M17/M18 - Gort to Tuam [open to traffic]

munchkin_utd

marno21 wrote: »

There won't be any announcement about an early opening until they can open it.

There's no point in saying now - a year before any possible date - that they'll open it early in case they encounter any issues

a staged opening also would mean that they can connect to the old road at some point, and open intermediate section of new road in stages, but isnt most of it well offline from the old road meaning theres very little chance of opening it in stages ?

m17

munchkin_utd wrote: »

a staged opening also would mean that they can connect to the old road at some point, and open intermediate section of new road in stages, but isnt most of it well offline from the old road meaning theres very little chance of opening it in stages ?

They could open tuam to kilternan and then kilternan to gort

m17

The m17 at cloonkleen north pic 1 28/11/15 pic 2 03/08/16

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The m18 going over the galway to Dublin railway line pic2 the m17/m18 flyover at rathmorrisy 08/08/16

Whatever about an early opening, there won't be a staged opening IMHO.

As far as I can see, there's no good reason for the contractors to do so. Completion bonuses only apply for a full finished project.

Opening part of it ahead of time is of no benefit and would be a headache more than anything else

medoc

m17 wrote: »

The m17 at cloonkleen north pic 1 28/11/15 pic 2 03/08/16

Savage progress. Taking shape now.

m17

The m18 at coldwood pic1 and 2 top of the flyover pic3 looking towards gort pic4 looking towards rathmorrisy 09/08/16

m17

There are still saying that there will be no phased openings new newsletter q3http://www.directroutegorttotuam.ie/newsletter.aspx

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Beam lift in progress over the m18

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The m17 rathmorrisy to tuam part one 09/08/16 flyover opening date's in brackets pic1 castle Lambert (07/07/16) looking towards rathmorrisy pic2 looking towards tuam pic3 carthymore (05/04/16) looking towards rathmorrisy pic4 looking towards tuam

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Part two Sheeaunpark (04/11/16) pic1 looking towards rathmorrisy pic2 looking towards tuam pic3 kilskengh (09/09/16) looking towards rathmorrisy pic4 looking towards tuam

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Part three laraghmore (18/05/16) pic1 looking towards rathmorrisy pic2 looking towards tuam pic3 annagh hill (27/04/16) looking towards rathmorrisy pic4 looking towards tuam

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Part four brockagh ( 08/03/16) pic1 looking towards rathmorrisy pic2 looking towards tuam pic3 ballinphuil (20/12/15 ) looking towards rathmorrisy pic4 looking towards tuam

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Part five cloontooa (29/10/16) pic1 looking towards rathmorrisy pic2 looking towards tuam pic3 kileelaun (10/10/16) looking towards rathmorrisy pic4 looking towards tuam

Baldilocks

Quick question, the total route length for this stretch (the Gort-Tuam project) is 53km, and they have some of the tarmac in place. But how many kilometres are currently layed?

m17

http://connachttribune.ie/gort-to-tuam-motorway-earthworks-near-completion-111/thanks for that bad report the flyover at coldwood is not open for another 2 months,this motorway will open in November 17 and that pic of rathmorrisy is 5 weeks old where the crane is that beam lift is done

serfboard

m17 wrote: »

http://connachttribune.ie/gort-to-tuam-motorway-earthworks-near-completion-111/thanks for that bad report the flyover at coldwood is not open for another 2 months,this motorway will open in November 17 and that pic of rathmorrisy is 5 weeks old where the crane is that beam lift is done

The report is simply a summary of what's in the latest newsletter, and since you posted the link, we've already read it!

serfboard

m17 wrote: »

pic3 kileelaun (10/10/16) looking towards rathmorrisy pic4 looking towards tuam

Thanks again for all the photos. In this case, though, I think you've got the labels the wrong way around. It looks like pic3 is towards Tuam and pic4 is looking south.

marno21

serfboard wrote: »

The report is simply a summary of what's in the latest newsletter, and since you posted the link, we've already read it!

Yep, this is the DirectRoute newsletter simply rehashed for newspaper print.

The DirectRoute newsletter was likely out of date when it was published, simply due to the size and pace of the project.

m17

marno21 wrote: »

Yep, this is the DirectRoute newsletter simply rehashed for newspaper print.

The DirectRoute newsletter was likely out of date when it was published, simply due to the size and pace of the project.

Thank god we a have boards

Truckermal

m17 wrote: »

Thank god we a have boards

Or more importantly you!!!!

m17

The dunkellin river bridge on the m18 07/07/16

m17

Truckermal wrote: »

Or more importantly you!!!!

Just keeping this great forum alive

m17

The rock cut at corofin

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Brockagh corofin pic1 07/06/15 pic2 07/08/16

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The m17 3kms form tuam pic1 25/02/15 pic2 15/07/16

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Bauilphuil corofin pic1 08/05/15 pic2 08/08/16

m17

The m17 6kms form tuam where the jersey barrier ends,through the bog just click on the link 14/08/16https://goo.gl/photos/XAHjjennS8hznG2N7

Middle Man

m17 wrote: »

The m17 6kms form tuam where the jersey barrier ends,through the bog just click on the link 14/08/16https://goo.gl/photos/XAHjjennS8hznG2N7

As always, great job by M17!

m17

The townland of cloontooa 3kms form tuam 14/08/16 pic1 top of the flyover pic2 looking towards rathmorrisy pic3 looking towards tuam the have layed another 1 km of the jersey barrier that is 6.5kms in total