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

Truckermal

That's quite possible I know a few dopes who are quite capable of that......:D

spacetweek

m17 wrote: »

M18 junction17 kiltiernan 27/11/16

What on earth is that tiny little carpark in the bottom of the image? Construction worker parking?

paddydone1

spacetweek wrote: »

What on earth is that tiny little carpark in the bottom of the image? Construction worker parking?

National school

marno21

spacetweek wrote: »

What on earth is that tiny little carpark in the bottom of the image? Construction worker parking?

In that photo you can see the future M18, new N18, old N18 and old old N18 (tiny road beside the now unused N18 in the bottom left of the photo)

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The m17 at Sheeaunpark

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Ariel view if the tuam bypass with the wier road,river nanney and the athenry to claremorris railway line 27/11/16

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The m17 at Bauilphuil corofin 26/04/1626/12/16

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Ariel view of the bat bridge 27/11/1628/12/16

L1011

Your image host is riddled if accessing on a phone. Vibrating popups etc.

m17

L1011 wrote: »

Your image host is riddled if accessing on a phone. Vibrating popups etc.

Get yourself a new phone,because there be thousands of pics to come in 2017

L1011

Problem isn't the phone; its whatever site you're using that has an infected ad network or similar.

Sam Russell

L1011 wrote: »

Problem isn't the phone; its whatever site you're using that has an infected ad network or similar.

I have no problem seeing any of the images.

m17

Now back to the forum, the m17 Ariel view of Sheeaunparklooking towards rathmorissylooking towards tuam

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RATHMORRISY 28/09/1528/11/16

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The tuam bypass Ariel view of the ballygaddy road flyoverlooking towards the mountpiller roundaboutlooking towards the kilmore roundabout

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RATHMORRISY the m6 30/12/16slip road for rathmorrisyright lane for m18,left lane for m17heading for the roundaboutthe crash barrierthe roundabout

Morebypasses

May have been discussed before but does anyone know the distance in km's from Gort to Tuam on current road and what the new distance will be when the motorway is completed. I would imagine it will cut at least half an hour off the trip.

JCX BXC

If your destination is Tuam I'm sure it would, if your destination is Galway, it's fairly negligible and likely will just result in even worse traffic.

Morebypasses

I travel from Kerry to North of Tuam a few times a year so keeping the cruise control at 120kph from Gort to Tuam and not have to endure Kilcolgan, Clarinbridge, Claregalway, Tuam etc etc should cut half an hour off surely.

marno21

The existing road from N18 interchange at Gort to the roundabout north of Tuam via the N17 is 58km. The M17/M18 scheme when complete will take 57km to do this (surprising how much more "direct" it is, yet the new M18 is very twisty).

Google maps suggests 62 mins to do the current route, at 120km/h + 100km/h for the Tuam BP the new route should take ~30 mins taking into account the roundabout at Tuam. A time saving of half an hour. Not bad.

JCX BXC

Any idea how much quicker Gort to Galway City Center will be?

CrowdedHouse

Is the Ballygaddy Road still open? have to head up that way next week, haven't been up that way since last January

m17

The last bridge on the m18 at rathmorissy looking towards dublinlooking towards galwaythe m17/m18 flyover looking towards galwaylooking towards dublinthe first bridge on the m17 looking towards galwaylooking towards dublin

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ballygaddy is open

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M17 junction 2 Annagh hill 31/12/16 rathmorissy sidetuam sidetuam 13kmshope you have enjoyed the pics over the last 2 years,looking forward to 2017 when this motorway finally opens yours m17

m17

m17 wrote: »

The tuam bypass Ariel view of the ballygaddy road flyover

Just noticed that they saved a few pennies by not angling the bridge deck over the railway line (or wasted some by building it with an extra beam).

Irish_rat

I used to drive to Sligo a lot before from Limerick, this new road will easily cut half an hour if not more at peak times.

Should be under 2.5 hours when it opens

Mouseslayer17

Jesus that gort is an awful depressing place,forget the bypass and carpet bomb the kip

Middle Man

Mouseslayer17 wrote: »

Jesus that gort is an awful depressing place,forget the bypass and carpet bomb the kip

Sure it's already bypassed by the previous N18 Gort to Crusheen Scheme...
https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=14/53.0696/-8.8014

Sam Russell

Mouseslayer17 wrote: »

Jesus that gort is an awful depressing place,forget the bypass and carpet bomb the kip

Mod: Can we leave this kind of comment for some where else. Negativity can never be positive.

This thread has been a brilliant series of updates of how this project has progressed. Can we keep it that way.