New motorway signs up already...

BluntGuy

green_jesus wrote: »

They're probly all blue by now though.

Something makes me doubt they'll replace those.

In other bland M8 news: new signs have been erected for "welcome to Limerick", "welcome to Cork" and "welcome to South Tipp" near J12.

Tech3

No work done yet on the east and westbound carriageways of the N7 phase 1.

Heres a directional sign for the M20 J4? I think. Theres an exit 4 sign also before the slip.



A few countdown markers on the M20 northbound lane also

BluntGuy

Seems a pretty mixed bag at the moment. Plenty of green left up mixed in with blue.

Tech3

BluntGuy wrote: »

Seems a pretty mixed bag at the moment. Plenty of green left up mixed in with blue.

Yeah it seems that way, on the northbound carriageway of the N20/M20 only countdown markers have been erected, no signage just yet. I will head up to the N18/M18 in a few days to see if any more has been done since kevs pics.

murphaph

tech2 wrote: »

They are UK spec. (nicer than ours IMO but still technically wrong).

xabi

M8 just after Dunkettle.

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2 Espressi

M18 signs starting to appear, loosk liek they've starting at the Barefield end, and are working their way south.

spacetweek

2 Espressi wrote: »

M18 signs starting to appear, loosk liek they've starting at the Barefield end, and are working their way south.

Pity the picture is so bad. Can't read it at all.

BluntGuy wrote: »

Something makes me doubt they'll replace those.

Why not? The last redesignation, they very consistently replaced everything else.

Amtmann

Do the new M8 signs southbound have the airport marked?

Also, any changes at Dunkettle?

icdg

All these redesignated signs seem to confirm that Motorway (well, Motorway with Transport's "R") will be used for all road numbers on motorway mainlines in future, and not just "M" numbers as has been the case from 1983 until recent. Wish that new TSM would appear at some point to let us know for certain...

sonyair

R is for regional roads that link small towns together so they would appear on M signs

Zoney

You'd think they could go the extra little bit and scratch together a Motorway font R.

Wild Bill

I hope they remember to join the dots on those yellow lines

Tech3

spacetweek wrote: »

Pity the picture is so bad. Can't read it at all.

Are these clear enough for you? ! took some this evening only J13 signs erected, no signs northbound btw. The M18 is approaching . See the last photo I have that in blurred slighly after j13 just follow the photobucket link to see in the album.






















Blunt, feel free to upload any to wiki if you want

Amtmann

I wonder when the delineation will take place. The cats eyes need to be removed first. Line painting is very fast, as is the re-studding. I remember when the Cashel bypass was modified last year it was close for two nights to facilitate the initial removal of the studs.

csd

Was down Wicklow way yesterday. No motorway signs up yet for either the Rathnew or Arklow bypass sections, but poles are evident for the start/end of motorway restrictions signs on the mainline and slip roads.

When I was down there a few weeks ago (before the redesignations were announced), the Gorey bypass had much more poles up and ready, so there may be blue signage down there by now.

/csd

xabi

Furet wrote: »

Do the new M8 signs southbound have the airport marked?

Also, any changes at Dunkettle?

I turned at the Glanmire exit and saw no change on the south bound signs from there. Dunkettle hadn't been touched either (Sunday). Signs on the SRR still refer to Dublin N8.

X.

tertials

csd wrote: »

When I was down there a few weeks ago (before the redesignations were announced), the Gorey bypass had much more poles up and ready, so there may be blue signage down there by now.

/csd

A few blue M11 Motorway signs were up at the southern end of the Gorey bypass on Sunday last.

Zoney

The end of motorway signs at various junctions on the M20 have now had black plastic put over them which is probably just as well when the road is not officially motorway yet.

A lot of work going on at the traffic islands at various junctions such as Dooradoyle - looks like removable sockets have been put in for the poles for the new signs, also seems to be some cable for lighting them (I'm guessing this is probably just for possible future enhancement rather than something they'll be installing atm, but you never know).

JayeL

Colm R wrote: »

The 2km advance sign went up for junction 3 on the M2 northbound today.
Swords, Ratoath and Ashbourne.
Its not going to be Ashbourne South as hoped. Ah well!

Passed it today and it IS labelled "Ashbourne (South)". Looks like they stuck it on after it went up, possibly after a recent email suggestion to the NRA that was deemed to have "merit".

That's right: I'm taking credit for "Ashbourne (South)".....

Zoney

Hah - that's even better than getting BBC to change online news stories in minutes once you point out incorrect details (one wonders how they properly fact-check one's "corrections").

Wikipedia is so passé - now you can collaboratively edit Irish road signs

Tech3

I went for a spin outside the city this evening and came across more M20 signs on the northbound carriageway. Also to note half the ADS is put up for J3 on the mainline as well.

Approaching the M20





J4 ADS 1km





M20 distance sign

icdg

Nice to see Limerick getting its first motorways. And they remembered the chopsticks on the ADS! In fact, from the pictures you've shown so far, the M20 looks like being a model of TSM-compliance (in so far that we know what the TSM is at the moment...)

BluntGuy

Agreed with sentiments above.

The M20 signage is excellent. It's really nice to see the M7 signed as well.

Zoney

They're going to have to cut down some trees though - some of the other new poles are even more hidden than the sign in the first photo above.

It's certainly looking very good so far. I'm somewhat biased in being on the road regularly, but I consider it a particularly decent piece of motorway for all its short length. Good surface, good junctions, experience both being above the countryside and in cuttings, nice gradual curves making it an interesting route. This section of the N20 really does give a feel of having been built "properly".

xabi

Have a look at the middle sign in Tech2's post, there are a few like that on the M8 which are very hard to see at night with headlights on them. They a are actually 'black' for a spell when passing them at night.

X.

murphaph

is that first pic taken on the N21?

Zoney

Unless the sign is in completely the wrong place, then yes, the first photo is on the N21 approaching the N20/N21/R526 junction on N21 eastbound (heading to N20 northbound). The fork on the sign only mentions N20 south destinations and doesn't mention the R526 or its destinations as these are more properly reached from the subsequent J4 (although that will be on the M20, so perhaps Patrickswell/Limerick/R526 should be on the first sign for J3 also for the benefit of non-motorway traffic).

Chris_533976

Did Galway - Cork today by bus, had the camera with me. I got far more excited about going on the M18 than I would admit to anyone in real life.











Oops

Chris_533976

The lads were hard at work





Onto the M20 now









They seem to be putting the end of motorway signs in the correct places too!! Wow.

Also saw Dunkettle on the M8 and while there are no Start Of Motorway signs, you can just make out a blue distance sign in this pic.