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

marno21

Benbecul97 wrote: »

Where will you meet a level crossing from Oranmore to Kilternan on N18??
Assuming you start in Oranmore village.

****. I forgot the level crossings were south of Kiltiernan.

bonaparte2 wrote: »

Bet they'll crack in traffic calming in clarinbridge and kilcolgan and enforce it to slow things down further. I know they are there now , but I 'd say it'll be much more architecture and enforcement

There is planned traffic calming measures for Clarinbridge alright. No plans for Kilcolgan at present.

m17

The accommodation flyover at cloonkeen north 24/02/1626/05/17

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Last Sunday's tractor run on the m17 at Bauilphuil corofin

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The m17 getting it's 2nd layer of tarmac 26/05/1626/05/17

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The m17 1km form tuam 27/05/17 southbound lanenorthbound laneall signs are now up on the roadbridge sectionkilleelaun flyover

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The rock cut at Bauilphuil 23/07/1528/05/17

unit 1

If I may ask, is there a purpose for those grassy sections you sometimes see in rockcuts like this, or is it an unstable part of the rockcut. Great thread btw and special thanks to m17.

Fowler87

unit 1 wrote: »

If I may ask, is there a purpose for those grassy sections you sometimes see in rockcuts like this, or is it an unstable part of the rockcut. Great thread btw and special thanks to m17.

I'd imagine there were fractures within the rock batter here, removed and replaced with fill and topsoil finish. Stands out alright but adds a feature to the cut too. M17 probably has photos where the areas of fill have similar features but here they were replaced with larger open rock details in effort to maintain the batter slopes at locations of excess run off

Think I have access to the photos on the central section showing this. I'll try and post later

Irish_rat

m17 wrote: »

The m17 1km form tuam 27/05/17 southbound lane

Not sure Limerick and Dublin should be in brackets. In fact you need to leave the mainline to get to Galway.

Mars Bar

I can't be the only one who translates Baile Chlair as Belclare in their head and not Claregalway?

marno21

Irish_rat wrote: »

Not sure Limerick and Dublin should be in brackets. In fact you need to leave the mainline to get to Galway.

The terminal destination of National Route 17 is Galway, therefore it would be signed first, regardless of the M6 multiplex.

Limerick requires the use of Route 18 so is signed in brackets. Can be a bit confusing alright.

marno21

Mars Bar wrote: »

I can't be the only one who translates Baile Chlair as Belclare in their head and not Claregalway?

Another accurate name would be Br? Tr?chta instead of Baile Chl?ir.

yew_tree

Anyone know if the rumours that the Tuam bypass opening next weekend are true?

transylman

yew_tree wrote: »

Anyone know if the rumours that the Tuam bypass opening next weekend are true?

Any truth to rumours that the pedestrian bridge on the galway side is too low and will need to be rebuilt? If so possibly not.

Kevwoody

transylman wrote: »

Any truth to rumours that the pedestrian bridge on the galway side is too low and will need to be rebuilt? If so possibly not.

I'm sure that at least one of the hundreds of people working on the job have a measuring tape.
Barstool talk doing the rounds.

m17

transylman wrote: »

Any truth to rumours that the pedestrian bridge on the galway side is too low and will need to be rebuilt? If so possibly not.

those rumours are false there is nothing wrong with the bridge,most of the roadbridge lads are gone to co longford,the are only a handful left to finish of the two roundabouts it will be the August bank holiday weekend before the bypass opens

m17

The last 1km of the m17 heading towards tuam 29/05/17700 metresroundabout sign500 metres400 metres200 metres60kmphend of motorwaythe kilmore roundabout

ELCAT2009

m17 wrote: »

those rumours are false there is nothing wrong with the bridge,most of the roadbridge lads are gone to co longford,the are only a handful left to finish of the two roundabouts it will be the August bank holiday weekend before the bypass opens

Thats such a shame that the road will be left sitting there finished for 2 months or more when it is ready to be opened. I was afraid that was going to happen when i saw the big concrete barriers installed at both ends late last week
M17, is that your estimate that it will open Aug Bank hol wknd or did the lads on the ground you were talking to indicate that? Is there any chance the whole motorway will be ready by then and all open as one as they are still saying officially?

paddydone1

Always ignore rumours it will be open when it's open, we survived this long without it.

m17

ELCAT2009 wrote: »

Thats such a shame that the road will be left sitting there finished for 2 months or more when it is ready to be opened. I was afraid that was going to happen when i saw the big concrete barriers installed at both ends late last week
M17, is that your estimate that it will open Aug Bank hol wknd or did the lads on the ground you were talking to indicate that? Is there any chance the whole motorway will be ready by then and all open as one as they are still saying officially?

It's the lads on the ground are saying the tuam bypass will open August bank holiday weekend,the m17/m18 will be October

serfboard

ELCAT2009 wrote: »

Thats such a shame that the road will be left sitting there finished for 2 months or more when it is ready to be opened.

If what we have surmised on this thread before is true, and I think logic dictates that it is, as soon as the bypass and motorway open, the government will have to start paying it back. The government probably wouldn't have budgeted for it opening this early, so I'm guessing they worked out some kind of deal for the early opening of the Tuam bypass itself, and for the rest of the motorway.

As you say, the bypass is finished and could open this weekend, but the consortium is not going to open it without being paid.

With one's tinfoil hat on, you could almost say that having charity events such as the bypass walk and the motorway tractor run, might intice the public to put pressure on their elected representatives to provide funding for earlier openings ... :pac:

Sam Russell

Mod: Can we keep this thread to just the progress of the build. I have moved other posts to the other thread on the M17/M18..

m17

The m18 at raheen/kilkelly 30/05/17 looking towards rathmorrisylooking towards gortthe m18 27.5kms they have layed 25 kms of tarmac,and they have done 21 kms of the jersey barrier and 3kms of the wearing course as of the 30/05/17

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The m17 at castlelambert 30/05/17

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The m18 1km form rathmorissy looking towards gort 30/09/1631/05/17the m18 1km form rathmorissy looking towards rathmorrisy 30/09/1631/05/17

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The m18 at gortroe the last flyover on the m18 1.5 kms form rathmorissy 08/09/1624/10/1611/11/1616/02/1731/04/1731/05/17

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The m17 at laraghmore looking towards tuam 31/05/17laraghmore looking towards rathmorrisythe m17 25.5kms they now have the jersey barrier complete,the have 16kms of the wearing course done on the southbound lane also sisk have started on the northbound lane and they have 3kms of the wearing course done

sonnyblack

Thanks M17. Just thinking surely if they put a bit of spurt on they could have the Tuam bypass and M17 open for August weekend. How much wearing course would they put down on a good day? 300m or even 500m? You're only talk about line painting and signage after that.

m17

The m17 at kilseagh looking towards rathmorrisy 7kms 01/06/17kilseagh looking towards tuam 18.5knsthe m17 25.5kms the now have 19kms of wearing course done on the southbound lane and the have 5kms of the wearing course done on the northbound lane the m17/m18 will open at the same time as there will be to much meassing around rathmorissy,most of the signs are done on the m17 they just have to do the signs around annagh hill

sonnyblack

Makes sense I suppose. I was hoping idly I guess