average journey.

    Why the road couldn't have been straighter too is beyond me. Why did they need to make a roundabout when they could have just gone through the land that the old abandoned house was.

    I agree the old bridge should be closed to traffic. Spar is grand for deliveries on the back side (which is also convenient to said trucks for the M6).


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